since that time, jazz has spread across the globe, becoming one of the most developed and popular musical styles, which has not gone unnoticed in the musical city of rio - in fact, so popular is the genre that rio has even got its own distinct jazz style, which can be found in many venues across the city.

jazz has influenced and left its mark in various brazilian genres, especially in rio de janeiro - where jazz lead to the creation of the world famous bossa nova - the most famous examples are samba, bossa nova, mpb, and choro.

while bossa nova can be considered the genre most influenced by jazz, attempting to classify brazilian jazz along the same aesthetic lines as american jazz  would require specific sciences such as anthropology or sociology.

initially, jazz had its greatest impact in brazil during the 40's when the elite in rio danced to it as a small music scene niche - jazz's biggest impact in brazil took place in the 50's when elements form it were finally incorporated into what became bossa nova.