Audio CD review:
Joćo Gilberto - Desafinado

Joćo Gilberto - Desafinado

Band: Joćo Gilberto Title: Desafinado Rating: Release Date: 22 September, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Corcovado 2: Voce E Eu 3: Desafinado 4: Meditacao 5: Samba De Uma Nota So 6: Chega De Saudade 7: Rosa Morena 8: O Pato 9: Saudade Da Bahia 10: Manha De Carnival 11: O Amor Em Paz 12: O Barquinho 13: Insensatez 14: Coisa Mais Linda 15: Samba De Minha Terra 16: Dora Lice 17: Este Seu Olhar 18: E Luxo So 19: Outra Vez 20: Discussao

Customer Reviews Good music, incredibly bad cover art However, the artist who appears in the cd is not Joćo Gilberto, but Tom Jobim ! (A very poor painting made from a Tom Jobim picture. I am big fan of Joćo Gilberto and bossa nova and I agree with all reviews which were posted here. ) This is really a shame. Regards from Rio, Carlos Maia. wonderful!!! there are 20 (short-versioned) classical bossa-nova songs sung by the best of all, joao gilberto. . it is as good as Joao Gilberto, Voz e Violao (where he only uses his voice and a guitar), but at the other extreme, i. e. , it mixes several instruments really well. Tough to find. Folks, it is November of 2003 and Joao is still very much alive and kicking, and his voice is still as vibrant and singular as it ever was. You'll forgive the reviewer behind me who so foolishly referred to "Joao's death" several years ago. He performs very rarely, though he did a small tour earlier this summer, and I flew up for the night to San Francisco to hear him play at the intimate Masonic Auditorium. He played and sang flawlessly without any accompaniment, and hypnotized the audience. This album, and most of Joao's earliest recordings, are unbelievably hard to find. I finally gave up and downloaded them all from Kazaa. This collection, titled "Desafinado", includes the earliest songs which constituted what would eventually be called bossa nova, most importantly "Chega de Saudade" and "Outra Vez. " Fans of his 2 early albums with Stan Getz will recognize "Corcovado", "Desafinado", "O Pato", "Rosa Morena", and several others in their original versions. Also notable on these early recordings is that you will hear Joao Gilberto singing with a touch of vibrato, which he very quickly eradicated from his style after these recordings were made. The two highlights on this album for me are the two ballads "Coisa Mais Linda" and "Insensatez", two quintessential examples of Jobim's style of songwriting. Some of these tunes also find Jobim leading a small understated orchestra behind Joao. These recordings, and about 20 others, can be found on "The Legendary Joao Gilberto", a CD that is--surprise, surprise--out of print. Someone needs to get on the ball. . You can see a complete list of all Joćo Gilberto discography, or go back to the Joćo Gilberto tabs