Personnel:
João Gilberto (g, vcl), Antonio Carlos Jobim, Walter Wanderley (arr, dir), Nicolino Cópia 'Copinha' (fl), Edmundo Maciel (tb), Milton Banana (d), Juquinha, Rubens Bassini, Guarany (perc), Milton, Acyr, Edgardo (vcl)
Reference: UBLP 33-101 LP
Bar code: 8427328486026
Format: LP / 12" / 33rpm / STEREO
Label: UBATUQUI
Catalogue Reference: UBLP 33-101
Bar code (not printed): 8427328486019
Recording Year: 1958-1961
Country of Pressing: Spain
Comments: 2-LP Set Gatefold release
Limited Edition to 200 copies
Includes 4-page 12-inch inner sheet with all lyrics
Complete recordings from the period
Sealed New Copy
Cover Grade: MINT
Vinyl Grade: MINT
The poet Vinícius de Moraes pointed out that the bossa nova movement began after his first songs with Antonio Carlos Jobim appeared in the 1958 album Canção do Amor Demais, sung by Elizete Cardoso and played by an unknown 28 year-old guitarist from Baia named João Gilberto. He accompanied the singer (in two songs “Chega de Saudade” and “Outra vez”) with a new rhythmic feeling, “batida”, and with rich harmonies that would become the trademark of the modern Brazilian samba, which became known as Bossa Nova.
"The Warm World of João Gilberto: The Man Who Invented Bossa Nova, features three sensational and highly influential bossa nova albums by João Gilberto. The set's title is a little misleading. Gilberto wasn't the inventor of the bossa nova. That title belongs to composers and singer-guitarists Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal. They began developing the warm instrumental and vocal style at Rio de Janeiro's hotel clubs in the late 1950s. But Gilberto was certainly the singer-guitarist who popularized the bossa nova with a voice and sensitive as soft as crushed velvet.
The three albums in this set are Chega de Saudade (1959), O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor (1960) and João Gilberto (1961). Gilberto wasn't a prolific composer but he was the bossa nova's first and dominant interpreter. His touch on the guitar and whispered voice gave the bossa nova commercial sensuality. The first album was a monumental bestseller in Brazil, with Gilberto's interpretations of songs by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes, Carlos Lyra and Ronaldo Bôscoli, Dorival Caymmi and others. The record primed the pump for the bossa nova craze that hit the U.S. beginning with Stan Getz's Jazz Samba in 1962.
For years, all three Gilberto albums have been almost impossible to find on vinyl. Now they have been given a 24-bit restoration and they sound terrific. There are no bad tracks here, and you can listen from start to finish without touching your digital player."
—Marc Myers (May 10, 2022)
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