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| | Joao Gilberto discography -- Slipcue.com Brazilian Music Guide |
 | | When Joao met up with songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim, they recorded the song "Chega de Saudade," and bossa nova was born. |
 | | Jobim had been writing songs with poet Vinicius de Moraes, but it wasn't until they met the acoustic guitarist Gilberto, with his radically minimalist delivery, that everything clicked into place. |
 | | Mainly a solo acoustic concert, though several tracks have eerie string arrangements, each by a different arranger (Dori Caymmi, Joao Donato, Gaya, and Guto Graca Mello...) Joao is at his most hushed and evocative, and while the songs are mainly standards, they all sound fresh and new. |
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