Amoroso
A release by João Gilberto, as collectible cards in HitMasters.
- Artist
- João Gilberto
- Year
- 1977
- Tracks
- 8
- Length
- 44 min
Amoroso is an album by João Gilberto, released in 1977. It is an album that uses an orchestral arrangement to produce the Brazilian sound of bossa nova. The album features Gilberto on vocals and guitar, backed by an string orchestra arranged and conducted by German arranger, Claus Ogerman. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Vocal Performance" at the 1978 Grammy awards. Though the album is mostly in Portuguese, Amoroso also shows Gilberto recording in English for the first time, on his rendition of the George Gershwin jazz standard, "'S Wonderful". This marks a departure from Gilberto's earlier reluctance to sing in English as he didn't speak the language. He also sings in Italian, and Spanish on the album.
Tracks
- 1'S Wonderful4:10B-Side
- 2Estate6:28B-Side
- 3Tin Tin Por Tin Tin3:41B-Side
- 4Besame Mucho8:47B-Side
- 5Wave4:42B-Side
- 6Caminhos Cruzados6:15Demo
- 7Triste4:20Demo
- 8Zingaro6:23Demo
