I was at the Hollywood Bowl last Saturday night for the big “An Olympic Carnival – Sergio Mendes & 50 Years of Brasil ’66” show, which opened with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra playing Brazilian ...

Ary Barroso isn’t a household name here or even now in contemporary Brazil, but he wrote the most famous song, “Aquarela do Brasil” (Brazilian Watercolor), whose fame was only surpassed by Jobim’s ...