Joao Gilberto

This is Joao Gilberto at his most intimate: just the man, a guitar and a microphone. He seems to be singing directly into you with unrivaled delicacy: just the slightest lift in his voice in "Nao Vou Pra Casa" will set you skipping, while his hushed delivery of "Desde Que O Samba E Samba" draws the listener into his quiet musical sphere. A gem from a legend.

The cover of Joao Gilberto's first studio effort in a decade shows a woman holding an index
finger up to her lips, making a shushing symbol. This is what she wants you to be quiet for
and hear: The greatest living interpreter of Brazilian song, using only his age-mellowed
voice and delicately strummed acoustic guitar to emulate the caress of an ocean breeze or
the gradual tension of a gathering storm. Gilberto is now sixty-nine, but he sings... More >