Desafinado

Joao Gilberto | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Saludos Amigos
• ASIN: B00000AFCO
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #488,540 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)

2. Você E Eu

3. Desafinado

4. Meditation (Meditação)

5. One Note Samba

6. Chega de Saudade

7. Rosa Morena

8. O Pato

9. Saudade da Bahia

10. Manha de Carnaval

11. O Amor Em Paz

12. O Barquinho

13. Insensatez

14. Coisa Mais Linda

15. Samba de Minha Terra

16. Dora Lice

17. Este Seu Olhar

18. É Luxo Só

19. Outra Vez

20. Discussão

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tough to find., October 29, 2003

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Daniel Fineberg (Northridge, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Desafinado (Audio CD)

You'll forgive the reviewer behind me who so foolishly referred to "Joao's death" several years ago. Folks, it is November of 2003 and Joao is still very much alive and kicking, and his voice is still as vibrant and singular as it ever was. He performs very rarely, though he did a small tour earlier this summer, and I flew up for the night to San Francisco to hear him play at the intimate Masonic Auditorium. He played and sang flawlessly without any accompaniment, and hypnotized the audience.
This album, and most of Joao's earliest recordings, are unbelievably hard to find. I finally gave up and downloaded them all from Kazaa. This collection, titled "Desafinado", includes the earliest songs which constituted what would eventually be called bossa nova, most importantly "Chega de Saudade" and "Outra Vez." Fans of his 2 early albums with Stan Getz will recognize "Corcovado", "Desafinado", "O Pato", "Rosa Morena", and several others in their original versions. Also notable on these early recordings is that you will hear Joao Gilberto singing with a touch of vibrato, which he very quickly eradicated from his style after these recordings were made. The two highlights on this album for me are the two ballads "Coisa Mais Linda" and "Insensatez", two quintessential examples of Jobim's style of songwriting. Some of these tunes also find Jobim leading a small understated orchestra behind Joao. These recordings, and about 20 others, can be found on "The Legendary Joao Gilberto", a CD that is--surprise, surprise--out of print. Someone needs to get on the ball.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good music, incredibly bad cover art, December 30, 2006

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Carlos S. Guimaraes "Carlos Maia" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Desafinado (Audio CD)

I am big fan of João Gilberto and bossa nova and I agree with all reviews which were posted here. However, the artist who appears in the cd is not João Gilberto, but Tom Jobim ! (A very poor painting made from a Tom Jobim picture.) This is really a shame.

Regards from Rio,
Carlos Maia

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High Time For Listening To Good Music, October 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Desafinado (Audio CD)

Sometimes it's necessary for a human being to feel lonely. It's because of some peculiarities of the psyche. Not to craze your should be for a little in complete solitude... That is what in my humble opinion this perfect album is intended for. Yes. For listening to it in solitude...