From the Guardian:
"Astrud Gilberto, whose dreamy interpretation of The Girl from Ipanema became the most popular version of the song, has died aged 83.Paul Ricci, a collaborator with Gilberto, confirmed the news on social media, writing that he had been asked to announce it by Gilberto’s son Marcelo. “She was an important part of ALL that is Brazilian music in the world and she changed many lives with her energy,” he added.Born in 1940 in the Brazilian state of Bahia and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Astrud Weinert married musician João Gilberto in 1959. In 1963, she accompanied him on a trip to New York where he would record with jazz artist Stan Getz and fellow Brazilian bossa nova star Antônio Carlos Jobim. The session’s producer wanted an English-language singer to help The Girl from Ipanema cross over to a US audience, and Astrud – who had no previous recording experience – was the only person who could speak it."
Gregg Chadwick
City of Desires (Rio de Janeiro)
72"x96" oil on linen 2000-2008
Private Collection, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Astrud Gilberto (1940-2023) n'y est plus. La chanteuse brésilienne qui a immortalisé plusieurs chansons de la Bossa nova, y compris La Fille d'Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) avec Stan Getz en 1964, l'année tragique du coup d'état militaire au Brésil https://t.co/vZu6mbkWye
— Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD (@araujohistorian) June 6, 2023
