João Gilberto

João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira

Brazilian singer/songwriter, guitarist, artist, and producer.

Born: 10 June 1931 in Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil.
Died: 6 July 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (aged 88).

Gilberto created a mixture of American jazz and Brazilian samba, which was later called "bossa nova".

In Groups:
Garotos da Lua, João Gilberto Trio