Astrud Gilberto

Astrud Gilberto (born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, 29 March 1940 – 5 June 2023) was a Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema".
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 on.
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==Links to Peel==
Astrud Gilberto made her name in the 1960s, when Peel was living in the USA, but despite her chart success she didn't appeal to the young audiences who listened to Peel's shows of the era, either in the US or Britain, and was seen as more of a jazz or middle of the road artist. 
Her combination of bossa nova and cool jazz came back into fashion with younger listeners in the 1980s, as part of a revival of interest in the music and clothes styles of the 1960s Mod era. This explains why Peel played some of her music in 1984, according to available tracklistings on this site, and why Andy Kershaw,Muriel Gray and John Walters also played tracks by her between 1985 and 1988, when all of them were sitting in for Peel.
==Shows Played==
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*19 September 1984: A Certain Smile (album - The Essential Astrud Gilberto) Polydor
*25 September 1984: O Morro Nao Tem Vez (LP - The Essential Astrud Gilberto) Polydor
*09 October 1984: Manha De Carnival (album - The Essential Astrud Gilberto) Polydor
;1985
*28 May 1985: Take Me To Aruanda (album - The Essential Astrud Gilberto) Verve
;1987
*22 April 1987: The Girl From Ipanema 
;1988
*02 May 1988: The Girl From Ipanema (vocalist of the song for Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists