“The funny thing is that after my success, stories abound as to Stan Getz or Creed Taylor having ‘discovered me’, when in fact, nothing is further from the truth,” she said in 1982, quoted on her website. Getz’s bragging, and condescending “housewife” remark, rankled with the singer. ![]() They were so pleased with Gilberto’s contribution that they asked her to sing on another Jobim track, “Corcovado” (“Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars”). She concluded it was “a bit of fate” – and her beguiling, whispery voice made all the difference to the song’s appeal, earning a Grammy for song of the year and a nomination for Best Vocal Performance by a female.Īs soon as the musicians heard the playback, they knew they had something special on their hands. She later admitted she had been “nervous” as she looked at the lyric sheet for “The Girl from Ipanema”, because “this was my professional work”. She grew up steeped in music (her mother Evangelina Neves Lobo Weinert played multiple instruments) and sang regularly with her husband in Brazil, including in a concert at the Faculdade de Arquitetura, part of one of Rio de Janeiro’s top universities. Creed said, ‘Great.’ Astrud wasn’t a professional singer, but she was the only victim sitting there that night.”Īstrud Gilberto wasn’t a complete novice. Astrud volunteered, saying she could sing in English. “Producer Creed Taylor said he wanted to get the song done right away and looked around the room. “Astrud was in the control room when Norm came in with the English lyrics,” Ramone told JazzWax in 2010. The acclaimed A&R engineer Phil Ramone was overseeing recording in New York and remembered clearly that it was Astrud Gilberto who offered to sing a duet. ![]() Gimbel – who went on to write the lyrics for hit “Killing Me Softly with His Song” and to compose the theme tune for the hit television show Happy Days – was present when it was first mooted that his English words be used along with the Portuguese sung by João Gilberto. Nazis, nicknames and ‘child hunts’: The uniquely bizarre life of Nancy Mitford.What’s Going On, 50 years on: The bitter true story of Marvin Gaye’s iconic album.Louis Armstrong: the warmth and wit of the legendary jazz artist.
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