At Longreads, writer Tom Maxwell remembers Brazilian songwriter, masterful jazz guitarist, and bossa nova pioneer João Gilberto, who passed away in Rio de Janeiro on July 6th.
Tag: João Gilberto
Bossa nova’s break and a question of cover art
I’m looking forward to getting into João Gilberto and Stan Getz’s Getz/Gilberto, a new entry in Bloomsbury’s “short books about albums” 33 1/3 Brazil book series from author Bryan McCann.