Israelis of every age can sing Caspi's tunes, and his talent was such that he worked in many different styles.

Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, has unveiled another of his yearly Summer playlists for 2021. Included on the playlist — which the former president uses annually to share his ...

Classical guitarist Yang Xuefei plays at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing in February 2023. CHINA DAILY Chinese-born musician Yang Xuefei is a celebrated figure in the world of ...

As a young pianist in Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Simas played in a prog-rock combo and a psychedelic rock band. But after he moved to New York City in 1989, his focus turned to writing and playing songs in ...

Recently I went in search of a recording I remembered from almost fifty years ago. It was a collection of bossa nova tunes sung by the inimitable João Gilberto. In 1976 I first met Ron Moore and we ...

Verve Label Group and UMe have just announced Verve Vault, a new audiophile vinyl reissue series highlighting iconic jazz albums as well as overlooked gems from Verve’s vast catalog. The series will ...

Jobim was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists internationally since the early 1960s. After enchanting ...

A judge in Brazil has ordered Adele’s 2015 song Million Years Ago to be removed globally, including from streaming services, due to a plagiarism claim by Brazilian composer Toninho Geraes. Geraes, 62, ...

On Friday, a samba line will snake through the Hamilton Listening Studio, as the nine-member Brazilian jazz group Desafinado plays a Batucada, leading the audience for the first time in almost 20 ...

A&M STUDIOS Photo of Sergio MENDES, posed, studio, behind piano - Credit: Jim McCrary/Redferns Sérgio Mendes, the pianist who gifted the world with the most famous version of the Brazilian classic ...

Music legend Sergio Mendes died Thursday after battling the side effects of long-term COVID-19 over the last several months. He was 83. Mendes died in Los Angeles with his wife and musical partner for ...