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João Gilberto (born João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira on June 10, 1931 in the town of Juazeiro, Bahia) is a Brazilian musician and considered one of the creators, with Tom Jobim (Antonio Carlos Jobim) and Vinicius de Moraes, of bossa nova.

A self-taught guitarist and singer, Gilberto moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1950 and joined the vocal group Garotos da Lua (The Boys of the Moon) as their lead singer. After a year and a half, he was kicked out of the group for his lack of discipline and spent the next several years in a marginal existence. Eventually he found his way, creating a new way to express himself in voice and on the guitar. The result of his obsessive experiments became known as bossa nova.

Bossa nova is a more refined version of samba, deemphasizing the percussive aspect of its rhythm and enriching the melodic and harmonic content. Rather than relying on the traditional Afro-Brazilian percussive instruments, bossa nova usually utilizes a drum set. João Gilberto often eschews all accompaniment except his guitar, which he uses as a percussive as well as a harmonic instrument. The singing style he developed is almost whispering, economical, and without vibrato. He creates his tempo tensions by singing ahead or behind the guitar.

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tomcrystophe8 wrote:
11 days ago

'' Você Zombou e brincou com as coisas mais sérias que eu fiz quando eu tentei com você ser feliz''

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renatol2210 wrote:
19 days ago

gênio

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ellenzitaaa wrote:
last month

saudade fez um samba em seu lugar.

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jenisx wrote:
last month

Mestre!

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bypsycho wrote:
last month

"você vai ver"

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PedroElias1000 wrote:
last month

primão.

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Ferdokki wrote:
September 2009

He kinda reminds me of Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennet. =)

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ellenzitaaa wrote:
September 2009

no peito dos desafinados também bate um coração.

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therocknew wrote:
September 2009

GÊNIOOOOOOOOOOOO , Arquiteto da música brasileira

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riigo wrote:
September 2009

although i prefer when his music is stripped down, chega de saudade is so good for chilling out

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alexandermano wrote:
July 2009

GENIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Musiklicious wrote:
July 2009

I wanna hear "Chega de Saudade"!

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TxusMx wrote:
June 2009

Chega de Saudade always gets me in a good mood

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Maitejana wrote:
June 2009

:-)) Hola :-)) Saludos.

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Fviegas wrote:
June 2009

se eu cair no seus nos seus braços, nao há despertador que me faça acordar

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dududh wrote:
June 2009

eu quero um samba feito só pra mim, eu quero a melodia feita assim *dance*

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daslava wrote:
June 2009

78, e contando

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therocknew wrote:
June 2009

Ai Ai João Joãozinho ...............

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Joohon wrote:
June 2009

pois é os gringos as vezes sabem o q é bom

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