#the girl from ipanema

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R.I.P. ASTRUD GILBERTO (Astrud Evangelina Weinert, 29 March 1940 – 5 June 2023)

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R.I.P. Astrud Gilberto, March 29, 1940 - June 5, 2023. Seen here, performing "The Girl from Ipanema" in 1964 with Stan Getz on tenor sax, Gary Burton on vibraphone, Gene Cherico on bass, and Joe Hunt on drums.

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Tall and tan and young and lovely The girl from Octo Valley goes walking And when she passes Each one she passes goes "ah!"

When she walks she's like a samba that Swings so cool and sways so gently That when she passes Each one she passes goes "ah!"

Oh, but she watches her so sadly How can she tell her she loves her? Yes, she would give her heart gladly But each day when she walks to the sea She looks straight ahead not at she

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R.I.P. ASTRUD GILBERTO 29/3/1940 5/6/2023

astrud gilberto - the girl from ipanema

1964

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Summer 1962. Rio de Janeiro. At the Veloso Bar, a block from the beach at Ipanema, two friends—the composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and the poet Vinícius de Moraes—are drinking Brahma beer and musing about their latest song collaboration.

The duo favor the place for the good brew and the even better girl-watching opportunities. Though both are married men, they’re not above a little ogling. Especially when it comes to a neighborhood girl nicknamed Helô. Eighteen-year-old Heloisa Eneida Menezes Pais Pinto is a Carioca—a native of Rio. She’s tall and tan, with emerald green eyes and long, dark wavy hair. They’ve seen her passing by, as she’s heading to the beach or coming home from school. She has a way of walking that de Moraes calls “sheer poetry.”

Legend has it that Jobim and de Moraes were so inspired by this shapely coed, they wrote a song for her right on the bar napkins. It’s a good story, but it’s not quite true.

While Helô inspired the song, it was another Carioca who carried it beyond Rio. Astrud Gilberto was just the wife of singing star João Gilberto when she entered a NYC studio in March 1963. João and Jobim were making a record with tenor saxman Stan Getz. The idea of cutting a verse on “Ipanema” in English came up, and Astrud was the only one of the Brazilians who spoke more than phrasebook English.

Astrud’s child-like vocal, devoid of vibrato and singerly mannerisms, was the perfect foil for her husband’s soft bumblebee voice. Jobim tinkled piano. Getz blew a creamy smooth tenor. Four minutes of magic went to tape.

A year later, the song was casting its quiet spell of sea and sand on the charts, washing past the Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand.” It peaked in mid-June at No. 5, selling over two million copies.

“The Girl From Ipanema” went on to become the second-most recorded popular song in history, behind “Yesterday.” Covered by an A-Z gamut of performers, it’s become the ultimate cliché of elevator music—shorthand for the entire lounge revival of the ’90s.

Over the years, Helô Pinheiro (her married name) enjoyed country-wide fame, ranking with Pelé as one of the goodwill ambassadors of Brazil. She never settled on an occupation, dabbling in acting, then running a modeling agency. In 1987, she posed nude for Playboy (and again in 2003, with her daughter Ticiane). In 2001, Helô opened the Girl From Ipanema clothing boutique in a Rio shopping center.

Shortly after, the heirs of Jobim (who died in 1994) and de Moraes (who died in 1980) filed a lawsuit, claiming Helô was only inadvertently involved in the song’s creation and didn’t have the right to use it for commercial purposes.

Helô says, “I never made a cent from ‘The Girl From Ipanema,’ nor do I claim that I should. Yet now that I’m using a legally registered trademark, they want to prohibit me from being the girl from Ipanema. I’m sure that Antonio and Vinícius would never question the use of the name.”

After much ugliness in and out of court, Helô was able to keep the name for her boutique. Today, she reflects on the early ’60s in Ipanema with nostalgia. “I like the time when everything was prettier because of love, as it says in the Portuguese version of the song. I am still touched when somebody plays the song in my honor.”

—By Bill DeMain

Image: As a teenager, Helo Pinheiro was a regular on Rio's Ipanema Beach

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Photo de Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images

Hommage à l'îcone mondiale de la Bossa-Nova Astrud Gilberto 🌹❤️🎈R.I.P 🕊

Astrud Gilberto 🎶 The girl from Ipanema (1964 with Stan Getz & 1988 ZDF Jazz Club)

Bonne soirée

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“Astrud Gilberto was just the wife of singing star João Gilberto when she entered a NYC studio in March 1963. João and Jobim were making a record with tenor saxman Stan Getz. The idea of cutting a verse on “Ipanema” in English came up, and Astrud was the only one of the Brazilians who spoke more than phrasebook English.

Astrud’s child-like vocal, devoid of vibrato and singerly mannerisms, was the perfect foil for her husband’s soft bumblebee voice. Jobim tinkled piano. Getz blew a creamy smooth tenor. Four minutes of magic went to tape.” - [x]

Brazilian Bossa Nova singer Astrud Gilberto (born Astrud Evangelina Weinert; 29 March 1940 – 5 June 2023), pictured with her first husband and sometimes duet partner João Gilberto in the 1960s.

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December 1964

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Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz - The Girl From Ipanema (1964)

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“The Girl from Ipanema” Singer Astrud Gilberto Dead at 83

Astrud Gilberto, who brought worldwide attention to bossa nova with 1964’s “The Girl from Ipanema,” has died at 83.

Her former label, Verve Records, announced Gilberto’s June 5 death without giving a cause.

“One of the most affecting and unique voices in all of music, Astrud’s Verve albums introduced millions of listeners worldwide to the wonders of Brazilian music and jazz and the magical intersection of the two,” the label said.

Though best known for “Impanema,” Gilberto recorded 16 studio albums and continued playing live until 2002.

Courtney Jaye eulogized Gilberto as “an absolute icon,” while Leo Sayer called her “the wonderful girl from Brazil with the golden voice.”

The influence of that voice and Gilberto’s “beautiful, natural, untrained vocal genius” can be heard “from Sade to Lana Del Rey and beyond,” Steven Van Zandt said on Twitter.

The singer “elevated the bossa nova and samba genres and put Bahia on the map,” Van Zandt added.

“I always loved Astrud Gilberto,” Al Di Meola wrote on Facebook. “My first introduction to bossa nova. May she rest in peace.”

6/6/23

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"Oh, but I watch her so sadly

How can I tell her I love her

Yes, I would give my heart gladly

But each day as she walks to the sea"

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RIP Astrud Gilberto (1940 - 2023)

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Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz - The Girl From Ipanema (1964) LIVE

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