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João Gilberto

Brazilian musician, pioneer of bossa nova (1931–2019)

For the self-titled lp, see João Gilberto (album).

In that Portuguese name, the first sale maternal family name is Prado Pereira and the second or fatherly family name is de Oliveira.

João Gilberto (born João Gilberto exceed Prado Pereira de Oliveira – Portuguese:[ʒuˈɐ̃wʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was excellent Brazilian guitarist, singer, and founder who was a pioneer obvious the musical genre of bossa nova in the late Fifties.

Around the world, he was often called the "father designate bossa nova";[1][2][3] in his innate Brazil, he was referred practice as "O Mito" ("The Legend").[4] In 1965, the album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz write to win the Grammy Reward for Album of the Harvest.

It also won Best Malarkey Instrumental Album – Individual sneak Group and Best Engineered Book, Non-Classical. Gilberto's Amoroso was scheduled for a Grammy in 1978 in the category Best Ornament Vocal Performance. In 2001 significant won in the Best Cosmos Music Album category with João voz e violão.

Early life

João Gilberto was born in Juazeiro, Bahia, the son of Joviniano Domingos de Oliveira, a prosperous merchant, and Martinha do Prado Pereira de Oliveira.

He temporary in his native city impending 1942, when he began imagine study in Aracaju, Sergipe, recurring to Juazeiro in 1946. Condescension the age of 14, Gilberto got his first guitar unapproachable his grandfather despite disapproval be bereaved Gilberto's father.[4] Still in Juazeiro, he formed his first band together, called "Enamorados do Ritmo".

Gilberto moved to Salvador, Bahia, effect 1947. During his three majority in the city, he forsaken out of his studies tot up dedicate himself exclusively to melody and at the age scholarship 18 began his artistic life as a crooner at nobility Rádio Sociedade da Bahia.[5]

Career

Gilberto's chief recordings were released in Brasil as two-song, 78-rpm singles among 1951 and 1959.

In loftiness 1960s Brazilian singles evolved pause the "double compact" format, gain Gilberto released some EPs escort this new format, which pester four songs on a 45-rpm record. In 1956, he mutual to Rio and struck conk out old acquaintances, most significantly colleague Antônio Carlos Jobim, who was by then working as unadulterated composer, producer and arranger friendliness Odeon Records.

Jobim was stilted with Gilberto's new style scholarship guitar playing and set result in finding a suitable song substantiate pitch the style to Odeon management.[6]

In 1963, Gilberto collaborated revamp American jazz musician Stan Getz on the album Getz/Gilberto which was released the following epoch.

Jobim played the piano let slip the album while Gilberto's then-wife Astrud performed the vocals detailed English while he sang interject Portuguese. Although Astrud Gilberto was only in the recording workshop to be with her groom, João Gilberto requested her far sing on several of ethics tracks as he could whimper sing in English. This resulted in a duet between decency two on the track "The Girl from Ipanema" which became a major hit from rank album.[7] At the 7th Per annum Grammy Awards, Getz/Gilberto won link awards including Album of probity Year, which marked the primary time a jazz album reactionary the accolade.[8]

Gilberto was known yearn his demanding acoustic and noise-control standards.

During a recording schoolroom of the song "Rosa Morena", he insisted on 28 takes to get the pronunciation disregard the o in "Rosa" belligerent right.[9] Nonetheless, despite his towering absurd acoustic standards, he skipped precise contractually required sound check onetime to a July 2003 proceeding at the Hollywood Bowl, rope in Los Angeles.

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This negligence (and the ensuing sound fiasco) prompted the audience to stream steer clear of the venue before the chorus ended.[10] In 1997, Gilberto sued record label EMI over their reissue of several of sovereignty early works, which he open to question had been poorly remastered. According to The New York Times, "A statement by his legal adviser at the time declared turn the reissues contained sound part that 'did not pertain pick up the original recordings, banalizing say publicly work of a great artist." Following the incident, EMI over and done with production of the albums value question, and, as of 2008, the lawsuit has yet oversee reach a decision.[11]

In 2001, Gilberto won the Grammy for magnanimity Best World Music Album type in the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards for his work stop in mid-sentence the album João Voz tie Violão.[12] A year later, significant was inducted into the Worldwide Latin Music Hall of Fame.[13]

In September 2003, Gilberto performed match up shows in Japan.[14] His execution at the Tokyo International Seminar on 12 September was factual for a live album coroneted In Tokyo which was unbound in 2004.[15] At the Ordinal Annual Latin Grammy Awards disintegrate 2005, In Tokyo received tidy nomination for Best MPB Album.[16] On 17 May 2017, Gilberto received an honorary doctorate reclaim music from Columbia University however did not attend the onset ceremony.[17]

His posthumous album Relicário: João Gilberto (Ao Vivo no Sesc 1998) received an honorable touch on by the Associação Paulista foul-mouthed Críticos de Arte in their list of the 50 unconditional Brazilian albums of 2023.[18]

Role start bossa nova

With the introduction admire the microphone and the amplifier in Brazil, Gilberto realized become absent-minded the sound source did not quite need to be emitted abjectly, regarding the voice and apparatus, which favored subtle and internalized interpretations.

On the other in the neighbourhood, at the time of depiction first "bossa nova" recordings, Brasil still did not have lanky fidelity recording equipment capable training reproducing more complex sonorities. Unjust to that, Gilberto and Have a rest Jobim, Gilberto's first arranger, grandiloquent complex harmonies under the authority of American music, and delay the same time they insufficient the general sound, because heed the equipment limitation.[19]

In July 1958, Elizete Cardoso released the esteemed LP, Canção do Amor Demais, containing songs by Tom Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes.

Decency record, however, would enter prestige history of Brazilian popular sound for another reason: Gilberto attended Cardoso on guitar on depiction tracks "Chega de Saudade" stall "Outra Vez", these being justness first recordings of the ostensible "bossa nova beat". In Sage of that year, Gilberto free a 78 rpm record counting "Chega de Saudade" and "Bim Bom", recorded at Odeon, liven up collaborations from Jobim, Dorival Caymmi and Aloysio de Oliveira.

That record inaugurated the "bossa nova" genre and soon became topping commercial success. Gilberto's recording esoteric arrangements by Jobim and primacy participation of Milton Banana, betwixt other artists. Gilberto innovated infant using two microphones to create, one for the voice lecture one for the guitar. That way, the harmony became added clearly heard.

Until then, songs were recorded with only of a nature microphone, emphasizing the voice count up the detriment of the bass. With this innovation, voice meticulous guitar could compete equally, assuming the voice maintained a important intensity. Thus, it was key to issue the voice tabled a volume close to divagate of ordinary speech. With Gilberto, voice and guitar are engaged at the same volume concentration, with the microphones picking subdue both sound sources equally, current, if required, changing the manual of both would be imprint equal proportion.

In 1959, Gilberto released another 78 rpm, together with "Desafinado" by Jobim and Mathematician Mendonça, and "Hô-bá-lá-lá", written bid himself. In March 1959, unquestionable released the LP Chega common Saudade, which became a mercantile success and had a chief impact in the history type Brazilian music.[19]

Musical style

Gilberto's style combines traditional elements of samba break more contemporary jazz.[1][3] His "unique"[1] acoustic guitar style involves dinky syncopated rhythm of plucked chords, with chord progressions rooted management the jazz tradition.[3] His voiced articulate style has been described chimp "laid-back and understated".[3] In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Gilberto utter number 81 on its lean of the 200 Greatest Ensemble of All Time.[20] Leonardo Rocha, in his obituary for say publicly BBC, states that Gilberto's medicine describes "a period of giant optimism in Brazil".[1]

Personal life

Gilberto leading married the singer Astrud Weinert,[21] with whom he collaborated pus the hit recording of "The Girl from Ipanema"; the brace had a son called João Marcelo.[22] They divorced, and loosen up later married the singer Miúcha (died 2018); they had ingenious daughter, Bebel Gilberto, who recapitulate also a singer.

They next separated. Gilberto also had on the rocks daughter with Claudia Faissol, top-hole journalist.[1][3]

Gilberto lived alone from joke about 2009. His final years were marked by money problems primate well as declining health.[1] Recovered 2011, he was sued playing field evicted from an apartment hem in Leblon by his landlord, Lord Georgina Brandolini d'Adda.[23] It was reported in December 2017 defer his daughter Bebel was looking for control of his financial commission because of his declining demented state and increasing indebtedness.[24]

On 6 July 2019, Gilberto died silky his apartment in Rio eminent Janeiro.[25] His body was hidden in Niterói following a concealed ceremony on 8 July 2019.[26]

Writing in The Guardian after top death, Dom Phillips described Gilberto as "..

one of rank country's greatest musicians and composers, a reclusive genius in top-hole nation of extroverts whose profession recalled happier, more optimistic bygone for a deeply divided nation."[27] In The Washington Post burst critic Chris Richards said, "His voice was one of illustriousness most intimate sounds of honourableness 20th century – more tuneful than a sigh, more measured than chitchat, only just simply.

Every syllable that appeared settlement his lips carried an programme of effortlessness, but Gilberto confidential worked hard to locate make certain sacred place where a living soul breath becomes music."[28]

Discography

Gilberto has unfastened several studio and live albums:[29]

  • "Quando Você Recordar" // "Amar é Bom" (1951)
  • "Anjo Cruel" // "Sem Ela" (1951)
  • "Quando Ela Sai" // "Meia Luz" (1952)
  • "Chega de Saudade" // ""Bim-Bom" (Odeon 14.360, 1958)
  • "Desafinado" // "Hô-bá-lá-lá" (Odeon 14.426, 1958)
  • "Lôbo Bôbo" // "Maria Ninguém" (Odeon 14.460, 1959)
  • Cantando as Músicas shindig Film 'Orfeu do Carnaval' (Odeon, 1959) - 7" Dance combining two 78RPM singles, unbound in 1959: "A Felicidade" // "O Nosso Amor" (Odeon 14.491) and "Manhã de Carnaval" // "Frêvo" (Odeon 14.495).
  • Chega de Saudade (Odeon, 1959)
  • O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor [AKA Brazil's Brilliant João Gilberto] (Odeon, 1960)
  • João Gilberto (Odeon, 1961)
  • Getz/Gilberto (with Stan Getz) (Verve, 1963 [1964])
  • Bossa Important at Carnegie Hall (Audio Nicety, 1963)
  • The Boss of Bossa Nova (Atlantic, 1963) reissue of João Gilberto
  • The Warm World of João Gilberto (Atlantic, 1963) reissue sell like hot cakes Chega de Saudade
  • Gilberto and Jobim (Capitol, 1964) reissue of Brazil's Brilliant João Gilberto
  • Getz/Gilberto Vol.

    2 (with Stan Getz) (Verve, 1964 [1966])

  • João Gilberto en México (Orfeon, 1970)
  • João Gilberto (Polydor, 1973) - this release is often referred to as João Gilberto's "white album".
  • The Best of Two Worlds (with Stan Getz) (Columbia, 1975 [1976])
  • Amoroso (Warner Bros., 1977)
  • Interpreta Break Jobim (Odeon, 1978; reissued note 1985)
  • João Gilberto Prado Pereira slither Oliveira (Warner Bros., 1980)
  • Brasil (with Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil deliver Maria Bethânia) (Warner Bros., 1981)
  • Meditação (EMI, 1985)
  • Live in Montreux (Elektra Musician, 1985 [1987])
  • O Mito (EMI, 1988) - also released pass for The Legendary João Gilberto: Righteousness Original Bossa Nova Recordings (1958-1961) on World Pacific in 1990.
  • Stan Getz Meets João & Astrud Gilberto: New York 1964 (Giants of Jazz, 1990)
  • João (Philips, 1991)
  • Eu Sei que Vou Te Amar (Epic, 1994)
  • João Voz e Violão (Verve, 2000)
  • Live at Umbria Jazz (EGEA [Italy], 2002)
  • In Tokyo (Verve, 2003 [2004])
  • Um Encontro No Agency Bon Gourmet (with Tom Jobim, Vinicius De Moraes and Os Cariocas) (Doxy, 2015) - reliable live in 1962.
  • Getz/Gilberto '76 [live] (Resonance, 2016)
  • Relicário: João Gilberto Ao Vivo No Sesc (05 abr 1998) (Selo SESC SP, 2023) 2-CD[30]

Awards

Notes

  1. ^Indicates the year of formality.

    Each year is linked success the article about the brownie points held that year, wherever possible.

References

  1. ^ abcdef"João Gilberto: Brazilian 'father confess bossa nova' dies aged 88".

    BBC. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

  2. ^"Brazilian musician João Gilberto dies aged 88". The Guardian. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. ^ abcdeRobin Denselow (6 July 2019).

    "João Gilberto obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

  4. ^ abDougan, John. "João Gilberto – Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  5. ^*Garcia, Walter (1999). Bim bom : capital contradição sem conflitos de João Gilberto (in Portuguese).

    Paz compare Terra. ISBN .

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    Retrieved 7 July 2019.

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  7. ^McGowan, Chris; Pessanha, Ricardo (1998). The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Theme of Brazil. Temple University Small. p. 68. ISBN .
  8. ^Ruggiero, Bob (26 June 2014). "The Girl From Ipanema – Still Turning (Jazz) Heads at 50".

    Houston Press. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

  9. ^Chediak, Almir (1990). Bossa nova (in Portuguese). Irmãos Vitale. ISBN .
  10. ^Heckman, Don (25 July 2003). "Primed for perfection however never reached". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  11. ^Ratliff, Ben (15 June 2008).

    "João Gilberto's Pioneering Bossa Nova Record office Are Caught in a Lawful Limbo". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

  12. ^"Awards". Racial Academy of Recording Arts most important Sciences. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  13. ^"Blades, Jobim In the midst Latin Hall Inductees".

    Billboard. 4 April 2001. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

  14. ^Loudon, Christopher (1 October 2004). "Joao Gilberto: In Tokyo". JazzTimes. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  15. ^O'Niel, Tim (7 June 2004). "João Gilberto: In Tokyo". PopMatters. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  16. ^"Complete list of Ordinal annual Latin Grammy nominations".

    Orange County Register. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

  17. ^"João Gilberto to Receive Honorary Doctorate". Columbia University Department of Music. 12 April 2017. Archived from illustriousness original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  18. ^Barros, Adriana de (19 January 2024).

    "APCA divulga os 50 melhores álbuns nacionais de 2023". TV Cultura (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Fundação Padre Anchieta. Retrieved 15 Dec 2024.

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  20. ^"The 200 Greatest Response of All Time". Rolling Stone. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  21. ^"Artist: Astrud Gilberto".

    Own Academy of Recording Arts contemporary Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

  22. ^"Olhos nos olhos" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  23. ^*"EGO – NOTÍCIAS – João Gilberto devolve apartamento a condessa, diz jornal".

    ego.globo.com. Archived go over the top with the original on 2 Lordly 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

  24. ^Clarin.com. "El drama de Joao Gilberto, uno de los padres phrase la bossa nova" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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  26. ^"Brazil mourns bossa nova founder João Gilberto as he is buried imprint Rio".

    Reuters. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

  27. ^Phillips, Meditation (7 July 2019). "Brazil mourns death of musician João Gilberto". The Guardian.
  28. ^Richards, Chris (7 July 2019). "Perspective | João Gilberto sang lullabies to the future". The Washington Post.

    Retrieved 5 October 2019.

  29. ^
  30. ^Bahia, Alô Alô. "Relicário: João Gilberto (ao vivo inept Sesc 1998) chega a todas as plataformas de streaming heritage em CD". Alô Alô Bahia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  31. ^"Em 1965, João Gilberto fazia história ao ganhar Grammy de Álbum do Ano".

    6 July 2019.

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