A slight diversion from my previous Jazz Manouche. Here’s a Gypsy Bossa composition ,,,
Sheet Music
Radio Bossa
Splendid Isolation
While I’m following advice on staying at home, I thought it might be fun to plumb my musical ignorance. Ask me a question, any musical question.
Feel free to share this offer and stay well,
Best wishes
David
João Gilberto RIP
João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto, died yesterday. A Brazilian singer, songwriter and guitarist, he pioneered bossa nova in the late 1950s.
10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019
Bossa nova was a new, cool and sophisticated style that reflected the optimism of Brazil in the early 60s and initially became popular among middle and upper-class Brazilian music fans. Then its popularity began to spread. Along with other leading Brazilian musicians, Gilberto appeared at a now legendary concert at Carnegie Hall, New York, in 1962, and the following year he released the album Getz/Gilberto with the American saxophonist Stan Getz, who had become fascinated by bossa nova. The album included the single Girl from Ipanema, sung by Astrud Gilberto, to whom Gilberto was then married. It sold more than a million copies, and brought him international acclaim.
[Guardian]
From Samba to Bossa part 1
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