Rio Section
Rio MUSIC
Rio is a city of music. Walk the streets to listen to the various sounds coming from the corner bars, the favelas and the streets themselves. Bossa nova, samba, jazz, rock – the cariocas love to celebrate the beauty of their city through music.
Bar Carioca da Gema – Samba
Seu Jorge recommends
Lapa, RJ
Rio Scenarium – Samba – A melhor casa com musica ao vivo no Rio
Rua do Lavradio, 20. Centro Antigo, Lapa, (próximo à Praça Tiradentes)
Tel:(21)3147-9005
00 – Dance
Gavea, RJ
Seu Martin – Bar
Leblon, RJ
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Bossa Nova
A much newer form of popular music took root in Brazil during the 1950s. Bossa nova, as it was called, was more than a musical style or movement. It captured the imagination of the middle-classes and became an international hit.
This new style of playing instruments and singing was more operatic and florid, representing a quieter, more relaxed sound than samba. Its devotees describe it as having a basic samba rhythm, but incorporating a more intimate, harmonic style.
International singers such as Frank Sinatra recorded bossa nova hits, but the greatest of all was Brazil’s own Elis Regina, known to her public as furacão (the hurricane). She sang bossa nova with intense emotion. When she died in 1982 by accidental overdose, she was at the peak of her career. Her fans across Brazil went into national mourning.
And no mention could be made of bossa nova without Tom Jobim – the king of bossa nova. Jobim’s smooth and innovative sound can be heard at jazz concerts and in bars, restaurants, supermarkets and elevators all over the world.
Samba
Samba was first performed at the Rio Carnival in 1917 and is the most popular of all Brazilian rhythms. Derived from African rhythms, it caught on quickly among the masses and soon became their national symbol as the arrival of radio and records promoted samba around the world.
It was during samba’s golden age in the 1930s that Brazil’s most famous singer, Carmen Miranda, made her name appearing in Hollywood musicals. Her glamorous costumes and fruity headgear symbolised Brazil and the samba scene and are still imitated today at every carnival.
In recent years, samba has continued to grow as a popular art form with samba funk.
Rio EAT
Forneria
Rua Aníbal de Mendonça 112,
Ipanema
Porcao
Rua Barão da Torre, 218
Ipanema
Via Sete
Rua Garcia D’Ávila, 125
Ipanema
Sushi Leblon
Rua Dias Ferreira, 256
Leblon
Confeitaria Colombo
Amazing belle epoche cafe/restaurant full of soft lights, mirrors and the old world charm
Rua Gonçalves Dias, 32
Centro
Cafe d’ Hotel
Prime Leblon breakfast spot at the Marina All Suites Hotel
Av. Delfim Moreira, 696
Leblon
Rio SHOP
- Avenida Visconde de Pirajá – main shopping avenue in Ipanema 2 blocks from the beach
- Rua Garcia d’Avila – Ipanema boutiques and jewelry stores (H.Stern & Amsterdam Sauer)
- Praça Nossa Senhora de Paz – pleasant park and more Ipanema boutiques nearby
- Fashion Mall – tropical shopping mall in Sao Conrado neighborhoo
- Hippie Fair – arts & crafts fair all day every Sunday in Ipanema at Praça General Osorio
Leblon:
Design objects at Daqui
Lenny, Osklen, Rosa Cha, Blue Man, Richards, Salinas
H. Stern
