place_of_birth sylvia telles
___MASK12___ (" River of 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 ___MASK12___ metropolitan area , the second - most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and sixth - most populous in the Americas . ___MASK12___ is the capital of the state of ___MASK12___ , Brazil ' s third - most populous state . Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site , named "" ___MASK12___ : Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea "", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape . Bossa nova is a genre ___MASK20___ Brazilian music , which developed and was popularized in the 1950s and 1960s and is today one ___MASK20___ the best - known Brazilian music genres abroad . The phrase " bossa nova " means literally " new trend ". A lyrical fusion ___MASK20___ samba and jazz , bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s , initially among young musicians and college students . Barney Kessel ( October 17 , 1923  May 6 , 2004 ) was an American jazz guitarist born in ___MASK40___ , ___MASK69___ . Noted in particular for his knowledge ___MASK20___ chords and inversions and chord - based melodies , he was a member ___MASK20___ many prominent jazz groups as well as a " first call " guitarist for studio , film , and television recording sessions . Kessel was a member ___MASK20___ the group ___MASK20___ session musicians informally known as the Wrecking Crew . Luiz ___MASK79___ Bonfá ( 17 October 1922  12 January 2001 ) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer . He was best known for the compositions he penned for the film " Black Orpheus ". A composer ( Latin " compn "; literally " one who puts together ") is a person who creates or writes music , which can be vocal music ( for a singer or choir ), instrumental music ( e . g ., for solo piano , string quartet , wind quintet or orchestra ) or music which combines both instruments and voices ( e . g ., opera or art song , which is a singer accompanied by a pianist ). The core meaning ___MASK20___ the term refers to individuals who have contributed to the tradition ___MASK20___ Western classical music through creation ___MASK20___ works expressed in written musical notation ( e . g ., sheet music scores ). ___MASK86___ is one ___MASK20___ the 26 states ___MASK20___ Brazil and is located in the northeastern part ___MASK20___ the country on the Atlantic coast . It is the 4th - largest Brazilian state by population ( after São Paulo , Minas Gerais , and ___MASK12___ ) and the 5th - largest by area . ___MASK86___ ' s capital is the city ___MASK20___ Salvador ( formerly known as " Cidade do São Salvador da ___MASK86___ de Todos os Santos ", lit . "" City ___MASK20___ Holy Savior ___MASK20___ All Saints Bay ""), located on a spit ___MASK20___ land separating the Bay ___MASK20___ All Saints from the Atlantic . Once a monarchial stronghold dominated by agricultural , slaving , and ranching interests , ___MASK86___ is now a major manufacturing center whose last three elections have been dominated by the Workers ' Party . Jazz is a music genre that originated amongst African Americans in New ___MASK53___ , United States , in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Since the 1920s jazz age , jazz has become recognized as a major form ___MASK20___ musical expression . It emerged in the form ___MASK20___ independent traditional and popular musical styles , all linked by the common bonds ___MASK20___ 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 ___MASK20___ jazz is deeply rooted within the Black experience ___MASK20___ 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 ___MASK20___ America ' s original art forms ". Ray ___MASK84___ ( 5 September 1912 , Hartford , Connecticut  3 March 1976 , Los Angeles , California ) was an American lyricist . Sylvia Telles ( August 27 , 1934 -- December 17 , 1966 ) was a Brazilian jazz samba and bossa nova singer ___MASK20___ the 1950s and 1960s . Perhaps one ___MASK20___ the most highly spoken ___MASK20___ singers ___MASK20___ the time , Telles preceded the advent ___MASK20___ bossa nova , and then began covering songs by such influential composers as Antonio Carlos Jobim , and worked with others such as Luiz Bonfá . She also did several tribute albums to Antonio Carlos Jobim . One ___MASK20___ the most famous classic bossa nova songs was written for her by Jobim , its namesake her nickname - `` Dindi '' . By the early 1960s , she had made her first trip to the United States , recording U . S . A . with Barney Kessel ( among others ) for Philips . Her husband , producer Aloysio de Oliveira , proved instrumental in her later signing to Odeon and Elenco , two labels where he worked . Telles had just recorded her second tribute to Jobim , 1966 ' s The Music ___MASK20___ Mr . Jobim ( or Sings the Wonderful Songs ___MASK20___ Antonio Carlos Jobim ) , when she was killed in a car accident at the age ___MASK20___ 32 . Telles is the mother ___MASK20___ singer and songwriter Claudia Telles , born August 26 , 1957 . ___MASK40___ is a city in and the county seat ___MASK20___ ___MASK40___ County , Oklahoma , United States . Home to Bacone College , it lies approximately 48 miles southeast ___MASK20___ Tulsa . The population ___MASK20___ the city was 39 , 223 as ___MASK20___ the 2010 census , a 2 . 4 percent increase from 38 , 310 at the 2000 census , making it the eleventh - largest city in Oklahoma . Samba is a Brazilian musical genre and dance style , with its roots in ___MASK85___ via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions , particularly ___MASK20___ ___MASK89___ and the Congo , through the samba de roda genre ___MASK20___ the northeastern state ___MASK20___ Bahia , from which it derived . Although there were various forms ___MASK20___ samba in Brazil in the form ___MASK20___ various popular rhythms and regional dances that originated from drumming , samba as a music genre is seen as originally a musical expression ___MASK20___ urban ___MASK12___ , then the capital and largest city ___MASK20___ Imperial Brazil . A guitarist ( or a guitar player ) is a person who plays the guitar . Guitarists may play a variety ___MASK20___ guitar family instruments such as classical guitars , acoustic guitars , electric guitars , and bass guitars . Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar by singing or playing the harmonica . " Dindi " (- which sounds like Gin - Gee in English ) is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim , with lyrics by Aloysio de ___MASK6___ . It is a world - famous bossa nova standard . Tom Jobim wrote this piece especially for the Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles . " Dindi " is a reference to a farm named " Dirindi ", in Brazil , a place that Jobim and his friend / collaborator Vinicius de Moraes used to visit ( according to Helena Jobim , his sister , in her book " Antonio Carlos Jobim - Um Homem Iluminado "). In December 1966 , just a short while after Telles had recorded this piece with the guitarist Rosinha de Valença , she was killed in a road accident in ___MASK12___ . English version . English lyrics were added by Ray Gilbert : ___MASK11___ , officially the Federative Republic ___MASK20___ ___MASK11___ , is the largest country in both ___MASK33___ 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 , ___MASK11___ has a coastline ___MASK20___ . It borders all other South American countries except Ecuador and Chile and covers 47 . 3 % ___MASK20___ the continent ' s land area . Its Amazon River basin includes a vast tropical forest , home to diverse wildlife , a variety ___MASK20___ ecological systems , and extensive natural resources spanning numerous protected habitats . This unique environmental heritage makes ___MASK11___ one ___MASK20___ 17 megadiverse countries , and is the subject ___MASK20___ significant global interest and debate regarding deforestation and environmental protection . Black Orpheus is a 1959 film ___MASK23___ in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus and starring Marpessa Dawn and ___MASK54___ Mello . It is based on the play " Orfeu da Conceição " by Vinicius de Moraes , which is an adaptation ___MASK20___ the Greek legend ___MASK20___ Orpheus and Eurydice , set in the modern context ___MASK20___ a favela in ___MASK12___ during " Carnaval ". The film was an international co - production between production companies in Brazil , France and Italy .