João Gilberto

João Gilberto (1931-2019) was a Brazilian singer and guitarist, born in Juazeiro, Bahia, and is widely regarded as the father of bossa nova. His quiet, close-miked voice set against a syncopated guitar pattern defined the style in the late 1950s, and his 1958 single Chega de Saudade is credited with launching it. Gilberto recorded his first album, Chega de Saudade, for Odeon in 1959, working with Antônio Carlos Jobim. Atlantic reissued that material in the United States as The Warm World of João Gilberto.