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Samba is a Brazilian musical genre and dance style , with its roots in ___MASK65___ via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions , particularly ___MASK87___ Angola and the Congo , through the samba de roda genre ___MASK87___ the northeastern state ___MASK87___ Bahia , from which it derived . Although there were various forms ___MASK87___ samba in Brazil in the form ___MASK87___ various popular rhythms and regional dances that originated from drumming , samba as a music genre is seen as originally a musical expression ___MASK87___ urban Rio de Janeiro , then the capital and largest city ___MASK87___ Imperial Brazil . Ipanema is an affluent neighbourhood located in the South Zone ___MASK87___ the city ___MASK87___ Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ), between Leblon and Arpoador . The beach at Ipanema became widely known by the song " The Girl from Ipanema " ("" Garota de Ipanema ""), written by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes . Jazz is a music genre that originated amongst African Americans in New ___MASK34___ , United States , in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Since the 1920s jazz age , jazz has become recognized as a major form ___MASK87___ musical expression . It emerged in the form ___MASK87___ independent traditional and popular musical styles , all linked by the common bonds ___MASK87___ African American and European American musical parentage with a performance orientation . Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes , call and response vocals , polyrhythms and improvisation . Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression , and in African - American music traditions including blues and ragtime , as well as European military band music . Although the foundation ___MASK87___ jazz is deeply rooted within the Black experience ___MASK87___ the United States , different cultures have contributed their own experience and styles to the art form as well . Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as " one ___MASK87___ America ' s original art forms ". Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de ___MASK85___ Jobim ( January 25 , 1927December 8 , 1994 ), also known as Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian composer , pianist , songwriter , arranger and singer . He was a primary force behind the creation ___MASK87___ the bossa nova style , and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within Brazil and internationally . ___MASK53___ (" River ___MASK87___ January "), or simply Rio , is the second - most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth - most populous in the Americas . The metropolis is anchor to the ___MASK53___ metropolitan area , the second - most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and sixth - most populous in the Americas . ___MASK53___ is the capital ___MASK87___ the state ___MASK87___ ___MASK53___ , Brazil ' s third - most populous state . Part ___MASK87___ the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site , named "" ___MASK53___ : Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea "", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape . Bossa nova is a genre ___MASK87___ Brazilian music , which developed and was popularized in the 1950s and 1960s and is today one ___MASK87___ the best - known Brazilian music genres abroad . The phrase " bossa nova " means literally " new trend ". A lyrical fusion ___MASK87___ samba and jazz , bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s , initially among young musicians and college students . ___MASK13___ Gimbel is an American lyricist ___MASK87___ popular songs , television and movie themes whose writing career includes such titles as " Sway ", " ___MASK64___ Sunset ", " Summer Samba ", " The Girl from Ipanema ", " Killing Me Softly with His Song ", " Meditation ", and " I Will Wait for You ", along with an Oscar for " It Goes Like It Goes " - from the film " Norma Rae ". He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall ___MASK87___ Fame in 1984 . ___MASK72___ is one ___MASK87___ the 26 states ___MASK87___ Brazil and is located in the northeastern part ___MASK87___ the country on the Atlantic coast . It is the 4th - largest Brazilian state by population ( after São Paulo , Minas Gerais , and Rio de Janeiro ) and the 5th - largest by area . ___MASK72___ ' s capital is the city ___MASK87___ ___MASK89___ ( formerly known as " Cidade do São ___MASK89___ da ___MASK72___ de Todos os Santos ", lit . "" City ___MASK87___ Holy Savior ___MASK87___ All Saints Bay ""), located on a spit ___MASK87___ land separating the Bay ___MASK87___ All Saints from the Atlantic . Once a monarchial stronghold dominated by agricultural , slaving , and ranching interests , ___MASK72___ is now a major manufacturing center whose last three elections have been dominated by the Workers ' Party . ___MASK69___ Vinicius da Cruz e ___MASK11___ Moraes ( October 19 , 1913  July 9 , 1980 ), also known as Vinícius de Moraes and nicknamed O Poetinha (" The little poet "), was a Brazilian poet , lyricist , essayist and playwright who wrote the lyrics for many now - classic Brazilian songs and became a seminal figure in modern Brazilian music . He also wrote a number ___MASK87___ plays , served as a national diplomat , composed his own bossa nova music and , as an interpreter ___MASK87___ his own lyrics , recorded several significant albums . He was born in Rio de Janeiro as the son ___MASK87___ Lydia Cruz de Moraes and Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes . " Garota de Ipanema " (" The Girl from Ipanema ") is a Brazilian bossa nova jazz song . It was a worldwide hit in the mid - 1960s and won a Grammy for Record ___MASK87___ the Year in 1965 . It was written in 1962 , with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes . English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel . ___MASK59___ , officially the Federative Republic ___MASK87___ ___MASK59___ , is the largest country in both ___MASK2___ and Latin America . As the world ' s fifth - largest country by both area and population , it is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas . Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east , ___MASK59___ has a coastline ___MASK87___ . It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47 . 3 % ___MASK87___ the continent ' s land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety ___MASK87___ ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes ___MASK59___ one ___MASK87___ 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject ___MASK87___ significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . Astrud Gilberto ( born March 29 , 1940 ) is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer . She is ___MASK52___ known for her performance ___MASK87___ the song `` The Girl from Ipanema '' .