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Astrud Gilberto (b. March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian-born singer best known for her jazz style samba and bossa nova music. Astrud was born Astrud Winert from a Brazilian mother and a German father in the state of Bahia, in the north-east of Brazil. She grew up in Rio de Janeiro and moved to the USA in the early 1960’s, where she still resides.
In her mid-teens, she became part of (her own words) a “musical clan”, and met João Gilberto, who she described as the clan’s musical “guru”. She married him a few months later, in 1959. Astrud frequently sang duets with João or sang while he accompanied her on guitar and he acted as her musical tutor. She also sang publicly with João during a concert at the Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Architecture, but did not sing professionally at that time.
Astrud and João moved to the United States in 1963, where she performed on the influential Getz/Gilberto album with João Gilberto, Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim. While rehearsing
The Girl From Ipanema, João asked her to sing an verse in English and then persuaded Getz to include this in the final recording. Getz agreed to this and Astrud’s professional career began. After the recording Getz told Astrud it would make her famous, and was proved correct.
In the mid-1960s the couple divorced.
The success of Gilberto’s vocal work on the song “The Girl from Ipanema” quickly turned her into a jazz star, and soon she started recording solo. She started as an interpreter of Brazilian bossa nova and American jazz standards, but started recording her own compositions in the 1970s. The song “Astrud,” by Polish singer Basia, is a tribute to Gilberto.
In her mid-teens, she became part of (her own words) a “musical clan”, and met João Gilberto, who she described as the clan’s musical “guru”. She married him a few months later, in 1959. Astrud frequently sang duets with João or sang while he accompanied her on guitar and he acted as her musical tutor. She also sang publicly with João during a concert at the Rio de Janeiro Faculty of Architecture, but did not sing professionally at that time.
Astrud and João moved to the United States in 1963, where she performed on the influential Getz/Gilberto album with João Gilberto, Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim. While rehearsing
The Girl From Ipanema, João asked her to sing an verse in English and then persuaded Getz to include this in the final recording. Getz agreed to this and Astrud’s professional career began. After the recording Getz told Astrud it would make her famous, and was proved correct.In the mid-1960s the couple divorced.
The success of Gilberto’s vocal work on the song “The Girl from Ipanema” quickly turned her into a jazz star, and soon she started recording solo. She started as an interpreter of Brazilian bossa nova and American jazz standards, but started recording her own compositions in the 1970s. The song “Astrud,” by Polish singer Basia, is a tribute to Gilberto.
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Hayzi22 wrote:
Astrud Gilberto is my favorite.
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kromatisk wrote:
so jazzy, I love it <3
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mmmm
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Echad un vistazo a mi nuevo grupo: Barco Blanco
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lorenanasc wrote:
Floresce em meus ouvidos.
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mak182 wrote:
nem sei mais.
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here_i_am wrote:
so beautiful...so smooth...
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foolonahill235 wrote:
sch-wing
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raphael_ubeda wrote:
Ótima...
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queenella wrote:
Queen of bossa nova... gorgeous voice....
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dZhen wrote:
my lovely love
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miss--C wrote:
super, super!
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ibnijohnavare wrote:
her music put me in the dream of a romantic foreplay in a cool ambiance . . . : )
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maricruZZZ wrote:
Most beautiful sound in the entire universe. [2]
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ntakeda wrote:
smoooth
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igorpratis wrote:
ótima, minha conterrânea ^^
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starkafka wrote:
she rhymes with 'happy melancholy'... the one and only.. :)
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Adorable voice.
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