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- Elis Regina
The famously outspoken and incredibely dynamic Elis Regina was Brasil's top star for several decades. With a natural talent, and a will that seemed to spring from a bottomless well, Elis Regina Carvalho Costa rose from very average lower-class beginnings to quickly become one of the most well-known, well-loved and well-paid entertainers in her country's history. She was nicknamed Furacao (hurricane) and Pimentinha (little pepper) because of her seemingly boundless energy. Her first name became a household word and several of her records are simply titled "Elis".
- Joao Gilberto
He's been called O Rei da Bossa (The King of Bossa), O Mito (The Legend), Il Maestro Supremo (The Supreme Master), and O Zen-Baiano (The Zen-Bahian). He's been widely gossiped about throughout his long career. Hailed as a genius, clucked over as a reclusive eccentric, and arguably the most enigmatic Brazilian alive, João Gilberto continues to confound his countrymen forty years after he burst upon the public scene and changed Brazilian music forever.
- Astrud Gilberto
Astrud Gilberto, known as "The Girl from Ipanema" and often referred to as "The Queen of Bossa-Nova", is one of Brasil's most loved treasures. Her music is an interesting combination of the sensual rhythms of Brazil and American Pop and Jazz. She has recorded pieces a variety of diverse artists, from Stan Getz to George Michael, with a career that has spanned the world and more than 4 decades.
- Bebel Gilberto
Bebel Gilberto is the brilliantly gifted and supremely beautiful daughter of legendary Brasilian Bossa Nova entertainers, Astrud and Joao. She has taken her art form to a divinely transcendental level, and her music encourages the soul to surpass the mortal boundaries of the physical realm.
- Gal Costa
One of Brazil's most popular singers, Gal Costa came to prominence in the mid-1960s, alongside the other rebellious "tropicalistas" such as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Jorge Ben. For several decades she has been a fixture in the superstar strata of Brazilian pop, and is one of Brazil's most important song stylists.
- Antonio (Tom) Jobim
Antonio Carlos ("Tom") Jobim was undeniably one of the great Brazilian composers. His arrangements combined modernist classical touches with a suave swing similar to North American "cool" jazz, rendering individual musical parts with such deceptive simplicity that it masks the gorgeous harmonic structures, while captivating listeners and musicians alike. Jobim pioneered bossa nova, and wrote many of its greatest hits, notably "The Girl From Ipanema" and "Desafinado." He also helped get the other great bossa nova legend, Joao Gilberto, his first solo recording contract, and helped popularize the new musical style worldwide in the early 1960s.
- Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Gil, along with Caetano Veloso, Maria Bethania, and Gal Costa, was one of the founding members of the revolutionary late-60's Tropicalia movement, which deliberately distorted and challenged the conventions of Brazilian popular culture. They pushed the envelope musically -- mixing American blues, funk, psychedelia and European kitsch to the already potent Brazilian brew of samba, choro, bossa nova and jazz.
- Pink Martini
Somewhere between a 1930s Cuban dance orchestra, a classical chamber music ensemble, a Brasilian marching street band and Japanese film noir is the 12-piece Pink Martini.
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