João Gilberto | Umbria Jazz Festival 1996

João Gilberto

One of the two musical giants behind the bossa nova explosion of the 1960s (with Jobim), a leading Brazilian guitarist, vocalist, and composer. 
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Influenced by West coast jazz, in the 1950s composer Antonio Carlos Jobim helped to form Bossa Nova, a new music that blended together gentle Brazilian rhythms and melodies with cool-toned improvising; the rhythms are usually played lightly as 3-3-4-3-3 with beats 1, 4, 7, 11, and 14 being accented during every two-bars (played in 8/4 time). Joao Gilberto's soothing voice perfectly communicated the beauty of Jobim's music. The late '50s film Black Orpheus helped introduce Jobim's compositions to an American audience. Other important early exponents of bossa nova were guitarist Charlie Byrd, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz (Byrd and Getz teamed up for the highly influential Jazz/Samba), and housewife-turned-singer Astrud Gilberto -- who, along with her husband (Joao) and Getz, made "The Girl From Ipanema" a huge hit. The very appealing bossa nova's popularity peaked in the mid-'60s, but it has remained a viable music style.

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João Gilberto live at Umbria Jazz 1996



Tracking list
00:00 Isto Aqui o Que É? (Ary Barroso)
03:13 De Conversa em Conversa (Lúcio Alves, Haroldo Barbosa) 05:50 Pra Que Discutir com Madame? (Haroldo Barbosa, Janet de Almeida) 10:07 Malaga (João Gilberto, Fred Bongusto) 14:22 Estate (Bruno Martino, Bruno Brighetti) 19:00 Lá Vem a Baiana (Dorival Caymmi) 23:45 Corcovado (Antônio Carlos Jobim) 27:42 Doralice (Dorival Caymmi, Antonio de Almeida) 29:54 Rosa Morena (Dorival Caymmi) 33:10 Desafinado (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) 40:42 Saudade da Bahia (Dorival Caymmi) 43:24 O pato (Jaime Silva, Neuza Teixeira) 47:49 Chega de Saudade (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) 54:30 Girl from Ipanema (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes)



Recorded Live in Perugia, Italy,
during Umbria Jazz Festival at Teatro Morlacchi,

July 21st 1996