Astrud Gilberto passes at 83

[Chad Fuck 17742]

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/06/1180416189/astrud-gilberto-the-girl-from-ipanema-singer-dies-at-83

I know she wasn't the greatest of all time, and really just had the one big album with her husband (at the time).  But my God, what an album.  It's a true desert island disc for me. I have listened to it countless times and never get tired of it.  

 

Each one she passes, goes, "Mmmm."

[G650 14273]

Ah man, bummer. I actually read a good story about how that song came together recently.

[Not that Bob 739]

Each day as she walks by the sea

She looks straight ahead...not at me

 

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Edited June 6, 2023 by Not that Bob
old tired memory

[BoomMF 1399]

I listen to Girl From Ipanema at least once a week. RIP

[TexPx 2323]

Too cool.

[Horn Draoi 256]

The song that sparked my sometimes incomprehensible love trying to play “smooth” jazz.  RIP.

[nbmishoid 962]

Yes, that album with the Brazilians and Getz is an all time great.  A story goes she was not a professional at the time, but the group decided they needed some vocals and, well, opportunity knocked.  Anyway, her participation in that album makes her worthy.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

deusa brasileira.

[Chad Fuck 17742]

I had no idea this film existed.  Fun time capsule.