Joao Gilberto
Brazil, 1950–2019
Brazilian singer and guitarist (1931-2019), the inventor of the bossa nova beat. His hushed voice and the syncopated batida of Chega de Saudade (1958) compressed a samba band into one guitar and changed Brazilian music overnight.
MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Joao Gilberto and 3 artists Joao Gilberto influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Joao Gilberto?
- Dorival Caymmi — Gilberto went back to the older sambistas, Caymmi above all - taking what interested him in those interpretations and discarding the rest to arrive at the bossa nova beat.
Which artists did Joao Gilberto influence?
- Caetano Veloso — Bossa nova as Joao Gilberto made it is the ground Tropicalia stands on and argues with.
- Gilberto Gil — Gil took his name for the guitar from Joao Gilberto's bossa nova before he set out to break it open.
- Jorge Ben — Ben started from Joao Gilberto's bossa nova before turning the guitar into a rhythm instrument of his own.