João Gilberto, the father of bossa nova, died a few weeks ago. The man was an amazing talent. Some of you may have noticed that I've developed an interest in tiki in recent years. In my home tiki bar, bossa nova is just as likely to be heard as exotica or calypso or hapa haole or any other tropical-style of music. And of that, at any given time it's likely to be Gilberto playing. "Desafinado" is one of his most-covered songs, and listening to his virtuoso rendition of it, it's easy to understand why.
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