Bossa Link

"You know this sound. But you don't know it."

"He came out with a new way to play guitar. Thumb plays the samba rhythm on the bass strings. Fingers play jazz chords on the treble. Two rhythms at once. One guitar." "You know this sound

In the late 50s, Brazil had Samba (loud, collective). The young intellectuals of Rio invented Bossa Nova (quiet, complex). It was a protest against the noise of modernization. Brazil had Samba (loud