Posted on 06/06/2023 8:40:18 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on “The Girl from Ipanema” made her a worldwide voice of bossa nova, has died at age 83.
Musician Paul Ricci, a family friend, confirmed that she died Monday. He did not provide additional details.
Born in Salvador, Bahia and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Gilberto became an overnight, unexpected superstar in 1964, thanks to knowing just enough English to be recruited by the makers of “Getz/Gilberto,” the classic bossa nova album featuring saxophonist Stan Getz and her then-husband, singer-songwriter-guitarist João Gilberto.
“The Girl from Ipanema,” the wistful ballad written by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes, was already a hit in South America. But “Getz/Gilberto” producer Creed Taylor and others thought they could expand the record’s appeal by including both Portuguese and English language vocals. In a 2002 interview with friends posted on her web site www.astrudgilberto.com, Astrud Gilberto remembered her husband saying he had a surprise for her at the recording studio. …
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Yes, too many freaks today. And not the least bit classy. I’m old enough to remember the song, and Stan Getz. I remember her voice. Sometimes it’s not how complex something is, but the simplicity of it that makes it genius. So true in music.
RIP sweet lady…
Timeless, beautiful song.
Just about wore that album out on my home made record player accompanied by the aroma of Canoe as I prepared to go out on Fri-Sat nights.
MUCH better.
Bossa Nova music was beautiful. RIP.
A herd of water buffalos.
That's shocking.
She was a superb singer.
RIP.
I stand corrected. :-)
I used to sneak and play my Dad’s Jobim “Wave” album when he was away.
LOL, we do that every day, don’t we?
Short and pale and old and ugly
The gal from Possum Holler goes a-walkin’
And when she passes each guy she passes goes “Bleh!”
Homer & Jethro
The Gal from Possum Holler
Killin’ me. I so loved her music. If anything, that music, since 64 or so when I first heard it, is ‘me’.
Goodbye, little angel Astrud. How I loved your voice.
Beautiful!
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