Album: A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness by Astrud Gilberto (1966)
Genre: Latin | Style: Jazz
Record Label: V.I.P. Records
Format: Album

Description: A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness is an album by Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley, recorded in September 1966.

It was released by Verve Records at the height of the Bossa Nova craze in the United States, and featured the two most popular Bossa Nova musicians at the time: vocalist Astrud Gilberto and organist Walter Wanderley. A 1998 CD reissue added two songs recorded during the same sessions that yielded the album.

Artist Background: Astrud Gilberto was born Astrud Weinert, the daughter of a Brazilian mother and a German father, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. She was raised in Rio de Janeiro. She married João Gilberto in 1959 and immigrated to the United States in 1963. Astrud and João divorced in the mid-1960s and she began a relationship with her musical partner, American jazz saxophone player Stan Getz. Gilberto sang on the influential album Getz/Gilberto featuring João Gilberto, Stan Getz, and Antonio Carlos Jobim,... Part of the Salvador, Brazil music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Latin movement. Known for Jazz style.

Music Scene: Part of the Salvador, Brazil music scene. Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Latin movement. Known for Jazz style.

Tags: Latin, Jazz, 1960s, Album, V.I.P. Records

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A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness is an album by Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley, recorded in September 1966.

It was released by Verve Records at the height of the Bossa Nova craze in the United States, and featured the two most popular Bossa Nova musicians at the time: vocalist Astrud Gilberto and organist Walter Wanderley. A 1998 CD reissue added two songs recorded during the same sessions that yielded the album.

A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness

Astrud Gilberto

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