Purple Proposition presents a series of one hour explorations through the expansive spectrums of music.

A Brazilian urban style that developed after the emergence of bossa nova, reinterpreting national genres such as samba with inspiration from global popular music. 

Reinterpretations of traditional Brazilian styles

MPB (Música Popular Brasileira)

From Brazilian samba to Dominican bachata, Latin America has been the birthplace of some of the world's most inventive and enduring musical styles.

Diverse musical styles from across Latin America

Latin America

Evolving out of early 20th century New Orleans blues and ragtime, jazz went on to become one of the most eclectic musical forms in the world. 

Epoch-defining genre defined by experimentation

Jazz

Music of mid-'60s African-American origin that reinvented the rhythms of soul, jazz and rhythm and blues.

Mid-'60s blend of soul, jazz and rhythm and blues.

Funk & Soul

Developed in Brazil in the late 1950s, bossa nova ('new wave') fuses jazz and samba, and has become hugely influential around the world. 

Bossa Nova

Rare groove is less a genre than a category for crate-diggers, encompassing hard-to-find gems hidden deep in the genres of disco, funk, jazz, soul and rhythm and blues.

Rare Groove

Mélanine

On the first episode, Purple Proposition takes us to the top of the Corcovado for a 360 degree view over Brazil’s hidden treasures from the 70s to the mid 80s.

Mélanine

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