Bebel Gilberto

Young, beautiful, and with a silky-smooth delivery, Bebel Gilberto is Brazil’s answer to Diana Krall and Norah Jones. We’re glad somebody asked Brazil the question. Like Jones, she’s the daughter of musical royalty (Joao Gilberto, perhaps the premier bossa nova player in the world), and offers living proof that talent doesn’t always skip a generation. Her new self-titled disc is pure loveliness, with occasional light touches of electronica for flavor, as in the ethereal “Aganju.” But the main dish here is a sophisticated pop-friendly bossa nova confection. (In the song “Jabuticaba,” she even gets in a lyrical reference to Prince: “Isn’t she lovely, like purple rain?”)
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