The Guardian: Gaia Wilmer Large Ensemble: Parabólico review – gorgeous reinvention of Gilberto Gil’s grooves
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Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reg…
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politics · Brazilian musician and politician (born 1942) · singer · guitarist · songwriter · composer · jazz guitarist · politician · musician · bandleader · also Gilberto Gil, Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, Gil
Born 26 June 1942 · Q221479
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2026· 13 entries
The Daily Tar Heel: Gilberto Gil discusses the role of song in his life
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RTVE.es: Cuando los elefantes sueñan con la música - Bento, uno de los nietos de Gilberto Gil - 10/08/26
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Published video “Feliz dia dos pais!”.
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Published video “Gilberto Gil – Nos Barracos da Cidade (Ao Vivo em Buenos Aires) | Tempo Rei – Ao Vivo (Vol. 2)”.
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Published video “Gilberto Gil – Refazenda (Ao Vivo em Belo Horizonte) | Tempo Rei – Ao Vivo (Vol. 2)”.
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Published video “Gilberto Gil – Vamos Fugir (Ao Vivo em São Paulo) | Tempo Rei – Ao Vivo (Vol. 2)”.
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Published video “Gilberto Gil – Não Chore Mais (Ao Vivo em São Paulo) | Tempo Rei – Ao Vivo (Vol. 2)”.
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Published video “Gilberto Gil – Extra (Ao Vivo em Fortaleza) | Tempo Rei – Ao Vivo (Vol. 2)”.
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Published video “#Shorts | Você sabe a história por trás do sucesso “A Novidade”?”.
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Published video “Gilberto Gil – A Novidade (Ao Vivo em Brasília) | Tempo Rei – Ao Vivo (Vol. 2)”.
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Published video “Gilberto Gil | Tempo Rei – Ao Vivo (Vol. 2 Completo)”.
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Published video “Gilberto Gil – Refavela (Ao Vivo em Belo Horizonte) | Tempo Rei – Ao Vivo (Vol. 2)”.
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2023· 2 entries
Gil revealed that he had also been in relationships with men, stating "We are all bisexual"
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In 2023, Gil revealed that he had also been in relationships with men, stating "We are all bisexual".
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2022· 1 entry
Released album “Em Casa Com os Gil”.
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2019· 1 entry
Released album “GIL (Trilha Sonora Original do Espetáculo do Grupo Corpo)”.
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2018· 4 entries
Released album “OK OK OK”.
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Won Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (2018).
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A species of caecilian amphibian, Rhinatrema gilbertogili, was named after Gil to honor his musical career and contributions to environmental protection projects
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In 2018, a species of caecilian amphibian, Rhinatrema gilbertogili, was named after Gil to honor his musical career and contributions to environmental protection projects.
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album (2016).
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2014· 2 entries
Released album “Gilbertos Samba”.
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Released album “The Other Side”.
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2013· 3 entries
Released album “The South African Meeting of Viramundo”.
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Released album “Original Album Series”.
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Gilberto Gil plays his own role as a singer and promoter of cultural diversity in a long feature documentary shot around the southern hemisphere by Swiss filmmaker Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, Viramundo: a musical journey with
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2010· 2 entries
Released album “Fé na Festa”.
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Released the album Fé Na Festa, a record devoted to forró, a style of music from Brazil's northeast
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2008· 4 entries
Miami New Times: Gilberto Gil
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Released album “Banda larga cordel”.
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Released album “The Sound of Revolution 1968-69”.
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Released album “Duetos 2”.
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2007· 4 entries
Released album “Duetos”.
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Released album “Gil revisitado”.
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“s first two attempts to resign, but accepted a further request in July 2008. Lula said on this occasion that Gil was”
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Released album “Nova Série - No Palco”.
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2006· 3 entries
Released album “Rhythms of Bahia”.
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Released album “Gil Luminoso”.
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Released album “The Best Of”.
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2005· 5 entries
Released album “Perfil”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album (2005).
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Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2005).
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Won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album for Eletracústico
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Released album “The Very Best of Gilberto Gil: The Soul of Brazil”.
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2004· 2 entries
Released album “O seu amor”.
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Released album “The Early Years”.
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2003· 8 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (2003).
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Awarded Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year (2003).
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Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2003).
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Gave a concert in the UN General Assembly in honour of the victims of the bombing of the UN headquarters in Baghdad
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Career landmark: Minister of Culture of Brazil (2003–2008).
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Released album “Cidade do Salvador”.
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Released album “Aquarela Do Brasil - 16 Grandes Éxitos”.
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Released album “Salvador, 1962-1963”.
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2002· 6 entries
Released album “The Definitive Bossa Samba & Pop”.
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Released album “Gold”.
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Released album “Kaya N’gan Daya”.
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Released album “It’s Good to Be Alive (anos 90)”.
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Released album “Eu vim da Bahia”.
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Released album “To Be Alive Is Good (Anos 80)”.
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “Sem Limite”.
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Released album “Vira Mundo”.
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2000· 6 entries
Released album “Gilberto Gil e as canções de Eu Tu Eles”.
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Awarded Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2000).
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Released album “Brazil”.
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Released album “e‐Collection: sucessos + raridades”.
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Released album “Enciclopédia Musical Brasileira”.
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Released album “Gil & Milton”.
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album (1999).
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Released album “Millennium”.
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1998· 4 entries
Released album “O sol de Oslo”.
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The live version of his album Quanta won Gil the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album
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Released album “1975-1997: Bossa nova, samba & pop”.
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Released album “Copacabana mon amour”.
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1997· 2 entries
Released album “Quanta”.
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Awarded Knight of the National Order of Merit (1997).
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1996· 4 entries
Released album “Les incontournables du Jazz - Gilberto Gil”.
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Released album “Coleção obras-primas”.
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Gil contributed "Refazenda" to the AIDS-Benefit Album Red Hot + Rio produced by the Red Hot Organization
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Released album “Refazenda + Refavela”.
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1995· 2 entries
Released album “Z - 300 Anos de Zumbi”.
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Released album “Este É O Gil Que Eu Gosto”.
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1994· 2 entries
Released album “Unplugged”.
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Released album “Minha história”.
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1993· 1 entry
Released album “Tropicália 2”.
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1992· 1 entry
Following the release Parabolicamará, considered to be one of his most successful efforts
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1991· 1 entry
Released album “Parabolicamará”.
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1990· 2 entries
Gil left the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party and joined the Green Party
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His first son Pedro Gil, Egotrip's drummer – died in a car accident in 1990.
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1989· 6 entries
Released album “Personalidade 2”.
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Released album “The Eternal God of Change”.
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Released album “O eterno Deus Mu dança”.
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Released album “Caetano, Gal, Gil & Bethânia”.
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Career landmark: councillor of Salvador (1989–1992).
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Released album “Brésil : Les Indispensables de Gilberto Gil”.
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1988· 1 entry
Was elected to the city council and subsequently became city commissioner for environmental protection
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1987· 5 entries
Released album “Soy loco por ti, América”.
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Released album “Um trem para as estrelas”.
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When he was elected to a local post in Bahia and became the Salvador secretary of culture
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Released album “Personalidade”.
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Released album “Gilberto Gil em Concerto”.
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1986· 1 entry
Released album “Ao vivo em Tóquio”.
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1985· 1 entry
Released album “Dia Dorim Noite Neon”.
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “Quilombo”.
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Released album “Raça humana”.
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1983· 1 entry
Released album “Extra”.
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1982· 9 entries
“Existem muitas maneiras de fazer música. Eu prefiro todas.”
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“Sou ministro, sou músico, mas sou sobretudo, um hacker em espírito e vontade.”
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“Então ministro da Cultura.”
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“Em entrevista coletiva para anunciar a sua saída do Ministério da Cultura.”
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“Sempre fui moderado sexualmente. Nunca fui assanhado demais.”
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“Gilberto Gil, ministro e cantor, sobre a filha Preta Gil”
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“Cocaína usei uma, duas, três vezes e não tive nenhum benefício. Maconha usei muito e não tenho vontade nenhuma de usar mais. Do álcool, não sinto saudade.”
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“Gilberto Gil, músico e ministro da Cultura, em entrevista na qual fala de carreira na música e na política”
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Released album “Um Banda Um”.
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1981· 2 entries
Released album “Luar”.
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Released album “Brasil”.
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1980· 1 entry
A number one hit that introduced reggae to Brazil
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1979· 1 entry
Released album “Realce”.
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1978· 3 entries
Released album “Antologia do samba-choro”.
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Released album “Nightingale”.
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Released album “Montreux Jazz Festival”.
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1977· 3 entries
Released album “Refestança”.
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Released album “Refavela”.
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Released album “Satisfação - Raras & Inéditas”.
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1976· 2 entries
Released album “Doces bárbaros”.
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For the Festival of African Culture (FESTAC), Gil met fellow musicians Fela Kuti and Stevie Wonder
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1975· 2 entries
Released album “Gil e Jorge”.
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Released album “Refazenda”.
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1974· 2 entries
Released album “Ao Vivo”.
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Released album “Temporada de verão: Ao vivo na Bahia”.
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1973· 1 entry
Released album “Cidade do Salvador, Vol. 1”.
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1972· 4 entries
Released album “Expresso 2222”.
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Released album “Barra 69: Caetano e Gil ao vivo na Bahia”.
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And continued his musical career, while also working as a politician and environmental advocate
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Gil focused on his musical career and environmental advocacy work
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1971· 1 entry
Released album “Gilberto Gil”.
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1968· 1 entry
Released album “Velloso |Caetano|, Bethania |Maria| & Gil |Gilberto|”.
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1967· 1 entry
Released album “Louvação”.
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1965· 1 entry
And had a hit single when his song "Louvação" (which later appeared on the album of the same name) was released by Elis Regina
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1964· 1 entry
Saw both Gil and Veloso as a threat, and the two were held for nine months in 1969 before they were told to leave the country
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1950· 1 entry
Gil moved back to Salvador with his family
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1942· 1 entry
Born 1942-06-26.
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