A self-taught guitarist and singer, Gilberto moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1950 and joined the vocal group Garotos da Lua ("The Boys of the Moon") as their lead singer. After a year and a half, he was kicked out of the group for his lack of discipline and spent the next several years in a marginal existence. Eventually, he found his way, creating a new way to express himself in voice and on the guitar. The result of his obsessive experiments became known as bossa nova.
Bossa nova is a refined version of samba, deemphasizing the percussive aspect of its rhythm and enriching the melodic and harmonic content. Rather than relying on the traditional Afro-Brazilian percussive instruments, bossa nova usually utilizes a drum set. João Gilberto often eschews all accompaniment, using only his guitar, which he uses as a percussive as well as a harmonic instrument. The singing style he developed is almost whispering, economical, and without vibrato. He creates his tempo tensions by singing ahead or behind the guitar.
This style, which Gilberto introduced in 1957, created a sensation in the musical circles of Rio's Zona Sul, and many young guitarists sought to imitate it. It was first heard on record in 1958 when João Gilberto accompanied singer Elizete Cardoso in a recording of "Chega de Saudade", a song by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. Shortly after this recording, João Gilberto made his own debut single of the same song, followed by the 1959 LP, Chega de Saudade. The song became a hit, launching Gilberto's career and the bossa nova craze.
Besides a number of Jobim compositions, the album Chega de Saudade featured older sambas and popular songs from the 1940s and '50s, all performed in the distinctive bossa nova style. This album was followed by two more in 1960 and 1961, by which time the singer featured new songs by a younger generation of performer/composers such as Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal.
By 1962, bossa nova had been embraced by such North American jazz musicians as Herbie Mann, Charlie Byrd, and Stan Getz, who invited Gilberto and Jobim to collaborate on what became one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time, Getz/Gilberto. Through this album, Gilberto's wife, Astrud, became an international star, and the Jobim/de Moraes composition "The Girl from Ipanema" became a worldwide pop music standard for the ages.
João Gilberto continued to perform through the 1960s but did not release another studio album until João Gilberto en México, recorded in 1970 during a period of residence in Mexico. João Gilberto, aka the "White Album" (1973), featured hypnotic minimalist execution and is widely considered to be his best album. The year 1976 saw the release of The Best of Two Worlds, a reunion with Stan Getz, featuring singer Miúcha, sister of Chico Buarque, who had become Gilberto's second wife in April 1965. Amoroso (1977) backed Gilberto with the lush string orchestration of Claus Ogerman, who had provided a similar sound to Jobim's instrumental recordings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As had been the case for all of Gilberto's albums, the album consisted mostly of Jobim compositions, mixed with older sambas and an occasional North American standard from the 1940s.
Having lived in the US since 1962, João Gilberto returned to Brazil in 1980. The following year saw the release of Brasil, with guests Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, who in the late 1960s had founded the Tropicalia movement, a fusion of Brazilian popular music with foreign pop. The 1991 release, João, with orchestrations by Clare Fischer, was unusual in its lack of even a single Jobim composition, instead featuring songs in English, French, Italian, and Spanish, plus old sambas and the solitary contemporary song "Sampa" (Caetano Veloso). Also released in 1991 was the album Canto Do Pajé by Veloso's sister Maria Bethânia on which Bethânia and Gilberto sing an intimate duet Maria/Linda Flor (Barroso, Peixoto, Vogler, Costa, and Pôrto) accompanied solely by his guitar. João Voz e Violão (2000) was an homage to the music of Gilberto's youth as well as a nod to producer Caetano Veloso.
Evenly interspersed with these studio recordings have been the live recordings, Live in Montreux; João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira; Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar; Live at Umbria Jazz, and Live in Tokyo.
While all of Gilberto's albums since Getz/Gilberto have been released on CD, the first three domestic albums were released in 1988 by EMI on a single CD entitled The Legendary João Gilberto: The Original Bossa Nova Recordings (1958-1961). The disc also included three tracks from the singer's 1959 Orfeu Negro EP: "Manhã de Carnaval," O Nosso Amor, and A Felicidade, the latter two merged into a single medley track to fit within the recording time of a CD. After its release, Gilberto successfully sued to have the title removed from sale as an unauthorized release of his artistic works.
João Gilberto has long had a reputation as an eccentric recluse and a nearly neurotic perfectionist. He lives in an apartment in Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, refusing all interviews and avoiding crowds. He has been known to walk out on performances in response to an audience he considers disrespectful or out of theaters possessing acoustics below his standards, and at times demands that the air conditioning be turned off at concert venues. Yet he continues to perform to sell-out crowds in Brazil as well as in Europe, North America, and Japan.
Discography:
1959 - Chega de Saudade (Odeon)
1960 - O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor (Odeon)
1961 - João Gilberto (Odeon)
1962 - The Boss of the Bossa Nova (Atlantic)
1963 - The Warm World of João Gilberto (Atlantic)
1964 - Getz/Gilberto (Verve)
1965 - Herbie Mann & João Gilberto (Atlantic)
1974 - João Gilberto en Mexico (PolyGram)
1976 - Best of Two Worlds (Columbia)
1977 - Amoroso (Warner Brothers)
1981 - Brasil (Warner Brothers)
1986 - João Gilberto Live in Montreux (WEA)
1991 - João (PolyGram)
2000 - João Voz e Violão (Universal)
2002 - Live at Umbria Jazz (Egea)
2004 - João Gilberto in Tokyo (Verve)
'S Wonderful
João Gilberto Lyrics
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You should care for me
Awfully nice, it's paradise
How I long to be
You make my life so glamorous
You can't blame me for feeling amorous
Wonderful, marvelous
Wonderful, marvelous
You should care for me
Awfully nice, it's paradise
How I long to be
You make my life so glamorous
You can't blame me for feeling amorous
Wonderful, marvelous
That you should care for me
Wonderful, marvelous
You should care for me
Awfully nice, it's paradise
How I long to be
You make my life so glamorous
You can't blame me for feeling amorous
Wonderful, marvelous
That you should care for me
In João Gilberto's song 'S Wonderful, the lyrics express a sense of admiration and thanks towards the person that the singer is addressing. The words 'wonderful' and 'marvelous' are used to describe how the singer feels about the person and their actions towards him. The singer then asks the person to 'care for me' and expresses how nice it is and how he longs to be with this person. The singer then goes on to describe how this person makes his life 'glamorous' and how he cannot help but feel 'amorous' towards them.
The use of the words 'wonderful' and 'marvelous' reflects the overall positive and romantic tone of the song. The repetition of the refrain throughout the song emphasizes the singer's gratitude towards the person he is addressing. The use of the words 'glamorous' and 'amorous' also serve to enhance the romantic tone of the lyrics. Overall, the song expresses a sense of admiration towards a lover and a desire for reciprocation of that love.
Line by Line Meaning
Wonderful, marvelous
This situation is beyond great and incredible.
You should care for me
You should have feelings for me and treat me like someone special.
Awfully nice, it's paradise
Your kindness is amazing and being with you feels like heaven.
How I long to be
I really want to be with you and experience these wonderful feelings.
You make my life so glamorous
Being with you makes everything seem more exciting and beautiful.
You can't blame me for feeling amorous
I'm not at fault for being attracted to and wanting to be close to you.
Wonderful, marvelous
This situation is beyond great and incredible - repeat 2x.
That you should care for me
It's amazing that you have feelings for me and treat me like someone special.
Lyrics © Word Collections Publishing, Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin
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@AnaPerezV
Wonderful, marvelous
You should care for me!
Awfully nice, it's paradise
How I long to be
You make my life so glamorous
You can't blame me for feeling amorous!
Wonderful, marvelous
That you should care for me!
Wonderful, marvelous
You should care for me!
Awfully nice, it's paradise
How I long to be
You make my life so glamorous
You can't blame me for feeling amorous!
Wonderful, marvelous
That you should care for me!
Wonderful, marvelous
You should care for me!
Awfully nice, it's paradise
How I long to be
You make my life so glamorous
You can't blame me for feeling amorous!
Wonderful, marvelous
That you should care for me!
@chiaramaffei3739
"It's time, darling."
@AltheaHekate
That was SO very Sweet ... Where do you find men like that?;)(Just Saw movie again, love this beauty...)
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@alpinfernanda
aaaaaaahhhhhh ❤️❤️❤️
@WOTBS
Which movie ?
@alpinfernanda
@@WOTBS Eat Pray Love
@ethanrmadera
What's beautiful is that you can hear that he's smiling when he's singing in the beginning
@slane_design
Yes !!!!
@GjaP_242
"Once singing and smiling, he said 'Goodbye America'" 0:10
@GjaP_242
"Chega de rocks, fox-trotes e pinotes Que isso não me convém Eu vou voltar pra cuíca, bater na barrica Tocar tamborim Chega de lights e all rights The figthes, good nights Que isto não está mais pra mim Eu quero um samba feito só pra mim" 1:01
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