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Gilberto Gil (Music)

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A leader in Brazil's Tropicália movement during the late 1960s. Multi-instrumentalist, guitarist and singer Gilberto Gil (born Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira on June 26, 1942) mixed native genres such as samba, baião, xote, ixejá, MPB, and bossa nova with rock, blues, soul, funk, disco, reggae and folk stylings to become one of Brazil's most celebrated singer-songwriters. As a multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter, Gil joined his first group, the Desafinados, in the mid-'50s and by the beginning of the '60s was earning a living as a jingle composer. Although known mostly as a guitarist, he also holds his own on drums, trumpet, and accordion. He began playing the accordion when he was eight, and he listened to street singers in the marketplace around Salvador.Around this time, he heard singer and guitarist João Gilberto on the radio and was so impressed that he immediately bought a guitar and learned to play and sing the bossa nova. He spent the early '60s composing songs for TV ads, and in 1964, he was in Nos Por Exemplo, a show of bossa nova and traditional Brazilian songs directed by Caetano Veloso. In 1965, he moved to São Paulo, and after singing and playing in various shows, he had his first hit when singer Elis Regina recorded his song "Louvação". Gil would make his first self-titled recording in 1966 after this success, but his first hit single didn't come about until 1969, with "Aquele Abraco." This newfound popularity would not come without consequence as his musical fusion of bossa nova, samba, and other styles was considered so threatening by the Brazilian military dictatorship that they arrested him and Caetano, imprisoned them for three months, put them on house arrest for four more and exiled them for three additional years.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })These three years in exile would prove fruitful. As he would become involved with bands English bands such as Pink Floyd and Yes and recording his third self-titled record. He returned to Brazil in 1972. After which he would record Expresso 2222, which spurred two hit singles in Brazil, "Back in Bahia" and "Oriente". Three years later, he recorded with Jorge Ben Jor for the album Ogum, Xangô. And In 1976, he toured with Veloso, Gal Costa, and Maria Bethânia and released the Doces Báraros album. For the rest of the '70s, he recorded for a variety of Brazilian record companies until signing an international deal with the WEA group of labels in 1977. He would also become a prominent representative of Brazil's black consciousness movement along with other Afro-Brazilian artists such as Tim Maia and Banda Black Rio. In the 1970s, he absorbed influences from Soul, funk, Juju music, disco and reggae, recording even a version of No Woman, No Cry of Bob Marley.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })In 1982, he had huge crossover success with "Palco," an ijéxá with soul and funk influences, which became popular in dance clubs and led to stadium tours of Europe. Gil then celebrated his then-two-decade career in 1985 with the album Dia Dorim Noite Neon (released in the U.S.), and released Gilberto Gil em Concerto, recorded live in Rio, in 1987. The early '90s would see Gil continuing his involvement in social and political causes in his native country, finding widespread support for his political stances, and he was elected to office in the port city of Salvador, Bahia (known as "Black Rome" for its significant Afro-Brazilian population and culture), his hometown. In 2003, Gil began serving as Brazil's Minister of Culture, and two years later, he received Sweden's Polar Music Prize and a Légion d'Honneur from the French government.Gil continued to maintain a recording career throughout the 2000s with the releases like Eletrácustico, Gil Luminoso and Banda Larga Cordel. However it would be in 2008, he stepped down from his position as Minister of Culture for health reasons and return to music full time with Fé Na Festa.Discography Louvação (1967) Gilberto Gil (Frevo Rasgado) (with Os Mutantes) (1968) Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (with various artists) (1968) Gilberto Gil (Cérebro Eletrônico) (1969) Gilberto Gil (Nêga) (1971) Barra 69: Caetano e Gil Ao Vivo na Bahia (live album) (1972) Expresso 2222 (1972) Temporada de verão: Ao vivo na Bahia (with Caetano Veloso and Gal Costa) (1974) Gilberto Gil Ao Vivo (live album) (1974) Ogum, Xangô (with Jorge Ben Jor) (1975) Refazenda (1975) Doces Bárbaros (with Gal Costa, Caetano Veloso, and Maria Bethânia) (live album) (1976) Refavela (1977) Refestança (with Rita Lee) (1978) Gilberto Gil Ao Vivo em Montreux (live album) (1978) Nightingale (1979) Realce (1979) Brasil (with João Gilberto, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia) (1981) Luar (1981) Um Banda Um (1982) Extra (1983) Quilombo (soundtrack) (1984) Raça Humana (1984) Dia Dorim Noite Neon (1985) Gilberto Gil em Concerto (live album) (1987) Soy Loco Por Ti America (1987) Um Trem Para as Estrelas (1987) Em Concerto (1987) Afoxé (with Ernie Watts) (1991) Parabolicamará (1992) Tropicália 2 (with Caetano Veloso) (1993) Quanta (1997) Ao Vivo em Tóquio (live album) Copacabana mon amour (1998) O Sol de Oslo (1998) Quanta Live (1998) E as Canções de Eu Tu Eles (2000) Gil & Milton (with Milton Nascimento) (2001) São João Vivo (live album) (2001) Kaya N'Gan Daya (a Bob Marley tribute) (2002) Z: 300 Anos de Zumbi (2002) Kaya N'Gan Daya vivo (2003) Eletrácustico (live album (2004) Gil Luminoso (2006) Banda Larga Cordel (2008) Bandadois (live album) (2009) Fé Na Festa (2010) Gilberto + 10 (live album) Especial Ivete Caetano Gilberto ao vivo (live album) (2012) Concerto de Cordas & Maquinas de Ritmo (live album) (2013) Gilbertos Samba (2014) Gilbertos Samba ao vivo (live album) (2015) Dois Amigos (with Caetano Veloso) (2016) Trinca de Ases (with Gal Costa and Nando Reis) (live album) (2017) OK OK OK (2018)
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