Wellesley College: Bibliography, Links and Outline of Borim's Lecture on May 1, 2014

Waves of Brazilian Music and the United States:

Carmen Miranda, Bossa Nova and Beyond

Dário Borim

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 


Waves: An Outline

Carmen Miranda Becomes the Brazilian Bombshell in 1939

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck and Joe Carioca Send the Message to Down South in The Three Caballeros and Saludos, Amigos

Laurindo Almeida Settles in California in 1947

Black Orpheus Introduces Bossa Nova

Jazz Stars Visit Brazil and Bossa Nova Conquers the U.S. Music Scene

Sérgio Mendes and Brasil 66 Adds Spice to the Waning Bossa Craze

Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Paulo Braga, and Naná Vasconcelos Brazilianize the 1970s Hot Jazz Fusion Scene

Talking Heads David Byrne’s Releases Beleza Tropical in 1989

Lambada’s Short-Lived Dirty Dancing Craze in 1989-1991

In 1999, 30 Years Past their Heyday, Tropicália and the Band Os Mutantes Are Discovered in the U.S.

It’s Women Singer-Songwriters Marisa Monte, Céu and Luisa Maita

Regular or Recurrent Events that Sustain the Waves Across the U.S.

a)      Los Angeles-based Sergio Mielniczenko’s radio and internet programs, The Brazilian Hour and The Global Village (more than 35 years on air)

b)      University of Florida Gainesville’s Brazilian Music Institute and Jacaré Brazil projects

c)      Brazilian classical and choro teachings at Berklee School of Music

d)      Outstanding presence of local and visiting Brazilian artists in world music concerts offered in various cities, mainly the Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York metropolitan areas

YouTube Clips

Carmen Miranda on That Night in Rio (1941): “Chica Chica Boom”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERYKzez97lA

Laurindo Almeida and the Modern Jazz Quartet: “One-Note Samba”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-9OrHd6QdM

Laurindo Almeida: “Claire de Lune” (Claude Debussy by the Beat of Samba)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLaUctgmAtU

Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967):  “Corcovado”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP64PDhcs4Y

Sérgio Mendes (1966): “Mas Que Nada”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U1v01SGtGE

Rita Lee, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil & Tom Zé (1999): “Bat Macumba”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjqwAj-rWno

Marisa Monte & David Byrne: “Waters of March”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wi-s8R9Gfc

Five of the Most Informative and Influential Books

Published in the U.S. on Brazilian Music

Dunn, Christopher. Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture. Chapel Hill, NC: U. of North Carolina P., 2001.

McCann, Bryan. Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil. Durham, NC: Duke U. P., 2004.

McGowan, Chris, and Ricardo Pessanha. The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova and the Popular Music of Brazil. Philadelphia: Temple U.P., 2009.

Perrone, Charles. Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB, 1965-1985. Austin: U. of Texas P., 2014.

Vianna, Hermano. The Mystery of Samba: Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil. Chapel Hill, NC: U. of North Carolina P.,1997.