The Literature of the Senses: Body, Corporeal Perception and Aesthetic Experience in the Work of João Gilberto Noll
The Panic Manual (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Toronto – How do you link the following topics: traditional Bossa Nova, modern electronica, music royalty, and soul revivalists? The answer is of course Bebel Gilberto. Her latest album All In One has just been released, making it her debut on the Verve label. Furthering her work of creating Bossa-Nova infused pop, All In One [...] Related posts: Jazz in Review: Stan Getz & The Oscar...
Mainstream Isn't So Bad...Is It? (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Maybe it's just me, but lately there seems to have been a giant upswing in interest and listening to Brazilian music. And where would Brazilian music be without the name Gilberto ? Looking back you find Astrud and João , and returning to the present you have Bebel , daughter of João, whose latest release, All In One , just came out last month. It's on the Verve label, home to some...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Acclaimed Brazilian Vocalist Pays Tribute to Gilberto's Prodigious Talents as a Composer on Motema's Second “Jazz Therapy" Release [WMP Stream] Minha Saudade While 2008 marked the “official" 50th anniversary of the bossa nova--a style first recorded in Brazil by guitarist Joao Gilberto on the 1958 song “Chega de Saudade" (No More Blues)--2009 marks...
HardCandyMusic.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Let's all take in a little bit of Brazillian Jazz to warm up this chilly October evening thanks to Ithamara Koorax + Juarez Moreira . They're set to release Bim Bom - The Complete Joao Gilberto Songbook a collection celebrating 50 years since Gilberto released bossa nova to the world. MP3 Minha Saudad
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Words and Pictures by Thomas Hauner Bebel Gilberto, the daughter of bossa nova, literally (her father is João Gilberto,) performed an intimate and kittenish early set at The Box to celebrate the release of her tenth studio album, All in One. While much of the setlist dutifully revolved around the new material (“Bim Bom,” “Cancao de Amor,” and “The...
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Today, Bebel Gilberto (yes, the daughter of João Gilberto ) is releasing her new album, All In One . That’s big news for anyone who wants a little bossa nova in their life. I don’t see how you couldn’t be drawn to that style of music. It’s so, for lack of better words, sunny and vibrant. I like to listen to it in funny hats and pretend I have a whole lotta...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
... a lesson which had already been taught by other artists (Veloso himself, Astrud and João Gilberto, and all the jazz artists who had been exploring the Brazilian sound for over…
undomondo (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Squeezed out of our inbox in the last couple of weeks, this two part edition for Nov 09 has some great tunes. The second part contains more beats be it electronic or otherwise. Ernest Gonzales, Aficionado, Ithamara Koorax covers Joao Gilberto, Protassov
undomondo (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... Guardian obit NYT obit CNN obit Munir Bashir – Taqsîm en maqâm râst Selected by Ozgur Uckan : João Gilberto – Corcovado Omara Portuondo – Si te Contara Ramata Diakite – Nana Selected by mersenne Hamza el Din – Muwashshah Club Nisei – Wakare no ippon-sugi Carlos Lamartine – Gula Para a Libertação de África
LAist (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... on to comment on her first exposure to the genre as a result of listening to works by João Gilberto and recalled how it motivated her to learn English given the Portuguese/English nature of many of the lyrics. A Felicidade , Desafinado (Off Key) , Garota de Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema) , Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) and Manhã de Carnaval (Morning of Carnival)...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... to be announced. Check back here for on-sale dates and prices, or for general tour details. Bebel Gilberto, daughter of Brazilian musical genius João Gilberto, is far less innovative than her father, but she still does justice to the legacy of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz and other bossa nova greats with her captivating vocals. Tickets for her Dec. 5 show at the Ogden Theatre...
Shadow of Diogenes (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Today I got out my CD of "Stan Getz & Antonio Carlos Jobim : Their Greatest Hits" which was put out by Verve . Bossa Nova is a Brazilian style of Jazz that loosely translated means "new bump" or "new wrinkle". Antonion Carlos Jobim was one of its founders. Along with Joao Gilberto and singer Astrud Gilberto they laid down a mellow Lain-flavored sound that grabs you like a beautiful...
Hongkie Town (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
... Davis - Kind of Blue Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (that's Amazon's error, not a typo) Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums : Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand...
Woody Haut's Blog (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Heartbreak & Vine Music Festival Day 7 Tom Jobim and Joao Gilberto playing Desafinado. They were influenced by and went on to influence cool jazz and more. So it's appropriate to follow with Lee Morgan with the normally anything but cool Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (vintage 1958, with Bobby Timmons on piano, Benny Golson on tenor, Jymie Merritt on bass and, of course, Art Blakey...
