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Saturday, November 20, 2004

Bebel Gilberto: An Upbeat Bossa, With Nova Intentions

She is not a purist. Ms. Gilberto's music often looks back to the meticulous small bands of old bossa nova recordings. But she also draws on the Brazilian pop that followed the bossa nova, using upbeat rhythms from across Brazil, and she has drawn on Bahian songwriters like Caetano Veloso and Carlinhos Brown.
[nytimes.com]

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