ASTRUD GILBERTO / The Girl From Ipanema

Lyric / Vinicius DeMoraes
English Lyric / Norman Gimbel
Music / Antonio Calos Jobim

ASTRUD GILBERTO ( Verve )

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Original lyrics(Portuguese) of this tune Vinicius DeMoraes(1913-1980)
who was made the lyrics of the Brazilian and Rio de Janeiro origin,
the writer, the writing the lyric, the composer, the translator,
diplomat, singer and the journalist, 50's age the latter half,
Antonio Calos Jobim and others and also he is the one of the leading
figures who produce Bossa nova style with. There was a carrier of the
extent which serves the Brazilian United Nations ambassador as a
diplomat, but in 1964 alcoholism in the reason from the Brazilian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs he was fired, but after that activity
of music field was continued to late year. Antonio Calos Jobim
(1927-1994) who composes this tune the composer arranger musician
of Brazil, the same Rio de Janeiro origin, he learned the piano
from time of 14 years old composition with including, at beginning,
as a piano player it worked with the radio and night club, but he
joined the record company of local end and handled work such as
score making and arrangement of tune, the artist of the Odeon Record
of Brazil and recording as the director he was adopted for 1953.
In 1956 above-mentioned Moraes stage "Black Orfeu" who is produced
composed music for the sake of, after this reached the point where
together the tune making is done. this tune "Girl From Ipanema"
was based on true story and two persons wrote, composed and became
worldwide large hit with the tune which is announced in 1962.
Astrud Gilberto (1940 to be born) who has been sung here in Brazil
the famous singer, as for two persons they got married to 1959
with the wife of Joao Gilberto who is musician immigrated to America
in 1963, the album Stan Getz and coacted Antonio Calos Jobim with
the "Getz / Gilbelt". But they divorced the sixties halfway.
After that she became the popular singer in America depending upon
the hit of this tune, the queen of Bossa Nova was called and
worldwide became famous as a Bossa Nova singer.


Astrud Gilberto ( Official Web Site )

Antonio Calos Jobim ( Official Web Site )

Stan_Getz ( Wikipedia )

Rio de Janeiro ( Wikipedia )

Ipanema ( City Tour of Ipanema )

Amazon Music Astrud Gilberto



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