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  • Both Getz and Mann embraced bossa nova and collaborated with Brazilian musicians, but Bell, a flute player whose Web site's motto is "From Bach to Bebop," here delves into the broader, more eclectic Brazilian "tropicalismo" of composer Djavan, with his wider rhythmic palette and pop and rock elements.

    Articles - JazzTimes 2009

  • In the 1970s, Brazilian composer and musician Gilberto Gil helped invent tropicalismo, an irreverent style of pop music that drew on samba, bossa nova and American rock and roll.

    Culture For The Masses 2007

  • This is what tropicalismo was about, the beatniks, America's New Left, the Soviet dissidents and African liberation groups.

    Culture For The Masses 2007

  • For example, Dibell analyses an interesting connection between one of the strongest cultural movements in the country, tropicalismo, and the roots of the open source movement here, tracing the mindset that has been leading the country down the open source path.

    Reflective Surface - We Pledge Allegiance to the Penguin 2004

  • For example, Dibell analyses an interesting connection between one of the strongest cultural movements in the country, tropicalismo, and the roots of the open source movement here, tracing the mindset that has been leading the country down the open source path.

    Reflective Surface - Archives: 2004 October 2004

  • In the late 1960s Gil emerged a leader of tropicalismo, a xenophilic movement that revitalized Brazilian arts.

    Tropicalismo 2.0 Colin Berry 1998

  • Are young Brazilians still moved by tropicalismo and its sense of "cultural exchange"?

    Tropicalismo 2.0 Colin Berry 1998

  • But tropicalismo is an attitude, an open mind to innovation, an artistic philosophy.

    Tropicalismo 2.0 Colin Berry 1998

  • So, how does tropicalismo fit into the new worldview?

    Tropicalismo 2.0 Colin Berry 1998

  • And no matter what language our people speak, you have given us all reason to sing -- from the batucada of Bahia to the bossa nova, from the rhythm of samba to the rock of tropicalismo, from the quiet choro to the lively forro.

    Presidents Clinton And Cardoso At Brasilia Reception ITY National Archives 1997

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