One more year, the Desafinad@s of Bossa Nova Clube, we want to congratulate on his 81st birthday the musician who, at the end of the '50s, invented the masterful and spiritual formula of a new music, totally modern, revolutionary, transgressive, sophisticated and world reference: La Bossa Nova...!
João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, a musician obsessed with perfection, who with only his light voice and his " violão " guitar conquered the musical world.
There is nothing better to express our infinite admiration and affection than by repeating here part of Rosa Passos ' lyrics in her song " Essa é pr'o João ":
João Gilberto friend, I just wanted
Thank you for the lesson
Of your dissonant chords
Of your singing with perfection...
And until "the old flame" goes out
I always want to hear the same sound...
Only the privileged have "good ears"
But very few of them have your gift...
Rosa Passos ► " Essa é pr'o João " │ This one is for João
Listening attentively on the record player │ Your enchanted way of singing │ I try to resist your chords │ But I can only get passionate and confess...
That all my heart needs │ fundamentally is just a " violão " (classical guitar) │ with the unforgettable sound of this rhythm │ and a Samba harmonized by João , by João ...
And that never " Chega de Saudade " (Enough of Nostalgia) │ With its unmistakable division │ And all that infinite poetry │ that makes melody an illusion
João Gilberto friend, I just wanted to │ thank you for the lesson │ of your dissonant chords │ of tucanto with perfection
And until "the old flame" goes out │ I want to always hear the same sound │ only the privileged have "good hearing" │ but very few of them have your gift...
Your gift... │ How good... │ Your gift... │ How good...!
Obrigado João Gilberto ...!
PS ► This post was originally published on www,bossanovaclube.blogspot.com on 06/10/2012