Astrud Gilberto.

  Astrud Gilberto
The honey-toned chanteuse on the surprise Brazilian crossover hit "The Girl From Ipanema," Astrud Gilberto parlayed her previously unscheduled appearance (and professional singing debut) on the song into a lengthy career that resulted in nearly a dozen albums for Verve and a successful performing career that lasted into the '90s. Though her appearance at the studio to record "The Girl From Ipanema" was due only to her husband João, one of the most famed Brazilian artists of the century, Gilberto's singular, quavery tone and undisguised naïveté propelled the song into the charts and influenced a variety of sources in worldwide pop music.
Born in Bahia, Gilberto moved to Rio de Janeiro at an early age. She'd had no professional musical experience of any kind until 1963, the year of her visit to New York with her husband, João Gilberto, in a recording session headed by Stan Getz. Getz had already recorded several albums influenced by Brazilian rhythms, and Verve teamed him with the cream of Brazilian music, Antonio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto, for his next album. Producer Creed Taylor wanted a few English vocals for maximum crossover potential, and as it turned out, Astrud was the only Brazilian present with any grasp of the language. After her husband laid down his Portuguese vocals for the first verse of his and Jobim's composition, "The Girl From Ipanema," Astrud provided a hesitant, heavily accented second verse in English.
Not even credited on the resulting LP, Getz/Gilberto, Astrudfinally gained fame over a year later, when "The Girl From Ipanema" became a number five hit in mid-1964. The album became the best-selling jazz album up to that point, and made Gilberto a star across America. Before the end of the year, Verve capitalized on the smash with the release of Getz Au Go Go, featuring a Getz live date with Gilberto's vocals added later. Her first actual solo album, The Astrud Gilberto Album, was released in May 1965. Though it barely missed the Top 40, the LP's blend of Brazilian classics and ballad standards proving quite infectious with easy listening audiences. 

Though she never returned to the pop charts in America, Verve proved to be quite understanding for Astrud Gilberto's career, pairing her with ace arranger Gil Evans for 1966's Look to the Rainbow and Brazilian organist/arranger Walter Wanderley for the dreamy A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness, released later that year. She remained a huge pop star in Brazil for the rest of the 1960s and '70s, but gradually disappeared in America after her final album for Verve in 1969. In 1971, she released a lone album for CTI (with Stanley Turrentine) but was mostly forgotten in the U.S. until 1984, when "Girl From Ipanema" recharted in Britain on the tails of a neo-bossa craze. Gilberto gained worldwide distribution for 1987's Astrud Gilberto Plus the James Last Orchestra and 2002's Jungle.

(Artist Biography by John Bush)


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Astrud Gilberto,Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto (1963)

1. Girl From Ipanema
2. Doralice
3. Para Machuchar Meu Coracao
4. Desafinado
5. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
6. So Danco Samba
7. O Grande Amor
8. Vivo Soñando (Dreamer)

Músicos
Antonio Carlos Jobim (piano)
Astrud Gilberto (vocals)
Joao Gilberto (vocals, guitar)
Milton Banana (drums)
Stan Getz (tenor saxophone)
Tommy Williams (bass)

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Astrud Gilberto - Manhã de Carnaval

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 Astrud Gilberto - Who Can I Turn To When Nobody Needs Me 

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Astrud Gilberto - Goodbye Sadness (Tristeza)

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 Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz - Insensatez 

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 Astrud Gilberto - Fly Me To The Moon 

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Astrud Gilberto - I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do (1969)

A1. I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do 
A2. Didn't We? 
A3. Wailing of the Willow 
A4. Where's the Love 
A5. The Sea Is My Soil (I Remember When) 
B1. Trains and Boats and Planes 
B2. World Stop Turning 
B3. Without Him 
B4. Wee Small Hours 
B5. If (The Biggest Little Word) 


Astrud Gilberto ‎– The Astrud Gilberto Album 1965  

1. Once I Loved: 0:00
2. Agua De Beber: 2:16
3. Meditation: 4:36
4. And Roses And Roses: 7:20
5. O Morro (Nao Tem Vez): 9:55
6. How Insensitive: 12:55
7. Dindi: 15:45
8. Photograph: 18:29
9. Dreamer: 20:42
10. So Finha De Ser Com Voce: 22:45
11. All That's Left Is To Say Goodbye: 25:08
12. The Shadow Of You Smile: 28:22
13. Aruanda (Take Me To Aruanda): 30:54
14. Manha De Carnaval: 33:23
15. Fly Me To The Moon: 35:22
16. The Gentle Rain: 37:50
17. Non-Stop To Brazil: 40:12
18. O Ganso: 42:40
19. Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me): 44:51
20. Day By Day: 47:02
21. Tristeza: 49:13
22. Funny World: 51:37
23. So Nice (Summer Samba): 54:01
24. Let Go (Canto De Ossanha): 56:41
25. Berimbau: 59:50



Astrud Gilberto ‎– Beach Samba (1967)

 Stay 2:24
Misty Roses 2:35
The Face I Love 2:08
Parade 2:08
Oba Oba 1:55
Canoeiro 1:32
I Had The Craziest Dream 2:21
Beach Samba 2:47
My Foolish Heart 2:44
Dia Das Rosas 2:27
You Didn't Have To Be So Nice 2:40
Não Bate O Coração 1:30
Tristeza (Goodbye Sadness)
Call Me
Here's That Rainy Day
Tu Meu Delirio
It's a Lovely Day Today