Favela Backing Track Bossa Nova - With this playback, the instrumentalist will be able to improvise on this famous Bossa Nova by Tom Jobim.

"Favela", also known as "O Morro Não Tem Vez" or "Somewhere in the hills" in English, is a Bossa Nova composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes.

Bossa Nova is a musical style that originated in the late 1950s with a strong influence of Samba and Jazz. This movement was the main responsible for the popularization of Brazilian music worldwide and aroused interest in big names in world music thanks to their outstanding characteristics.

Many names of Brazilian music played a prominent role in this style, among them João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Edu Lobo, Francis Hime, Marcus Valle, Paulo Valle, Carlos Lyra, Roberto Menescal, Johnny Alf, João Donato, Sérgio Mendes, Oscar Castro Neves, Marcos Valle, Dick Farney, Luiz Bonfá, Nara Leão, Bebel Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, Milton Banana, Baden Powell, Wilson Simonal and many others.

The song "Favela" has already been performed by great instrumentalists and singers like Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Ella Fitzgerald, Natalie Cole, Lee Konitz, George Shearing and others. At the same time that it was influenced, Bossa Nova influenced many jazz musicians.

This theme can be found in "Real Book vol. 3" on page 85 and "The New Real Book vol. 1" on page 95.

This Backing Track is composed of drums, double bass, piano and nylon guitar. Progress is at 150b pm.

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