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Gilberto with Turrentine is an album by Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto and American saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring performances recorded in 1971 released on the CTI label.
Gilberto With Turrentine by Astrud Gilberto released in 1971. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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- “Today There Will Be A Surprise For You”
- “I Knew The Song Was Going to Be An Absolute Smash”
- “They Resorted to Lying!”
- “I Was Coping with Being on My Own For The First Time”
- “A Highlight of My Career”
- “Being Close to The Public Was Frightening”
Astrud Gilberto’s life changed forever in March 1963 when she accompanied João to A&R Studios in Manhattan while he recorded the album Getz/Gilberto with the renowned jazz saxophonist Stan Getz. They were about to create one of the biggest-selling jazz albums of all time, a record that turned millions of people on to jazz and the rhythms of Brazil....
Her beguiling voice had a powerful allure for the public, who loved the fresh and sensual way she sang about the song’s protagonist, a “beautiful, beautiful girl” called Helô Pinheiro, a teenager whom Jobim and De Moraes used to watch on Ipanema beach while they drank at the Veloso Bar. The experienced producer Creed Taylor, the man who had signedJ...
One of the problems with the history of “The Girl From Ipanema” is that Getz gave a misleading, sexist interview to the UK magazine Jazz Professionalin 1966, claiming credit for Gilberto’s success. “When I first heard Astrud, I thought there was something innocent and demure in her voice – such an opposite to these chesty-voiced girls singing rock’...
Her fame brought unfair criticism from journalists back home. “Many established Brazilian musicians never accepted Astrud’s success. They portrayed her as lucky rather than talented, in the right place at the right time,” said music writer Bryan McCann in his book Getz/Gilberto. She later confessed she was “very hurt” by the “harsh criticism and un...
When she parted from Getz, Astrud Gilberto finally got the chance to take charge of her own career. She said she “never looked back.” Her first solo concert with her own group actually took place in London, in 1965, at a new club called The Cool Elephant. It was a fashionable nightspot in Mayfair in which Princess Margaret and Dudley Moore, Peter S...
As the 20th century ended, Gilberto began slowing down her live performance commitments – she said she always found that being “close to the public was frightening” – and moved to Philadelphia with her new husband, though they later separated. She grew interested in philosophy and was particularly enamored of Wayne Dyer’s self-help book Your Errone...
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10 songs • 38 minutes Gilberto with Turrentine is an album by Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto and American saxophonist Stanley Turrentine featuring performances...
Gilberto With Turrentine. Legacy. Jazz Magazine. CTI. 9 Reviews. Include all languages. breakwind Feb 22 2023. Is Astrud Gilberto sexy? Yes. Can she sing with the best of them? No. But she never claimed she could and her vocal is more of a unique sensuous type. Combined with bossa nova, it was almost perfection.
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- Astrud Gilberto
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Astrud Gilberto (Portuguese: [asˈtɾud ʒiwˈbɛʁtu]; born Astrud Evangelina Weinert; March 29, 1940 – June 5, 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter. She gained international attention in the mid-1960s following her recording of the song " The Girl from Ipanema ".
Thrust. Herbie Hancock. Released. 1974 — US. Vinyl —. LP, Album, Stereo. Add Review. Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for Gilberto With Turrentine by Gilberto With Turrentine. Compare versions and buy on Discogs.
