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What Bossa Nova Means with Kaleb Goldschmitt

• Will Robin • Season 3 • Episode 9

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Bossa nova is everywhere –– from a dance craze in the '60s to elevator music today -- but it's also from somewhere. Kaleb Goldschmitt studies how bossa nova moved from a specific musical tradition grounded in Brazilian culture to an international phenomenon, and what that means for how we understand jazz history. A conversation about all that and more, including how queer and trans musicians and scholars are navigating post-Bolsonaro Brazil.

Kaleb Goldschmitt is Associate Professor of Music at Wellesley College

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