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João Gilberto
João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often called the "father of bossa nova"; in his native Brazil, he was referred to as "O Mito" . In 1965, the album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz record to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.…
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entertainment · Brazilian musician, pioneer of bossa nova (1931–2019) · singer · guitarist · songwriter · jazz musician · jazz guitarist · recording artist · musician · composer · also João Gilberto, João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, Gilberto
Born 10 June 1931 · Died 6 July 2019 · Q192359
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2026· 2 entries
Jazz Journal: JJ 08/66: Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto Volume Two + Stan Getz
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2025· 1 entry
Released album “Brazil on Guitar”.
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2024· 4 entries
Released album “A Summer Night”.
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Released album “Exclusive”.
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Released album “Live In San Francisco, 2003”.
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Released album “Chega de Saudade / Orfeo do Carnaval / O amor, o sorriso e a flor / João Gilberto”.
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2023· 2 entries
Released album “Relicário: João Gilberto (Ao Vivo no Sesc 1998)”.
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Rolling Stone ranked Gilberto at number 81 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time
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2022· 3 entries
Released album “Ao Vivo em Recife”.
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Released album “Ao Vivo - São Paulo 1997”.
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Released ep “Ao Vivo em Lisboa 1984”.
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2021· 2 entries
Released album “Around the World”.
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Jazz: Joao Gilberto: João Gilberto
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2020· 1 entry
Released album “1958-1962 The Essential Works”.
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2019· 17 entries
Released album “1951 - 1958 - Com Garotos Da Lua: Early 78s (Remastered)”.
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Billboard: João Gilberto: The Delicate Revolution
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World Socialist Web Site: Bossa Nova pioneer, songwriter and musician João Gilberto dead at 88
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NPR: Alt.Latino's Tribute To João Gilberto
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NME: Rio bids farewell to João Gilberto: the king of bossa nova
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Reuters: Brazil mourns bossa nova founder João Gilberto as he is buried in Rio
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Chicago Tribune: Joao Gilberto, la legendaria voz de ‘Garota de Ipanema’
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The Washington Post: João Gilberto sang lullabies to the future
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Rolling Stone: Joao Gilberto, Brazilian Musician and Bossa Nova Pioneer, Dead at 88
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Los Angeles Times: João Gilberto, Brazilian bossa nova pioneer, dies at 88
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Global News: Joao Gilberto, pioneer of bossa nova music, dead at 88
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CNN: João Gilberto, a pioneer of bossa nova, has died at 88
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Died 2019-07-06.
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The Washington Post: João Gilberto, a quiet and leading voice of Brazil’s bossa nova music, dies at 88
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“João Gilberto, o papa da bossa nova”
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On 6 July 2019, Gilberto died at his apartment in Rio de Janeiro.
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Released album “The Master of the Bossa Nova”.
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2018· 3 entries
Released album “Quando você recordar”.
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Released album “Ten Songs for You”.
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They divorced, and he later married the singer Miúcha (died 2018); they had only one daughter, Bebel Gilberto.
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate from Columbia University (2017).
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2016· 1 entry
Released album “Getz/Gilberto '76”.
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2015· 2 entries
Released ep “Selections from Getz/Gilberto '76”.
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Released album “Um Encontro no Au Bon Gourmet (Live 1962)”.
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2014· 1 entry
Released album “Bossa nova estival”.
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2012· 5 entries
Released album “The Roots of Bossa Nova”.
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Released album “Chega de saudade 1959 / O amor, o sorriso e a flor 1960 / João Gilberto 1961”.
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Released album “The Warm World of João Gilberto: The Man Who Invented Bossa Nova - Complete Recordings 1958-1961”.
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Released album “Amor Certinho”.
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Released album “The Bossa Nova Vibe of João Gilberto”.
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2011· 2 entries
Released album “Live in New York City - 9th October 1964 / Live in Mexico - 1974”.
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Was sued and evicted from an apartment in Leblon by his landlord, Countess Georgina Brandolini d'Adda
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “Joao Gilberto for Tokyo”.
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2005· 4 entries
Released album “Samba e bossa nova: Saudaçoes do Rio”.
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Awarded Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2005).
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Released album “João Gilberto [II]”.
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In Tokyo received a nomination for Best MPB Album
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2004· 2 entries
Jazz: João Gilberto: In Tokyo
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Released album “João Gilberto in Tokyo”.
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Acapulco”.
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Released album “Live at Umbria Jazz”.
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2001· 5 entries
Awarded Latin Grammy Hall of Fame for Getz/Gilberto (2001).
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Awarded International Latin Music Hall of Fame (2001).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album for João Voz e Violão (2001).
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Won in the Best World Music Album category with João voz e violão
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Gilberto won the Grammy for the Best World Music Album category in the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards for his work in the album João Voz e Violão
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2000· 1 entry
Released album “Brazil”.
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1999· 3 entries
Released album “Millennium”.
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Released album “Ao vivo em Buenos Aires”.
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Released album “João voz e violão”.
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1998· 2 entries
Released album “Mestres da Mpb”.
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Released album “MÚSICA! O Melhor da Música de João Gilberto”.
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1997· 2 entries
Released album “Blue Rondo”.
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Gilberto sued record label EMI over their reissue of several of his early works, which he contended had been poorly remastered
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “Selection of João & Astrud Gilberto”.
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “O Pato”.
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1994· 4 entries
Released album “Bossa Nova Jubileu, Volume 1”.
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Released album “Bossa Nova Jubileu, Volume 2”.
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Released album “Eu sei que vou te amar”.
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Released album “Jazz Samba”.
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1993· 5 entries
Released album “The Girl From Ipanema”.
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Released album “Stan Getz Featuring Joao & Astrud Gilberto”.
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Released album “The Carnegie Hall Concert”.
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Released album “38 Titres Bossa Nova”.
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Released album “Amoroso / Brasil”.
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Desafinado”.
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1991· 1 entry
Released album “João”.
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1990· 2 entries
Released album “The Legendary João Gilberto: The Original Bossa Nova Recordings (1958-1961)”.
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Released album “Personalidade - The Best Of Brazil”.
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1989· 2 entries
Released album “Autour de Minuit”.
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Released album “Black Orpheus - Original Orfeo Negro Soundtrack”.
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1987· 1 entry
Released album “Live in Montreux”.
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1985· 1 entry
Released album “Interpreta Tom Jobim”.
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1981· 1 entry
Released album “Brasil”.
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1980· 1 entry
Released album “Prado Pereira de Oliveira”.
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1978· 1 entry
In the category Best Jazz Vocal Performance
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1977· 1 entry
Released album “Amoroso”.
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1976· 1 entry
Released album “The Best of Two Worlds”.
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1975· 1 entry
Released album “Braziliana”.
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1973· 1 entry
Released album “João Gilberto”.
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1970· 1 entry
Released album “Ela é carioca”.
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1966· 1 entry
Released album “Getz/Gilberto #2”.
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1965· 3 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Getz/Gilberto (1965).
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Released album “Recorded in Rio de Janeiro”.
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The album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz record to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year
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1964· 1 entry
Released album “Getz / Gilberto”.
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1963· 1 entry
Gilberto collaborated with American jazz musician Stan Getz on the album Getz/Gilberto which was released the following year
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1962· 1 entry
Released album “The Boss Of The Bossa Nova”.
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1960· 1 entry
Released album “O amor, o sorriso e a flor”.
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1959· 3 entries
Released ep “Cantando as Músicas Do Film Black Orpheus”.
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Released album “Chega de saudade”.
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Gilberto released another 78 rpm, containing "Desafinado" by Jobim and Newton Mendonça, and "Hô-bá-lá-lá", written by himself
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1956· 1 entry
Returned to Rio, having lived there some years from 1950 onward, and struck up old acquaintances, most significantly with Antônio Carlos Jobim, who was by then working as a composer, producer and arranger with Odeon R
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-06-10.
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