Paris Bossa Nova, Volume 1 is a five-chapter EP by French-American guitarist Ramsay Rawson, each track built on a real, documented piece of music history — from a 1930s Italian melody to a 1959 Cannes-winning film. Together, the five songs trace nearly a century of...
Mexico City guitarist and composer León Chiprout released “Chord Shapes” on August 21, 2026, the first single of his project Superficially Profound, featuring percussionist Luis Conte, known for his work with Pat Metheny, Madonna, Phil Collins, Al Jarreau, George...
Black Orpheus is the 1959 French-Italian-Brazilian film that introduced the world to bossa nova. Directed by French filmmaker Marcel Camus, based on Vinicius de Moraes’s 1956 play “Orfeu da Conceição,” it won the Palme d’Or and the Academy...
Le Rendez-vous began life as a Brazilian ballad, became an Italian chart hit, and crossed into French as a forgotten B-side. Written by Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos, released in Brazil in 1969 as “Sentado à Beira do Caminho,” the song has lived at...
Jazz Views interviews Ben García & Lucas Martínez about Raíces, “a contemporary jazz and improvisation project shaped by friendship, movement, and the search for a deeper sense of home”, in a conversation published on June 18, 2026.From the interview“I want to...
