“João Gilberto’s first two albums made in Rio de Janeiro in 1958 gave Bossa Nova its birth certificate: misleading indolence, simplified samba rhythms, altereted chords, and a new way of placing the voice while shifting the rhythm on guitar. He gave jazzmen, record-producers and American radio a new musical language. Through the prism of their own codes, his contributions freed themselves from traditional rules to provide savoury new vitality to popular music, and the Bossa Nova spread throughout the world like a universal remedy.” Teca CALAZANS