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(387) Astrud Gilberto死去83歳 The Girl From Ipanema

Astrud Gilberto, bossa nova singer of The Girl from Ipanema, dies aged 83

Singer had no previous recording experience when she sang a defining song of Brazilian culture in 1963

Tue 6 Jun 2023 12.18 BST

Astrud Gilberto, whose dreamy interpretation of The Girl from Ipanema became the most popular version of the song, has died aged 83.

Paul Ricci, a collaborator with Gilberto, confirmed the news on social media, writing that he had been asked to announce it by Gilberto’s son Marcelo. “She was an important part of ALL that is Brazilian music in the world and she changed many lives with her energy,” he added.

Born in 1940 in the Brazilian state of Bahia and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Astrud Weinert married musician Joao Gilberto in 1959. In 1963, she accompanied him on a trip to New York where he would record with jazz artist Stan Getz and fellow Brazilian bossa nova star Antonio Carlos Jobim. The session’s producer wanted an English-language singer to help The Girl from Ipanema cross over to a US audience, and Astrud - who had no previous recording experience - was the only person who could speak it.

アストラッド・ジルベルトが2023年6月5日にフラデルフィアの自宅で亡くなった。83歳だった。

1959年にジョアン・ジルベルトと結婚し、1963年にアメリカに移住した。その年に「イパネマの娘」を英語で歌いStan Getzとレコーディングした。1964年に離婚したが、姓はジルベルトのまま、アストラッドはアメリカに住み続けた。

お恥ずかしい話だが、わかGは、昨日までアストラッドはジョアンの娘だと思い続けていた。

(2023/6/7)

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