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Baden Powell - 78% match to Joao Gilberto

Genres:	Latin, World Music
Decades Active:	1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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6 August 1937, Varre-E-Sai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, d. 26 September 2000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A legend of Brazilian guitar, Powell emerged on the cusp of the bossa nova boom, bringing new dimensions to the music by drawing on jazz and classical music, as well as the... Read more

Gilberto Gil - 69% match to Joao Gilberto

Genres:	Jazz, Latin, World Music
Decades Active:	1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira, 29 June 1942, Salvador, Brazil. Singer-songwriter Gil - also a competent accordionist, guitarist, drummer and trumpeter - joined his first group, the Desafinados, in the mid-50s, and by the start of the 60s was making a living composing jingles for... Read more

Astrud Gilberto - 60% match to Joao Gilberto

Genres:	Latin, World Music
Decades Active:	1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Astrud Weinert, 30 March 1940, Bahia, Brazil. Gilberto's career began by accident in March 1963 during a recording session featuring her husband, guitarist João Gilberto, and saxophonist Stan Getz. A projected track, "The Girl From Ipanema", required a singer conversant... Read more

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