Bossa nova bossa nova was eclipsed by Música popular brasileira, a musical genre that appeared around the mid-1960s, featuring lyrics that were more politically charged, referring explicitly to working class struggle. Bossa nova Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music, which was developed and popularized in the 1950s and 1960s and is today one of the best-known Brazilian music styles abroad. The phrase "bossa nova" means literally "new trend" or "new wave" (). A lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially among young musicians and college students. In Brazil, the word "bossa"
Blissa Nova Blissa Nova Blissa Nova is the second album by Swedish singer and songwriter Johan Christher Schütz, released in 2007. The title "Blissa Nova" is a play on the word "bliss" and the music style bossa nova. Recorded between 2005 and 2007, Blissa Nova is arranged and produced by Schütz. Apart from Schütz' own songs, it includes covers of five well-known Brazilian and Swedish standards, in Schütz own translations: "Tristeza" (Luiz Bonfá), "Eu Vim da Bahia" (Gilberto Gil), "Pra Que Chorar" (Vinicius de Moraes/Baden Powell), "Underbart är kort" (Povel Ramel) and "Den lilla bäcken" (Allan Edwall). Several of Sweden's best jazz