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some of the renowned musicians like antónio carlos jobim and vinícius de moraes put rio on the map of prestige by their hit song 'garota de ipanema', loosely translated as the girl from ipanema. this song is a well-known bossa nova style song, which was a worldwide hit in mid-1960s and won record of the year 1965 during the grammy awards. others amongst the list are laurindo almeida who was a guitarist and composer well known for his style in bossa nova, badi assad a woman of the new generation musicians and a master guitarist, luiz bonfa also a guitarist and composer best known for his composition for the movie black orpheus, joão bosco well renowned as a singer and song writer, vocalist and a performer, his music was of the bossa nova style influenced by american jazz. | important dates | |||
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