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Birth of American Bossa Nova

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Marc Myers
Feb 12, 2019
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One of America's first champions of Brazilian bossa nova was Felix Grant (above). A jazz disc jockey in Washington D.C., Grant hosted The Album Sound on WMAL. His voice had a soft, sophisticated on-air sound that caught the ear of listeners. Among those tuning into his show in 1960 was Dr. João Oliveira Santos, an economist and head of the International…

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