![]() ![]() This wasn’t the only sound problem of the night. They were served up by the IBC (Brazil’s Institute of Coffee) and easily heard on the Main Floor. The Hall’s foyer was filled with the clanking of thousands of coffee cups, saucers, and spoons. The balcony was a better deal at just $2.80. Tickets for the Bossa Nova concert at Carnegie Hall for ‘front row, center’ would have set you back $4.80 a seat. Who would pay for airfare and accommodations? Taken care of.Īnd just like that, the impossible dream was ready for showtime at Carnegie Hall.Įxplaining Bossa Nova At Carnegie Hall: November 21, 1962 ![]() A stalemate occurred and when intercontinental bickering arose, Ambassador Mário Dias Costa arrived to calm the waters. But back in Rio, uncertainties began to rise with all concerned. The bottom line.įrey returned to New York with a clutch of signed contracts. It was stormy inside Rio’s record companies and music publishing houses, too, where the line forming was of a different kind. It caught up every musician in the city, landing them at the footsteps of the Copacabana Palace, where Frey was taking meetings. The lavish spread and Frey’s audacious idea had their intended effect.įor days, the news swept through Brazilian media like a storm. It was a great idea, one passed along to Frey by the Brazilian vice-consul in New York, Dona Dora Vasconcellos. Ready to hold a well-catered press conference for his plan to bring Bossa Nova to Carnegie Hall. Bossa Nova, Brazil’s musical gift to the world arrived in 1962.Īnd where was Sidney Frey in September of 1962? He was in the Green Room at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro. Months earlier, Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd introduced Bossa Nova to US listeners with their legendary album, Jazz Samba. But the crowd of three thousand (including VIPs like Tony Bennett and Miles Davis) enjoyed the experience. Sergio Mendes, Luis Bonfá, Oscar Castro-Neves, João Gilberto, Roberto Menescal, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Carlos Lyra.Īudio problems hampered the concert. The concert featured many of Bossa Nova’s young Brazilian stars making their US debuts. Presented by a music label, a Brazilian airline, and the Consulate-General of Brazil in New York. Welcome to Brazilian Minute, brought to you by the Consulate-General of Brazil in Chicago and the Brazilian Foreign Ministry’s Cultural Department.Ģ022 marks the 60 th anniversary of Bossa Nova at Carnegie Hall. Catch up with other Brazilian Minute episodes you may have missed! ![]()
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