Elizete Cardoso
Singer who recorded the first bossa nova tracks in 1958 on Canção do Amor Demais, with João Gilberto's revolutionary guitar accompanying her on 'Chega de Saudade' and 'Outra Vez.' These were the first recordings of what would be called the 'bossa nova beat,' though nobody used that term yet. The album featured songs by Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. The record would have been just another Brazilian pop album except for Gilberto's guitar, which sounded like nothing anyone had heard—the beat extracted from traditional samba, reduced to its essential elements, then rebuilt into something intimate and strange. According to Ruy Castro, the recording in July 1958 was 'a birth'—difficult, painful, necessary. These recordings inaugurated the genre, even though Gilberto's own single of 'Chega de Saudade' a month later in August 1958 became the commercial success that brought bossa nova to the Brazilian public.
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Canção do Amor Demais
Contains the first recordings of bossa nova guitar on 'Chega de Saudade' and 'Outra Vez' with João Gilberto accompanying Cardoso. Recorded in July 1958 with songs by Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. According to Ruy Castro, the recording was 'a birth'—difficult, painful, necessary. These were the first recordings of what would be called the 'bossa nova beat,' though nobody used that term yet. The record would have been just another Brazilian pop album except for Gilberto's guitar, which sounded like nothing anyone had heard—the beat extracted from traditional samba, reduced to its essential elements, then rebuilt into something intimate and strange. These recordings inaugurated the genre before Gilberto's own single became the commercial breakthrough.