He was 88 years old. LONDON -- Joao Gilberto, one of the pioneers of Bossa Nova, the Brazilian musical genre characterized by a subtle mix of Samba and Jazz, died in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, ...

Brazilian guitarist, vocalist, and bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto has died, BBC reports. The songwriter’s death was confirmed by his son João Marcelo Gilberto, who took to Facebook to share the news ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — 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 sound ...

Relatives and friends carry the coffin of Brazilian cultural icon Joao Gilberto out of the Municipal Theater where his wake was held, as they start their way to the cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ...

There’s no such thing as perfect music. We’re reminded of that fact whenever someone gets close. João Gilberto, the bossa nova mapmaker who died on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro at 88, spent the greatest ...

In the early spring of 2008, I planned to see João Gilberto in Boston. That is until he cancelled at the last minute. Gilberto had a reputation for such things throughout his career. Some I've ...

WASHINGTON — João Gilberto, a Brazilian guitarist and singer who helped define the subtle, swaying, and quietly sensuous style of music known as bossa nova, which became a worldwide craze in the 1960s ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Since the start of her career, New York-born Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto has put out albums rooted in the South American nation’s rich musical history. And in the sound of her ...

I’m a correspondent covering technology in Asia. Here are five things I’ve recently slowed down with. By Meaghan Tobin A prolific pianist, composer and arranger who began recording in the 1950s, he ...

Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer whose vocals feature on Stan Getz and João Gilberto’s classic 1963 recording of ‘The Girl from Ipanema’, has died. According to reports, Gilberto passed away on ...

Reporting from Rio De Janeiro — João 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 ...

Brazilian guitarist, vocalist, and bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto has died, the BBC reports. The songwriter’s death was confirmed by his son João Marcelo Gilberto, who took to Facebook to share the ...