João Gilberto

João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira ( / ˈ ʒ w aʊ ʒ ɪ l ˈ b ɛər t oʊ / , ZHWOWN zhil- BAIR -toh ; Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w ʒiwˈbɛʁtu du ˈpɾadu peˈɾejɾɐ dʒi oliˈvejɾɐ] ; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often called the "father of bossa nova"; in his native Brazil, he was referred to as "O Mito" (The Myth). In 1965, the album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz record to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year . It also won Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical . Gilberto's Amoroso was nominated for a Grammy in 1978 in the category Best Jazz Vocal Performance . In 2001 he won in the Best World Music Album category with João voz e violão .

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