June 6, 20232 yr https://www.npr.org/2023/06/06/1180416189/astrud-gilberto-the-girl-from-ipanema-singer-dies-at-83 I know she wasn't the greatest of all time, and really just had the one big album with her husband (at the time). But my God, what an album. It's a true desert island disc for me. I have listened to it countless times and never get tired of it. Each one she passes, goes, "Mmmm."
June 6, 20232 yr Ah man, bummer. I actually read a good story about how that song came together recently.
June 6, 20232 yr Each day as she walks by the sea She looks straight ahead...not at me close Edited June 6, 20232 yr by Not that Bob old tired memory
June 8, 20232 yr The song that sparked my sometimes incomprehensible love trying to play “smooth” jazz. RIP.
June 8, 20232 yr Yes, that album with the Brazilians and Getz is an all time great. A story goes she was not a professional at the time, but the group decided they needed some vocals and, well, opportunity knocked. Anyway, her participation in that album makes her worthy.
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