João Gilberto

João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira ( ZHWOWN zhil-BAIR-toh; Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019), known as João Gilberto, was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, 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" (The Myth). In 1965, the album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz record to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It also won Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Gilberto's Amoroso was nominated for a Grammy in 1978 in the category Best Jazz Vocal Performance. In 2001 he won in the Best World Music Album category with João voz e violão.

Desafinado (Audiophile Edition) - 2025-02-16T00:00:00.000000Z

João Gilberto: A Summer Night - 2024-08-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Live In San Francisco, 2003 - 2024-04-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Ao Vivo em Buenos Aires - 2023-08-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Relicário: João Gilberto (Ao Vivo no Sesc 1998) - 2023-04-26T00:00:00.000000Z

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