João Gilberto
June 10, 1931 (94 years old) in Juazeiro, Bahia, Brasil
João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira OMC, better known as João Gilberto (Juazeiro, June 10, 1931 — Rio de Janeiro, July 6, 2019), was a Brazilian singer, guitarist and composer. Considered a brilliant artist by musicologists and specialized journalists, he revolutionized Brazilian music by creating a new guitar beat to play samba: the "Bossa Nova".
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Credits
- 2025 · Ritas as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 · Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · They Shot the Piano Player as Self (archive audio)
- 2023 · The Long Voyage of the Yellow Bus as
- 2022 · Miúcha, The Voice of Bossa Nova as Self
- 2020 · Garoto - Vivo Sonhando as Self (voice)
- 2019 · O Barato de Iacanga as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · João Gilberto – Live in Tokyo november 8 & 9, 2006 Tokyo International Forum Hall A as Self
- 2018 · Where Are You, João Gilberto? as Himself (archive footage)
- 2017 · Eu, Meu Pai e Os Cariocas as Self
- 2011 · O Gerente as
- 2008 · Bossa Nova: the sound that seduced the world as Self
- 2007 · Rita Lee - Biograffiti: Baila Comigo as
- 2005 · Vinicius de Moraes as Self - Guitar Player "Eu Não Existo Sem Você" (archive footage)
- 2005 · Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · João Gilberto - Live In Tokyo as himself
- 1997 · It's All Brazil as Self
- 1996 · Bahia de Todos os Sambas as Self
- 1992 · João & Antônio as Self
- 1990 · Isto é Noel Rosa as
- 1981 · Brasil as Self
- 1980 · Grandes Nomes as Self
- 1962 · Copacabana Palace as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1958 · Um Desconhecido Bate à Porta as