Artist: Gilberto Gil
Genre(s):
Pop
Latin
Discography:
The Definitive: Bossa Samba and Pop
Year: 2002
Tracks: 18
O Sol de Oslo
Year: 2002
Tracks: 14
Sao Joao Vivo
Year: 2001
Tracks: 18
Barra 69: Caetano E Gil Ao Vivo Na Bahia
Year: 1972
Tracks: 7
Eletracustico
Year:
Tracks: 14
Multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter Gilberto Gil united his kickoff mathematical group, the Desafinados, in the mid-'50s and by the beginning of the sixties was earning a living as a doggerel composer. Although known mostly as a guitar player, he too holds his possess with drums, trumpet, and accordion.
He began playacting the piano accordion when he was eight-spot, and he listened to street singers in the market place about Salvador. By the end of the fifties, Gil was studying stage business judicature at Savlador's Federal University and acting with a chemical group called Os Desafinados. At this fourth dimension he heard isaac Bashevis Singer and guitar player João Gilberto on the radio and was so impressed that he immediately bought a guitar and well-read to play and babble the bossa nova. He fagged the early '60s composing songs for TV ads, and in 1964, he was in Nos Por Exemplo, a evince of bossa nova and traditional Brazilian songs directed by Caetano Veloso. In 1965, he moved to São Paulo, and after telling and playing in several shows, he had his first-class honours degree slay when singer Elis Regina recorded his song "Louvacao." He began to install himself as a isaac Merrit Singer of protest songs, and he became selfsame popular with Brazilians involved in the Tropicalia movement, which opened up aboriginal Brazilian tribe music to former kinds of influences. The success of the exclusive "Louvacao" elysian Gil to record an album of his have material with the same claim.
Gil made his first self-titled recording in 1966, simply his first gear hit single didn't add up around until 1969, with "Aquele Abraco." His musical fusion of bossa nova, samba, and other styles was so revolutionary it panic-stricken the country's military totalitarianism into stunning him, and that's when he headed to Great Britain. (He and Caetano Veloso were placed in only confinement patch regime figured kayoed what they precious to do with the mate.) After trey years in England, where he had the chance to process with groups like Pink Floyd, Yes, the Incredible String Band, and Rod Stewart's stripe in London clubs, he returned to Brazil in 1972. He recorded Expresso 2222, which spurred two off singles in Brazil, "Back in Bahia" and "Oriente." After acting at the Midem Festival in France in 1973, Gil recorded Ao Vivo in 1974. A year later, he recorded with Jorge Ben for the album Gil & Jorge. In 1976, he toured with Veloso, Gal Costa, and Maria Bethânia and released the Doces Báraros album. For near of the rest of the 1970s, he recorded for a variety of Brazilian record companies until signing an international treat with the WEA group of labels in 1977. He toured U.S. colleges in 1978 and hard established his place in the international jazz reality with his albums Lady with the Lamp (1978) and Realce (1979) . He as well released a forked live album in 1978, Gilberto Gil ao Vivo em Montreux, recorded during his performances at the jazz and blues fete in Switzerland. In 1980, Gil teamed up with reggae musician Jimmy Cliff. The pair toured Brazil, and Gil's cover of Bob Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" climbed to number unrivalled, merchandising 700,000 copies.
Gil followed up in 1981 with Luar (A Gente Precisa Ver o Luar), one of his most acclaimed recordings. In 1982, he performed again at the Montreux Festival, but this time with Jimmy Cliff. He followed up with Um Banda Um (1982), Extra (1983), and Raça Humana (1984), the lowest recorded with Bob Marley's Wailers.
In the late '70s, Gil became a prominent spokesman for the black cognizance movement so pickings station in Brazil. In 1982, he had huge crossover success with "Palco," which became popular in saltation clubs and lED to stadium tours of Europe. Meanwhile, back in the U.S., he would play mid-sized jazz clubs in New York City and Los Angeles. Gil storied his then two-decade calling in 1985 with the album DIA Dorim Noite Neon (released in the U.S.), and released Gilberto Gil em Concerto, recorded live in Rio, in 1987.
The early '90s saw Gil chronic his amour in social and political causes in his aboriginal land, determination widespread support for his political stances, and he was elective to role in the port city of Salvador, his hometown, aka the Black Rome.
A leader of the Tropicalia bowel movement in Brazil in 1967 and 1968 along with artists like Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa, he and other musicians mixed native styles with rock and family instruments. Because Gil consolidated samba, salsa, and bossa nova with rock music and sept music, he's recognized today as one of the pioneers in world music. Among Gil's other albums ar Refazenda (1975), Gilberto a Bahia (1985), and Parabolical (1992). He released Acoustic for the Atlantic Jazz label in 1994. On Acoustic, he's joined by Carlos Fonseca on acoustic guitar and Jorges Gomes on drums and mandolin.
Scarlet Peace
