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João Gilberto
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
The singer and guitarist João Gilberto came from Juazeiro in north-eastern Brazil. In the 1950s he spent years in Rio searching for a style of his own. He found a guitar pattern that sums up the whole percussion section of the samba, and sang softly and precisely, without vibrato. In 1958 he played guitar on Chega de Saudade by Elizeth Cardoso and recorded the song himself; his album Chega de Saudade (1959) is regarded as the beginning of bossa nova. In 1963 he made Getz/Gilberto with Stan Getz. He was known as a perfectionist and rarely performed. He died in 2019.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the guitar and the voice: soft, precise and just slightly apart from each other.
Chega de Saudade · João Gilberto, 1959- Desafinado · João Gilberto, 1959
Samba de uma Nota Só · João Gilberto, 1960
Discography
Studio albums
- 1959Chega de saudade
- 1960O amor, o sorriso e a flor
- 1962João Gilberto
- 1962The Boss Of The Bossa Nova
- 1964Getz / Gilberto
- 1970Ela é carioca
- 1973João Gilberto
- 1977Amoroso
- 1981Brasil
- 1989Black Orpheus - Original Orfeo Negro Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1991João
- 1992Desafinado
- 1992The Girl From Ipanema
- 199338 Titres Bossa Nova
- 1993Stan Getz Featuring Joao & Astrud Gilberto
- 1997Blue Rondo
- 1999João voz e violão
- 2002Acapulco
- 2018Quando você recordar
- 20191951 - 1958 - Com Garotos Da Lua: Early 78s (Remastered)
- 2019The Master of the Bossa Nova
- ?Black Orpheus (US Edition) (soundtrack)
- ?El creador del Bossa Nova
- ?Rosa Morena
- ?The Girl From Ipanema
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Jazz MapNL Map
- Mixtape 5: Jazz FestivalNL Reader
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Latin jazz Genre
From 1958 João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim created bossa nova in Rio de Janeiro.
- Bossa nova Genre
In Rio de Janeiro, from 1958 the guitarist and singer João Gilberto and the composer Antônio Carlos Jobim created bossa nova: a soft, restrained version of the samba, with jazz chords and a singing voice that almost whispers.
- Samba Genre
In 1958, João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim made a soft, restrained version of it: bossa nova.