Joao Gilberto - Chega De Saudade - 526019

Chega De Saudade

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Release Date: 18 January 2010

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Release Date: 30 August 2024

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Release Date: 10 October 2025

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39 track CD edition - 3 complete LPs on 1 CD + 3 bonus tracks - includes 20-page booklet. Singer/songwriter Joao Gilberto was a legend of bossa nova. While Antonio Carlos Jobim set the standard for the creation of bossa nova in the mid-'50s, it was Gilberto who brilliantly reimagined and, arguably, defined the genre. This CD presents all of Gilberto's master recordings from his early years, including his three initial LPs in their entirety, as well as rare tracks.
4.5 Stars AllMusic: 'Chega de Saudad' - "Joao Gilberto's debut LP, 1959's Chega de Saudade, was one of the most important bossa nova recordings, and credited by many as the album that, more than any other, launched bossa nova as a major popular music genre." (Richie Unterberger)
5 Stars AllMusic: 'O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor' - "This vitally important record introduced Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and thus, bossa nova to the United States in 1961, a year before Stan Getz scored a hit with 'Desafinado'." (Richard S. Ginell)

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COMPLETE ALBUM + 8 BONUS TRACKS - 180g VIRGIN VINYL - LIMITED EDITION. Specially prepared liner notes by renowned music writer Brian Morton.
Brazilian singer/song writer Joao Gilberto was a legend of bossa nova. While Antonio Carlos Jobim set the standard for the creation of bossa nova in the mid-'50s (with songs like The Girl from Ipanema and Desafinado), it was Gilberto who brilliantly reimagined defined the genre.
In 1959 Gilberto presented his first LP, Chega de Saudade presented here. The title song turned into a massive hit, launching Gilberto's career and the bossa nova craze.
"In 1959, before I left my hometown, I heard Joao Gilberto. And hearing Joao Gilberto was a revolution in my mind; it was an enlightenment, really. I knew that something had to happen, something was already happening, and that Brazil could be freer and bigger and could make some kind of original contribution for world civilization." - Caetano Veloso (Brazilian singer/composer)

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The complete album + 8 bonus tracks - limited edition pressing on 180g crystal clear vinyl.
The Bossa Nova style, which Joao Gilberto introduced in 1957, created a sensation in the musical circles of Rio's Zona Sul arts district (South Zone) with aspiring young guitarists eagerly attempting to imitate it. First heard on record in 1958 in a recording of "Chega de Saudade", a song by Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, the genre was picked by American musicians and popularised throughout the world, most notably by the albums of Stan Getz and Charley Byrd ('Desafinado', 'Jazz Samba'' etc).
Gilberto had first accompanied singer Elizeth Cardoso as her guitarist in a recording of this song ("Chega de Saudade), shortly after which Gilberto recorded his own boss nova style version of the song for his debut single. That and the following 'Chega de Saudade' LP (1959) launched Gilberto's international career and the Bossa Nova worldwide craze.
"Joao Gilberto's debut LP, 1959's Chega de Saudade, was one of the most important bossa nova recordings, and credited by many as the album that, more than any other, launched bossa nova as a major popular music genre." - **** 1/2 Richie Unterberger, AllMusic
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