Amoroso (album) explained

Amoroso
Type:	studio
Artist:	João Gilberto
Cover:	João Gilberto – Amoroso.png
Released:	1977
Recorded:	1976
Genre:	Bossa nova
Length:	44:48 72:51 (CD Rerelease, combined with Brasil)
Label:	Warner Bros.
Producer:	Helen Keane, Tommy LiPuma
Prev Title:	Getz/Gilberto '76
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira
Next Year:	1980

Amoroso (pronounced as /it/) is an album by João Gilberto, released in 1977.^[1] It is an album that uses an orchestral arrangement to produce the Brazilian sound of bossa nova. The album features Gilberto on vocals and guitar, backed by a large, but not overpowering, arrangement. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Jazz Vocal Performance".^[2]

Track listing

1. "'S Wonderful"
2. "Estate"
3. "Tin Tin Por Tin Tin"
4. "Besame Mucho"
5. "Wave"
6. "Caminhos Cruzados"
7. "Triste"
8. "Zingaro"

The latter four songs were written and composed by fellow bossa nova legend Antônio Carlos Jobim and adapted by Gilberto. The string section was arranged by Claus Ogerman.

CD Rerelease with "Brasil"

The compact disc re-release of the album is paired on a single disc with the 1981 album Brasil, with the Amoroso cover and the tiles of both albums.

Personnel

• João Gilberto - guitar, vocals
• Milcho Leviev - synthesizer
• Bud Shank - flute
• Grady Tate - drums
• Ralph Grierson - keyboards
• Marilyn Baker - viola
• Israel Baker - violin
• Israel Baker - concertmaster
• Michael Boddicker - synthesizer
• Stella Castellucci
• Claus Ogerman - arranger, conductor
• Joe Correro - drums
• Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
• Isabelle Daskoff - violin
• Bonnie Douglas - violin
• Glenn Garrett - flute
• Anne Goodman - cello
• Don Henderson - assistant engineer
• Lee Herschberg - digital mastering
• Jim Hughart - bass
• Helen Keane - producer
• Tommy LiPuma - producer
• Johnny Mandel - arranger, conductor
• Joel Moss - engineer
• Nelson Motta - liner notes
• Matt Pierson - reissue producer
• Nathan Ross - violin
• Julie Sayres - coordination
• Al Schmitt - engineer, mixing
• David Schwartz - viola
• Paul Shure - violin
• Gerald Vinci - violin, concertmaster
• Helain Wittenberg - viola
• John Wittenberg - violin
• Noel Newbolt - production assistant
• Joe Goodman - violin
• Bobby Dubow - violin
• Claire Fisher - keyboards
• Michael Diehl - design
• Bob Lipsett - violin
• Geoffrey Holder - paintings
• Eric Bowman - assistant engineer
• Harry Bluestone - violin
• Célio Martins - engineer
• Eddie Cain - flute
• Eduardo Ramalho - assistant engineer

Notes and References

1. Book: McCann . Bryan . João Gilberto and Stan Getz's Getz/Gilberto . 2018 . Bloomsbury Publishing USA . 123.
2. Web site: João Gilberto . Grammy Awards . 12 March 2024.