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Astrud Gilberto
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Astrud Gilberto was a Brazilian singer of bossa nova and samba. She was born in 1940 as Astrud Weinert in Salvador, the daughter of a Brazilian mother and a German father who taught languages. As a result she spoke fluent English. She grew up in Rio de Janeiro and in the late 1950s belonged to the young circle around the emerging bossa nova. In 1960 she married the guitarist and singer João Gilberto, one of the founders of that music. At a festival that year she stood on a stage for the first time, next to her husband.
Music and breakthrough
In 1963 she went with him to New York, as interpreter for João, who spoke no English. There he recorded the album Getz/Gilberto with the saxophonist Stan Getz and the composer Antônio Carlos Jobim. The producer Creed Taylor wanted an English lyric for The Girl from Ipanema. João could not sing in English and Getz did not want to, so Astrud sang it. Her soft, almost whispering voice with a slight accent suited the song perfectly. The album appeared in 1964 and made bossa nova known far beyond the jazz audience. Even so she received only a one-off fee and was not listed among the musicians on the cover.
Influence
After the success she went on tour with Getz and continued to live in the United States. She went on to make dozens of albums, such as The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965) and Beach Samba (1967), and was especially popular in Japan as well. Fans called her the queen of bossa nova. In 2002 she stopped singing. She died in 2023.
Listening
Água de Beber · Astrud Gilberto, 1965
Dindi · Astrud Gilberto, 1965- Once I Loved · Astrud Gilberto, 1965
The Girl from Ipanema · Stan Getz & João Gilberto met Astrud Gilberto, 1964Apple Music ↗
Discography
Studio albums
- 1965The Astrud Gilberto Album
- 1965The Shadow of Your Smile
- 1966A Certain Smile A Certain Sadness
- 1966Look to the Rainbow
- 1967Beach Samba
- 1968Canta in italiano
- 1968Windy
- 1969September 17, 1969
- 1970Gilberto Golden Japanese Album
- 1970I Haven’t Got Anything Better to Do
- 1971Gilberto with Turrentine
- 1972Now
- 1973Once Upon A Summertime
- 1977That Girl From Ipanema
- 1978Starportrait
- 1985So & So: Mukai Meets Gilberto
- 1986Plus
- 1992The Girl From Ipanema
- 1993Stan Getz Featuring Joao & Astrud Gilberto
- 1997Temperance
- 2002Jungle
Other work
- 1964Getz/Gilberto
In School of Rock
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- Jazz MapNL Map
- Mixtape 5: Jazz FestivalNL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Bossa nova Genre
Through the American saxophonist Stan Getz the style became popular in the United States: Getz/Gilberto (1964), with The Girl from Ipanema sung by Astrud Gilberto, became a hit far beyond the jazz audience.