Astrud Gilberto
Brazil
Born: 30 March 1940
Years Active: 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Latin, Easy Listening, Jazz, International, Pop/Rock, Vocal
Styles: World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Bossa Nova, Latin America, Afro-Cuban, Latin America, Brazilian Jazz, Mood Music, Easy Listening, Brazilian Pop, Latin Pop., AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Vocal Pop, Traditional Pop, Vocal/Standards
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The honey-toned chanteuse on the surprise Brazilian crossover hit "The Girl From Ipanema," Astrud Gilberto parlayed her previously unscheduled appearance (and professional singing debut) on the song into a lengthy career that resulted in nearly a dozen albums for Verve and a successful performing career that lasted into the '90s. Though her appearance at the studio to record "The Girl From Ipanema" was due only to her husband João, one of the most famed Brazilian artists of the century, Gilberto's singular, quavery tone and undisguised naïvet...
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