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Windy (album)
''Windy'' is a 1968 studio album by Astrud Gilberto, arranged by Eumir Deodato, Don Sebesky, and Patrick Williams. Reception The AllMusic review by Jason Ankney awarded the album three and a half stars and said that the album "proves one of Astrud Gilberto's most consistent and sublime efforts, artfully straddling the division between Brazilian bossa nova and American sunshine pop...the songs possess a lithe, shimmering beauty that perfectly complements Gilberto's feathery vocals". Ankeny reserves criticism for "the cloying sweetness that undermines so many of her mid-period Verve LPs", highlighting the duet with her son Marcelo on "The Bare Necessities". Track listing # "Dreamy" (Luiz Bonfá) - 2:05 # "Chup, Chup, I Got Away" (Marcos Valle) - 2:09 # "Never My Love" ( Don and Dick Addrisi) - 2:53 # "Lonely Afternoon" (Robert Maxwell, Patrick Williams) - 3:25 # "On My Mind" (Eumir Deodato, Norman Gimbel) - 2:44 # "The Bare Necessities" (Terry Gilkyson) - 2:37 # " Windy" (Ruthann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto (; born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, March 29, 1940) is a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema". Biography Astrud Gilberto was born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, the daughter of a Brazilian mother and a German father, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. She was raised in Rio de Janeiro. Her father was a language professor, and she became fluent in several languages. She married João Gilberto in 1959 and had a son, João Marcelo Gilberto, who later joined her band. Astrud and João divorced in the mid-1960s. She has another son from a second marriage, Gregory Lasorsa, who also played with his mother. Later she began a relationship with her husband's musical collaborator, American jazz saxophone player Stan Getz. She immigrated to the United States in 1963, residing in the U.S. from that time. She sang on two tracks on the 1963 album ''Getz/Gilberto'' featuring J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |