Bossa nova and rap, like all musics, present potential meanings and symbolic arrays which conflict and conflate with broader interpretations of society.
The goal is to introduce the band to a variety of jazz styles including, big band, be-bop, bossa nova, and other styles.
Like their eponymous first album, it is a collection of bossa nova cover versions of 1980s new wave tracks.
The progressivism and idealism of bossa nova's first generation was greatly tested.
Moodorama's music is variously influenced by the genres jazz, lounge music, bossa nova and house music.
Maita started singing her father's compositions and also classic sambas and bossa nova.
Maysa's legacy, although it points to a bossa nova bias, is that of a more dramatic singer and it would be more properly linked to the bolero and samba-cano rhythm.
Rap's textuality, perhaps not too unlike the discursive progressivism allotted to bossa nova's sometimes revolutionary disposition, consists of an aura of individualism, a celebratory, sometimes cunning protestation.
