Jorge Ben Jor is a composer of Brazilian hits likes “Mas, Que Nada,””Chove Chuva,””Que Pena,” and “Pais Tropical.” This happy master of samba-funk consistently has had best selling albums on Polygram, ...

Jorge Ben Jor's appearance Tuesday night at the Birchmere Band Stand stage didn't start off as one would expect from a Brazilian music legend. Walking quickly onstage and jumping right into a ...

The pantheon of Brazilian music greats is as long and difficult to enter as that of any country in the world. And among this list of names, from Caetano Veloso to Gal Costa to Milton Nascimento and ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. Journalism is vital to our ...

A very popular musician from Brazil, Jorge Ben Jor performs music that could be called samba-rock, mixing together Brazilian folk music with grooves from Africa. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1942, he ...

Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes (born March 22, 1939) is a Brazilian popular musician, performing under the stage name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s, though commonly known by his former stage name Jorge Ben ...

Thumbnail sketches of Brazilian music usually emphasize bossa nova legends (Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim) or tropicalistas (Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil), a tendency that unfortunately neglects ...

The Brazilian legend began his career with “Mas Que Nada,” a bossa nova classic which was since re-recorded by virtually everyone in the movement. During the Seventies, he helped to revolutionize pop ...

Jorge Ben Jor não faz show, ele faz jam, e dessa vez para um estádio inteiro. Já na casa dos 80 anos, levou sua alquimia ...

Jorge Ben Jor faz show único em SP no Dia Nacional da MPB. Fãs de 29 a 72 anos falam de samba rock, bailes black e viagens ...

Jorge Ben Jor reuniu 51 mil pessoas em São Paulo com o espetáculo Alquimia Popular Brasileira. Em depoimento exclusivo ao ...

Jorge Ben Jor celebra carreira inigualável com samba, festa e emoção para estádio lotado ...