RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic ...

Bossa Nova legend João Gilberto died at his home in Rio de Janeiro on July 6 at the age of 88. Together with composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gilberto pioneered a “new wave” in Brazilian popular music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. João Gilberto, a Brazilian musician best known for his pioneering work within the Bossa Nova genre, died Saturday, his son ...

Brazil’s best-known form of music is the samba, the drum-heavy, rhythmically intricate and danceable genre that powers Carnival. But in 1955, when João Gilberto locked himself in the bathroom of his ...

João Gilberto, the bossa nova icon who brought the genre to a worldwide audience, has died at age 88. The BBC reports Gilberto died at his home in Rio De Janeiro after a period of illness. His son, ...

The Brazilian singer and composer João Gilberto, one of the pioneers of bossa nova, died in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, according to Agencia Brasil, the country’s official news agency. He was 88. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this June 18, 2004 file photo, Brazilian composer Joao Gilberto performs at Carnegie Hall, in New York. The Brazilian ...

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João Gilberto, one of the principal architects of the Brazilian musical style bossa nova, has died at his home in Rio de Janeiro, according to a Facebook post by his son. João Marcelo Gilberto wrote ...

João Gilberto, the pioneering Brazilian musician and composer credited as “the father of bossa nova,” has died at the age of 88. Gilberto’s son João Marcelo Gilberto confirmed his father’s death ...

João Gilberto, the Brazilian singer and composer best known as a pioneer of the bossa nova style of music, died Saturday in Rio de Janerio. He was 88. Numerous media outlets reported Gilberto’s death, ...