With all of the many styles of music performed and appreciated in Brazil, it was bossa nova that turned the world’s attention to Brazil and the country’s bountiful musical tradition. Here’s a playlist of bossa nova classics, composed by the greats, among them Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Joao Gilberto and Carlinhos Lyra. Then, I’ve found versions sung by the women who were there when bossa nova was born.
1. "Voce E Eu" ("You and Me") - Maria Bethania
Vinicius de Moraes was quite a character and one of his favorite pastimes was sitting in a bathtub where he would invite people to join him and even conduct interviews. Luckily, Moraes wasn’t in the bathtub when Carlinhos Lyra went looking for lyrics to a couple of his tunes. One of these was “Voce E Eu.”
Maria Bethania, one of Brazil’s most glorious voices and sister of Caetano Veloso, came on the scene in the mid-1960s and is more often associated with Tropicalia/MPB then with bossa nova. Her 1978 album Alibi marked the first time a woman sold a million copies of an album in Brazil.
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