Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Gilberto (born March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She became well known in the 1960s for her performance of the song "The Girl from Ipanema".

Contents

1 Biography 2 Discography 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External links

Biography[edit] Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto was born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, the daughter of a Brazilian mother and a German father, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. She was raised in Rio de Janeiro. She married João Gilberto
João Gilberto in 1959 and emigrated to the United States
United States in 1963, residing in the U.S. from that time. Astrud and João divorced in the mid-1960s and she began a relationship with her musical partner, American jazz saxophone player Stan Getz.[1] She sang on two tracks on the influential 1963 album Getz/Gilberto featuring João Gilberto, Stan Getz, and Antônio Carlos Jobim, despite having never sung professionally before this recording. The 1964 single version of "The Girl from Ipanema", taken from the 1963 album, omitted the Portuguese lyrics sung by João Gilberto, and established Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto as a Bossa Nova
Bossa Nova singer. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc.[2] In 1964, Gilberto appeared in the films Get Yourself a College Girl
Get Yourself a College Girl and The Hanged Man. Her first solo album was The Astrud Gilberto Album
The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965). Upon moving to the United States, she went on tour with Getz.[1] Beginning as a singer of bossa nova and American jazz standards, Gilberto started to record her own compositions in the 1970s. She has recorded songs in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Japanese. In 1982, Gilberto's son Marcelo joined her group, touring with her for more than a decade as bassist. In addition, he collaborated as co-producer of the albums Live in New York (1996) and Temperance (1997). Her son Gregory Lasorsa played guitar on the Temperance album on the song "Beautiful You", which features singer Michael Franks. Gilberto received the Latin Jazz USA Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1992, and was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 2002. In 1996, she contributed to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Rio produced by the Red Hot Organization, performing the song "Desafinado" (Portuguese for "slightly out of tune", or "off key") along with George Michael. Although she did not officially retire, Gilberto announced in 2002 that she was taking "indefinite time off" from public performances. Her original recording of "Fly Me to the Moon" was edited as a duet using a recording of the same song by Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra for the soundtrack of Down with Love (2003). Her recording "Who Can I Turn To?" was sampled by The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas in the song "Like That" from the 2005 album Monkey Business. Her vocals on "Berimbau" were sampled by Cut Chemist in his song "The Garden". Her recording of "Once I Loved" was featured in the 2007 film Juno. The "Astrud" track on Basia Trzetrzelewska's 1987 album, Time and Tide, is a tribute to Gilberto. Gilberto is an ardent advocate of animal rights.[3] Discography[edit] Main article: Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto discography Bibliography[edit]

Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World, Castro, Ruy. 2000. (Published in English in 2003.) De Stefano, Gildo, Il popolo del samba, La vicenda e i protagonisti della storia della musica popolare brasiliana, Preface by Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Introduction by Gianni Minà, RAI-ERI, Rome, 2005, ISBN 8839713484 De Stefano, Gildo, Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasile, Preface by Chico Buarque, Introduction by Gianni Minà, Logisma Editore, Firenze, 2017, ISBN 978-88-97530-88-6

References[edit]

^ a b Twomey, John. "The Troubled Genius of Stan Getz". jazzsight.com. Retrieved 24 March 2010. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 175. ISBN 0-214-20512-6. ^ Gilberto, Astrud. "Astrud Gilberto- Animals, They Need Our Help". Archived from the original on 22 April 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2006.

External links[edit]

Official website

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Astrud Gilberto

Albums

Getz Au Go Go The Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto Album The Shadow Of Your Smile Look to the Rainbow Beach Samba A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness Windy September 17, 1969 I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do Gilberto with Turrentine

Singles

The Girl from Ipanema
The Girl from Ipanema b/w Corcovado

Discography

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Grammy Award for Record of the Year

1959−1980

"Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" by Domenico Modugno
Domenico Modugno (1959) "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin (1960) "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith
Percy Faith (1961) "Moon River" by Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini (1962) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett (1963) "Days of Wine and Roses" by Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini (1964) "The Girl from Ipanema" by Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz
Stan Getz (1965) "A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (1966) "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra (1967) "Up, Up and Away" by The 5th Dimension
The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamont McLemore, Ron Townson) (1968) "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1969) "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The 5th Dimension
The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamont McLemore, Ron Townson) (1970) "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1971) "It's Too Late" by Carole King
Carole King (1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack (1973) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack (1974) "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John (1975) "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille (Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille) (1976) "This Masquerade" by George Benson
George Benson (1977) "Hotel California" by Eagles (Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh) (1978) "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel
Billy Joel (1979) "What a Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers
The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons) (1980)

1981−2000

"Sailing" by Christopher Cross
Christopher Cross (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes
Kim Carnes (1982) "Rosanna" by Toto (Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate, Steve Porcaro) (1983) "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner
Tina Turner (1985) "We Are the World" by USA for Africa
USA for Africa (1986) "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood (1987) "Graceland" by Paul Simon
Paul Simon (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin (1989) "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler
Bette Midler (1990) "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins
Phil Collins (1991) "Unforgettable" by Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole (1992) "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton (1993) "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston (1994) "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow (1995) "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal (1996) "Change the World" by Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton (1997) "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion
Celine Dion (1999) "Smooth" by Santana (Rodney Holmes, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) featuring Rob Thomas (2000)

2001−present

"Beautiful Day" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2001) "Walk On" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2002) "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones
Norah Jones (2003) "Clocks" by Coldplay
Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Phil Harvey, Chris Martin) (2004) "Here We Go Again" by Ray Charles
Ray Charles and Norah Jones
Norah Jones (2005) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day
Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Frank Edwin Wright III) (2006) "Not Ready to Make Nice" by Dixie Chicks
Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) (2007) "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse (2008) "Please Read the Letter" by Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant
Robert Plant (2009) "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon
Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill) (2010) "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood) (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele
Adele (2012) "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye
Gotye featuring Kimbra
Kimbra (2013) "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (2014) "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) by Sam Smith (2015) "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars (2016) "Hello" by Adele
Adele (2017) "24K Magic" by Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars (2018)

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