# Johnny Alf, who’s often referred to as “the father of the bossa nova”: 10 Videos

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2018/03/11/johnny-alf-whos-often-referred-to-as-the-father-of-the-bossa-nova-10-videos/
- Published: 2018-03-11T11:19:34+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Most fans of the bossa nova are familiar with Stan Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim,
Joao Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto. **

They also may be hip to Marcos Valle, Joao Donato, Carlos Lyra, Vinicius de Moraes,
Walter Wanderley, Luiz Bonfa and Sylvia Telles.

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New to you, however, may be Johnny Alf, who’s often referred to as “the father of
the bossa nova.” Whether or not the title is completely accurate, Alf in the early’
50s brought a cool jazz sensibility to his songwriting and piano playing and an 
intoxicating romanticism to his ballad vocal style.

Here are some of my favorite videos of Alf, who died in 2010…

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**Alf’s first single, an instrumental called _Falseta_, in 1953 (move the time bar
up to 2:45)…**

**Alf in 1969 singing and playing _Eu ea Brisa_…**

**Here’s Alf singing and playing _Se eu te Disser…_**

**Alf with Alaíde Costa singing _Ilusão à Toa_…**

**T****hey are singing _Quem Sou Eu?…_**_

**Márcia Maria and Johnny Alf in 1977 singing _Fim de Caso…_**_

**Alf in 1997…**

**Eu e a Brisa…**

**Alf singing _Corcovado_…**

**Alf singing _The Girl From Ipanema_…**

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