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Astrud Gilberto
Gilberto performing in Amsterdam, 1966Gilberto performing in Amsterdam, 1966
Background information
Birth nameAstrud Evangelina Weinert
Born(1940-03-29)29 March 1940
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Died5 June 2023(2023-06-05) (aged 83)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • artist
Years active1963–2002
Labels
Websiteastrudgilberto.com
Musical artist

Astrud Gilberto (Template:IPA-pt; born Astrud Evangelina Weinert; 29 March 1940 – 5 June 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema".

Biography

Astrud Gilberto was born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, the daughter of a Brazilian mother and a German father, in the Brazilian state of Bahia. She was raised in Rio de Janeiro. Her father was a language professor, and she became fluent in several languages. She married João Gilberto in 1959 and had a son, João Marcelo Gilberto, who later joined her band. Astrud and João divorced in the mid-1960s. She had another son from a second marriage, Gregory Lasorsa, who also played with his mother. João Gilberto had an affair with Brazilian singer Miúcha (Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda), which caused the couple to separate. Later she had a relationship with her husband's musical collaborator, American jazz saxophone player Stan Getz while on a tortuous tour with him. During the tour Getz was abusive, and underpaid the singer at the height of her fame until her lawyer, Allan Arrow, could get her discharged from the tour contract. She emigrated to the United States in 1963 and resided in the U.S. from that time on.

Gilberto, 1970

She sang on two tracks on the 1963 album Getz/Gilberto featuring João Gilberto, Stan Getz, and Antônio Carlos Jobim. While it was her first professional recording, Astrud "wasn't a complete novice. She grew up steeped in music (her mother Evangelina Neves Lobo Weinert played multiple instruments) and sang regularly with her husband in Brazil, including in a concert at the Faculdade de Arquitetura, part of one of Rio de Janeiro's top universities." Her "beguiling, whispery voice" and steadfast approach to singing played a significant role in popularizing "The Girl from Ipanema", earning a Grammy Award for Song of the Year and a nomination for Best Vocal Performance by a female.

The 1964 edited single of "The Girl from Ipanema" omitted the Portuguese lyrics sung by João Gilberto, and established Astrud Gilberto as a bossa nova singer. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. For the recording, it is reported Astrud only ever received the standard session fee, US$120. However, according to Gene Lees in Singers and the Song II, Getz asked producer Creed Taylor to ensure she was paid nothing. In 1964, Gilberto appeared in the films Get Yourself a College Girl and The Hanged Man. Her first solo album was The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965). Upon moving to the United States, she went on tour with Getz. Beginning as a singer of bossa nova and American jazz standards, Gilberto started to record her own compositions in the 1970s. She recorded songs in Portuguese, English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Japanese.

In 1982, Gilberto's son Marcelo joined her group, touring with her for more than a decade as a bassist. In addition, he collaborated as co-producer of the albums Live in New York (1996) and Temperance (1997). Her son Gregory Lasorsa played guitar on the Temperance album on the song "Beautiful You", which features singer Michael Franks.

Gilberto received the Latin Jazz USA Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1992 and was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 2002. In 1996, she contributed to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Rio produced by the Red Hot Organization, performing the song "Desafinado" (Portuguese for "slightly out of tune", or "off-key") along with George Michael at his invitation. Although she did not officially retire, Gilberto announced in 2002 that she was taking "indefinite time off" from public performances.

Her original recording of "Fly Me to the Moon" was edited as a duet using a recording of the same song by Frank Sinatra for the soundtrack of Down with Love (2003). Her recording "Who Can I Turn To?" was sampled by The Black Eyed Peas in the song "Like That" from the 2005 album Monkey Business. Her vocals on "Berimbau" were sampled by Cut Chemist in his song "The Garden". Her recording of "Once I Loved" was featured in the 2007 film Juno. The "Astrud" track on Basia Trzetrzelewska's 1987 album, Time and Tide, is a tribute to Gilberto.

Gilberto was an advocate of animal rights.

Gilberto died from undisclosed causes on 5 June 2023. She died at her home in Philadelphia, her granddaughter Sofia Gilberto said on social media.

In popular culture

In 1987, pop-jazz artist Basia paid tribute to Gilberto with the song "Astrud" on her debut album Time and Tide.

Discography

Main article: Astrud Gilberto discography
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References

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Discography
Albums
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Other appearanceGetz/Gilberto (1964)
Grammy Award for Record of the Year
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Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
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