João Gilberto - The Legend Of Joao Gilberto 1957-61 (2017) [Official Digital Download]

To say that all roads of modern Brazilian music lead back to João Gilberto would be a stretch; Tom Jobim, who wrote many of the songs João famously interpreted, merits at least as much of a claim as progenitor as João does; and, well, there's that whole century-old tradition of samba out of which both men sprang, which they internalized and then brilliantly reconceived. But it wouldn't be a huge stretch. Listen to Caetano Veloso (who refers to João as "mi maestro") sing a song like "O Leaozhino" off Bicho (1977); to the seductive marriage of guitar and voice, the perfect garnishing of nonsense syllables, on the title track from Novos Baianos' Acabou Chorare (1972); to the nasally-sensual singing style of Chico Buarque on most any cut, but especially softly swooning ones like "No Fala de Maria" from the fourth Chico Buarque de Hollanda record (1971): these artists are all João's issue (more than Jobim's, more than anyone's), and all of them are quite outspoken about this fact; while they made albums that sold in far greater quantities than those of the old master, all are more or less made in João's image, and their musical visions pick up where João's leaves off. What this means is that at the very center of the Brazilian music pantheon is one of the most enigmatic, eccentric creatures in all of twentieth-century pop culture–one who, though he has triggered more scrutiny, speculation, and spilled ink than just about any other figure in MPB, will always remain essentially a puzzle. Other music traditions from the last century were inaugurated by loud, flamboyant showmen–Elvis Presley writhing his loins on the Milton Berle show, Louis Armstrong pandering to white audiences' fetish for black minstrelsy, Jimi Hendrix lighting his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival. As the almost single-handed creator of bossa nova, though, João–reclusive, nocturnal, notoriously uncooperative–seems as unlikely a candidate for celebrity as a person can be. Yet armed with a new kind of music–a languid, sparse music marked by autumnal rustlings–he staged a sudden, decisive coup through sly, subversive whispers. He was a shy, awkward prophet preaching a gospel of silence, of hushed intimacy; and, on the strength of a couple of singles ("Chega de Saudade" and "Desafinado"), he turned the whole of Rio de Janeiro on its head, cleansing it of the excesses of 1950s samba and ushering in a new dispensation. It's a dispensation that Brazilian musicians have never really left.

TRACKLIST

1. João Gilberto - Chega De Saudade (remastered)
2. João Gilberto - Desafinado (remastered)
3. João Gilberto - Samba De Uma Nota So (remastered)
4. João Gilberto - O Pato (remastered)
5. João Gilberto - Bolinha De Papel (remastered)
6. João Gilberto - O Amor Em Paz (remastered)
7. João Gilberto - Trevo De 4 Folhas (remastered)
8. João Gilberto - O Barquinho (remastered)
9. João Gilberto - Lobo Bobo (remastered)
10. João Gilberto - Bim Bom (remastered)
11. João Gilberto - Hó-Bá-Lá-Lá (remastered)
12. João Gilberto - A Los Pas Da Cruz (remastered)
13. João Gilberto - É Luxo Só (remastered)
14. João Gilberto - Outra Vez (remastered)
15. João Gilberto - Coisa Mais Linda (remastered)
16. João Gilberto - Este Seu Olhar (remastered)
17. João Gilberto - Trenzinho (remastered)
18. João Gilberto - Brigas, Nunca Mais (remastered)
19. João Gilberto - Saudade Fez Um Samba (remastered)
20. João Gilberto - Amor Certinho (remastered)
21. João Gilberto - Insenatez (remastered)
22. João Gilberto - Rosa Morena (remastered)
23. João Gilberto - Morena Boca De Ouro (remastered)
24. João Gilberto - Maria Ninguйm (remastered)
25. João Gilberto - A Primeira Vez (remastered)
26. João Gilberto - Presente De Natal (remastered)
27. João Gilberto - Samba Da Minha Terra (remastered)
28. João Gilberto - Saudade Da Bahia (remastered)
29. João Gilberto - Corcovado (remastered)
30. João Gilberto - Só Em Teus Braços (remastered)
31. João Gilberto - Meditacao (remastered)
32. João Gilberto - Vocé Eu (remastered)
33. João Gilberto - Doralice (remastered)
34. João Gilberto - Discussвo (remastered)
35. João Gilberto - Se E Tarde Me Perdoa (remastered)
36. João Gilberto - Um Abraзo No Bonfa (remastered)
37. João Gilberto - Manha De Carnaval (remastered)
38. João Gilberto - O Nossa Amor-A Felicidade (remastered)



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