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Track Listing
- Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
- Voc� E Eu
- Desafinado
- Meditation (Medita��o)
- One Note Samba
- Chega de Saudade
- Rosa Morena
- O Pato
- Saudade da Bahia
- Manha de Carnaval
- O Amor Em Paz
- O Barquinho
- Insensatez
- Coisa Mais Linda
- Samba de Minha Terra
- Dora Lice
- Este Seu Olhar
- � Luxo S�
- Outra Vez
- Discuss�o
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #267168 in Music
- Released on: 1998-09-22
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Tough to find.
You'll forgive the reviewer behind me who so foolishly referred to "Joao's death" several years ago. Folks, it is November of 2003 and Joao is still very much alive and kicking, and his voice is still as vibrant and singular as it ever was. He performs very rarely, though he did a small tour earlier this summer, and I flew up for the night to San Francisco to hear him play at the intimate Masonic Auditorium. He played and sang flawlessly without any accompaniment, and hypnotized the audience.
This album, and most of Joao's earliest recordings, are unbelievably hard to find. I finally gave up and downloaded them all from Kazaa. This collection, titled "Desafinado", includes the earliest songs which constituted what would eventually be called bossa nova, most importantly "Chega de Saudade" and "Outra Vez." Fans of his 2 early albums with Stan Getz will recognize "Corcovado", "Desafinado", "O Pato", "Rosa Morena", and several others in their original versions. Also notable on these early recordings is that you will hear Joao Gilberto singing with a touch of vibrato, which he very quickly eradicated from his style after these recordings were made. The two highlights on this album for me are the two ballads "Coisa Mais Linda" and "Insensatez", two quintessential examples of Jobim's style of songwriting. Some of these tunes also find Jobim leading a small understated orchestra behind Joao. These recordings, and about 20 others, can be found on "The Legendary Joao Gilberto", a CD that is--surprise, surprise--out of print. Someone needs to get on the ball.
wonderful!!!
there are 20 (short-version) classic bossa-nova songs sung by Joao Gilberto.
it is as good as "Joao Gilberto, Voz e Violao" (where he only uses his voice and a guitar), but at the other extreme, i.e., the versions in this CD mix several instruments really well...
Good music, incredibly bad cover art
I am big fan of João Gilberto and bossa nova and I agree with all reviews which were posted here. However, the artist who appears in the cd is not João Gilberto, but Tom Jobim ! (A very poor painting made from a Tom Jobim picture.) This is really a shame.
Regards from Rio,
Carlos Maia
