Astrud Gilberto

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Astrud Gilberto
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Astrud Gilberto in 1965
Background information
Birth name Astrud Weinert
Born March 29, 1940(1940-03-29)
Bahia, Brazil
Genre(s) Bossa nova, Latin Jazz, Brazilian jazz
Occupation(s) Singer, Actress
Years active 1963-
Label(s) Verve, Universal
Associated acts João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Stan Getz, Frank Sinatra
Website http://www.astrudgilberto.com/

Astrud Gilberto (born March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian singer best known for her samba and bossa nova music, most famously as the vocalist on the Grammy Award winning song "The Girl from Ipanema".

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[edit] Biography

Astrud Gilberto was born Astrud Weinert, the daughter of a Brazilian mother and a German father, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, and was raised in Rio de Janeiro. In 1959, she married João Gilberto, later emigrating to the U.S. in 1963, when she sang on the influential album Getz/Gilberto featuring João Gilberto, Stan Getz, and Antonio Carlos Jobim. She had never performed professionally, and sang on the recordings at the suggestion of her husband, João Gilberto (they divorced in the mid-sixties).

Astrud Gilberto's recording of The Girl from Ipanema established her as a jazz and pop singer. In 1964, Gilberto appeared in the films Get Yourself a College Girl and The Hanged Man. Her first solo album was The Astrud Gilberto Album (1964). Gilberto began as a singer of bossa nova and American jazz standards, but recorded her own compositions in the 1970s. Her repertoire includes The Shadow of your Smile, It Might As Well Be Spring, Love Story, Fly Me To The Moon, Day By Day, Here's That Rainy Day, and Look To The Rainbow. She has recorded songs in Brazilian Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Japanese.

In 1982, Astrud Gilberto's son Marcelo Gilberto joined her group, and toured with her for more than a decade as her group's bassist. In addition to working as a bassist, Marcelo collaborated as co-producer of the albums Live in New York (1996) and Temperance (1997). Son Gregory Lasorsa (also a musician) played on the Temperance album, playing the guitar on her Beautiful You song, which features singer Michael Franks.

[edit] Miscellaneous

Astrud Gilberto received the "Latin Jazz USA Award for Lifetime Achievement" in 1992, and was inducted to the "International Latin Music Hall of Fame" in 2002. Although not officially retired, Gilberto announced in 2002 that she was taking "indefinite time off" from public performances. She is also a fine artist, and an ardent advocate of animal rights.[1]

Gilberto's original recording of the song "Fly Me To The Moon" was edited as a "duet" using a recording of the same song by Frank Sinatra for the soundtrack of Down with Love (2003). Her song "Who Can I Turn To" was sampled by the Black Eyed Peas in the song "Like That" from the album Monkey Business. Her vocals on "Berimbau" were sampled by Cut Chemist in his song titled "The Garden".

Her recording of the song "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.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto - Getz Au-Go-Go (Verve, 1964)
  • The Astrud Gilberto Album (Verve, 1965)
  • The Shadow of Your Smile (Verve, 1965)
  • Look to the Rainbow (Verve, 1966)
  • A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness with Walter Wanderley (Verve, 1967)
  • Beach Samba (Verve, 1967)
  • Windy (Verve, 1968)
  • I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do (Verve, 1969)
  • September 17, 1969 (Verve, 1969)
  • Gilberto Golden Japanese Album (Verve, 1969)
  • Astrud Gilberto with Stanley Turrentine (CTI, 1971)
  • Astrud Gilberto Now (Perception, 1972)
  • That Girl from Ipanema (Audio Fidelity, 1977)
  • Astrud Gilberto Plus James Last Orchestra (Polygram, 1987)
  • Live in New York (Pony Canyon, 1996)
  • Temperance (album) (Pony Canyon, 1997)
  • Jungle (Magya, 2002)
  • Coffee & Bossa: The Chillout Sound of Astrud Gilberto (Compilation album) (Universal, 2006)

[edit] Soundtracks

[edit] Other albums featuring Astrud Gilberto

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gilberto, Astrud. Astrud Gilberto- Animals, They Need Our Help. Retrieved on 2006-04-06.

2 Getz/Gilberto CD liner notes/Doug Ramsey 1996

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