Bebel Gilberto. So Nice.
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Bebel Gilberto sings So Nice.
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| Coordinates | 33°55′31″N18°25′26″N |
|---|---|
| Name | Bebel Gilberto |
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Isabel Gilberto de Oliveira |
| Alias | B. Gilberto, Gilberto, R. Gilberto |
| Born | May 12, 1966 New York City, United States |
| Origin | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Genre | Bossa Nova Música Popular Brasileira samba, Latin pop |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Label | Ziriguiboom EastWest Records Verve Records |
| Url | www.bebelgilberto.com |
Bebel Gilberto (born Isabel Gilberto de Oliveira on May 12, 1966 in New York City) is a Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is singer/composer Chico Buarque. Gilberto has been performing since her youth in Rio de Janeiro.
At this time Gilberto started to write songs with collaborators such as Dé and Cazuza, co-writing "Preciso Dizer Que Te Amo", which became a national hit and won several music awards. Gilberto's first solo album was the 1986 EP Bebel Gilberto for Warner Music. In 1991 Gilberto moved to New York, where she performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in a special tribute to Brazilian star Carmen Miranda (directed by Arto Lindsay also featuring Naná Vasconcelos and Laurie Anderson). Gilberto soon started performing in New York with her own band in downtown clubs such as The Metronome, Lion's Den, Zanzibar and venues such as The Ballroom, The Rainbow Room, SOB's, Town Hall Theater, The Greatest Bar On Earth (at the top of the World Trade Center) and Lincoln Center.
Throughout the 1990s, Gilberto collaborated with a variety of musical stars such as Arto Lindsay, Thievery Corporation, David Byrne, Towa Tei, Caetano Veloso and Chico Buarque. In 1996 Gilberto was featured in the AIDS charity project Red Hot + Rio, produced by her close friend and collaborator Béco Dranoff. By the mid 1990s, Gilberto also had successes as songwriter with the international dance hits "Technova" and "Batucada" in collaboration with producers Towa Tei and Arto Lindsay.
Gilberto was featured on the soundtrack of Brad Anderson's film Next Stop Wonderland with Vinicius Cantuária and Mauro Refosco. In the late 1990s, Gilberto moved to London where she began to develop the sound featured on her critically acclaimed debut album Tanto Tempo. During this period, she met Suba, the multi-talented Serbian producer living in São Paulo who ended up writing and producing several tracks on Tanto Tempo. While in London, she also worked with DJ/producer Amon Tobin, Dutch duo Arling & Cameron and singer Nina Miranda.
In 2000, Gilberto's Tanto Tempo album was released on the Ziriguiboom (Crammed Discs sub-label) and has sold over one million copies worldwide. The album was also nominated for two Latin Grammy Awards. Her second album, Bebel Gilberto (2004), was also released to great critical acclaim
Two critically acclaimed remix albums with songs from both albums were released and many of her songs were included in compilations and feature and TV films. The songs "Lonely" and "So nice" were featured in the FX television show Nip/Tuck. The song "Aganju" is used in the HBO television show "Entourage" in season 2, episode 14. The songs "Samba de Benção", "Tanto Tempo", and "Mais Feliz" are used in the art exhibition scene in the 2004 movie Closer. Gilberto also tours the world extensively.
In 2006, Gilberto duetted with Mike Patton on the song "Caipirinha" which appears on his Peeping Tom album, released on May 30, 2006.
Also in 2006, Gilberto started writing and producing the songs that would become part of her third album Momento, released in April 2007. On this album, Gilberto collaborated with UK producer Guy Sigsworth, her friends Didi Gutman and Sabina Sciubba (from NY based band Brazilian Girls) and the Rio based Orquestra Imperial.
Gilberto was also a judge for the 6th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.
Shortly before her 2007 tour, and ten days before the release of her album "Momento", she broke her leg.
To launch the new album on Verve Records Bebel will be appearing live in London at Koko and also will headline the Big Chill Festival in the UK.
In a Reuters article, Gilberto said that she used Skype to rehearse with the band during her recovery.
Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Bossa nova singers Category:Brazilian female singers Category:Brazilian pop singers Category:Brazilian singers Category:Brazilian people of Dutch descent Category:Latin pop singers Category:Música Popular Brasileira singers Category:Verve Records artists
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