Bossa Nova, The Misunderstood

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Music and Movies

 

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Nancy C

 

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February 17, 2016

 

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University

 

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Unfortunately, Frank Sinatra's portrayal of this Bossa Nova classic is detrimental to the music's image. The Bossa Nova should not just be considered lounge music, for it is much more than that. The Bosa Nova is a style of Latin music that has subtle complexities and deserves much more credit than is given; once people have been exposed to what these complexities are, it is plain to see that there is quite a bit to the Bossa Nova...
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This might have to do with the fact that we, in America, listen to jazz much more often than we listen to samba rhythms causing our ears to be prone to noticing the jazz aspects of the music and somewhat disregarding the samba aspects. And on top it all, because the bossa nova resembles jazz but in a laid back way, the tendency is to believe that it is laid back because the music is not as complicated...
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