Bossanovaand rap, like all musics, present potential meanings and symbolic arrays which conflict and conflate with broader interpretations of society.
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The goal is to introduce the band to a variety of jazz styles including, big band, be-bop,bossanova, and other styles.
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Like their eponymous first album, it is a collection ofbossanovacover versions of 1980s new wave tracks.
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The progressivism and idealism of bossa nova's first generation was greatly tested.
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Moodorama's music is variously influenced by the genres jazz, lounge music,bossanovaand house music.
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Maita started singing her father's compositions and also classic sambas andbossanova.
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Maysa's legacy, although it points to abossanovabias, is that of a more dramatic singer and it would be more properly linked to the bolero and samba-cano rhythm.
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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.
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Bossa nova's famous yet arguably misplaced screen appearance in 1959 interweaves with this broader discourse, playing an indirect role in the brokering of identity carried out by elite cultural production.
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This modernity fused internationally with that of ' cool' jazz, resulting in the canonisation ofbossanovawithin certain jazz communities.
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Its modernist edge and progressivism still intact during the late 1960s, thebossanovamovement witnessed divisive political polemics within its ranks in response to the 1964 military coup.
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In contrast to the effective uses of samba in the film,bossanovalends, in its luxurious quietude of modernity, a certain commercial ' wholesomeness' and marketability to the film.
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It should be noted that the termbossanovadid not become used in reference to the music until later.
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The title track is abossanovainfluenced winter love song.
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Jobim, a prolific writer on both piano and guitar, had come up with numerous melodies based on the rhythm of thebossanova.
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