''João Voz e Violão'' (

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: ''João: Voice and (Acoustic) Guitar'') is a bossa nova album by

João Gilberto João Gilberto (born João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira – ; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was of ...

, released in 2000. Recording very little in the 1990s, this album is Gilberto's first studio album since 1991's ''

João João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * ...

''. The album won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.

Recording

João went to

Moogie Canazio Antonio "Moogie" Canazio is a Brazilian recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer known for his work with Antônio Carlos Jobim, Caetano Veloso, Ivan Lins, João Gilberto, Ray Charles, Sarah Vaughan and Luis Miguel. He has won two ...

's studio to start recording his next album. It was the first time Moogie would work with João, he had an idea of how to record him and was nervous because he knew how demanding João was with his sound. The first thing he did was to take the headphones out of the studio because João didn't play with headphones at home and as he said himself: "The best of João Gilberto is when he plays at home". After setting up the microphones and starting to record, João played for only a minute and a half and then stopped. Then he asked to come up to the control room to listen. Moogie didn't even have time to get the sound right. João went up and listened to what he had just played. He was silent, didn't say anything. After five minutes, Carmela Forsin, his manager, who was also in the control room, said: "João, are you still with us?" and he said: "Yes, I am... Mooguinho come here with me". At this moment, Moogie thought João was going to say it was really bad or something, but it turned out to be the biggest compliment of his career. João entered the studio with him, hugged him and said: "Mooguinho you have recorded my soul. All my life after listening to what I recorded I don't like what I hear, this time I like it, but my voice is not good today. Let's stop the session, we'll come back tomorrow." The album was finished after three or four sessions.

Track listing

# "Desde que o Samba é Samba" (

Caetano Veloso Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (; born 7 August 1942) is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo, which encomp ...

) – 3:54 # "Você Vai Ver" (

Antônio Carlos Jobim Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian mu ...

) – 2:56 # "Eclipse" (

Margarita Lecuona Margarita Lecuona (1910–1981) was a Cuban singer and composer who is remembered for composing Afro songs such as "Babalú" and "Tabú". Biography Born in Havana on 18 April 1910, Lecuona was the daughter of Eugenio Lecuona, the Cuban consul in ...

) – 3:04 # "Não Vou Pra Casa" (Antônio de Almeida, Roberto Roberti) – 2:56 # "

Desafinado "Desafinado" (a Portuguese word, usually rendered into English as "Out of Tune", or as "Off Key") is a 1959 bossa nova song and jazz standard composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with lyrics (in Portuguese) by Newton Mendonça. Background "Desafin ...

" ( Jobim,

Newton Mendonça Newton Ferreira de Mendonça (February 14, 1927 – November 22, 1960) was a musician, composer, and lyricist. He began as a pianist in 1950. Mendonça was born in Rio de Janeiro. In 1953 he started working with Antônio Carlos Jobim, somethin ...

) – 3:27 # "Eu Vim da Bahia" (

Gilberto Gil Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (; born 26 June 1942), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration ...

) – 2:34 # "Coração Vagabundo" (

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) – 2:08 # "Da Cor do Pecado" (Bororó) – 2:29 # "Segredo" ( Herivelto Martins, Marino Pinto) – 3:15 # "Chega de Saudade" (

Vinicius de Moraes Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed O Poetinha ("The little poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwright ...

, Jobim) – 3:25

Personnel

- Acoustic

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, vocals

References

2000 albums Bossa nova albums João Gilberto albums Grammy Award for Best World Music Album Albums produced by Caetano Veloso {{Brazil-album-stub