Eighth Note pays a tribute to Pery Ribeiro

Let’s now listen to some immortal songs recorded by Pery Ribeiro, as a tribute that Eighth Note pays to this extraordinary artist who unfortunately left us.

Let's listen first to “Garota de Ipanema”, keeping in mind that Pery Ribeiro was the first singer in the world that recorded it in 1962.

"Garota de Ipanema," or, in English “Girl from Ipanema”, was composed in this year by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics in Portuguese by Vinícius de Moraes. (Norman Gimbel wrote the English lyrics, soon after.). A 1964 recording became an American hit. That recording, sung by Astrud Gilberto in English and in Portuguese by João Gilberto, with João Gilberto on guitar, Stan Getz on saxophone, and the composer, Antonio Carlos Jobim, on piano, appeared on the 1964 album Getz/Gilberto, which introduced Bossa Nova to audiences worldwide.

Listen in the sequence to other memorable songs recorded by Pery Ribeiro that will certainly touch us. Look at the style, the clear voice and the emotion with which he played each of his songs….

Dates & Times:

Next Friday, march 2th of 2012 at:

5:00 a.m. (GMT + 1)

9:00 a.m. (GMT +1)

1:00 p.m. (GMT +1)

5:00 p.m. (GMT +1)

9:00 p.m. (GMT +1)

1:00 a.m. (GMT +1)

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Brazil is sad. Pery Ribeiro died today, but not his songs.

A key singer of the bossa nova, having launched "Garota de Ipanema," Pery Ribeiro, son of the composer Herivelto Martins and of the singer Dalva de Oliveira, started early in his artistic career by providing singing and voices in Walt Disney animated movies. In 1944, he acted in the film Berlim na Batucada, by Luís de Barros. His debut on radio was in 1959, on Paulo Gracindo's show at Rádio Nacional, where he took his stage name Pery Ribeiro on suggestion of his godfather César de Alencar. In 1960, Ribeiro had his first song, "Não Devo Insistir" (written with Dora Lopes), recorded by Dalva de Oliveira. Ribeiro recorded his first single in the same year. In 1961, he recorded the bossa nova classics "Manhã de Carnaval" and "Samba de Orfeu" (both by Luís Bonfá/Antônio Maria) and "Barquinho" (Roberto Menescal/Ronaldo Bôscoli), among others. The first LP came in 1962, Pery Ribeiro e Seu Mundo de Canções Românticas, backed by Luís Bonfá on the guitar. In the next year, Pery é Todo Bossa had an enormous success with the first recording of "Garota de Ipanema" (Tom Jobim/Vinícius de Moraes), along with other bossa nova classics like "Me Lembro Vagamente," "Nós e o Mar," "Ah! Se eu Pudesse," and "Rio" (all by Roberto Menescal/Ronaldo Bôscoli) and originals.

In 1964, Ribeiro's LP Pery Muito Mais Bossa brought "Berimbau" (Baden Powell/Vinícius de Moraes), "Baiãozinho" (Eumir Deodato), "Feio Não é Bonito" (Carlos Lyra/Gianfrancesco Guarnieri), and "Você" (Roberto Menescal/Ronaldo Bôscoli). In the next year, he formed with Leny Andrade and the Bossa 3 the group Gemini V, which performed with success at the Porão 73 club and at the Princesa Isabel theater ("Rio"), recording live the LP Gemini V/Show na Boate Porão 73/Leny Andrade, Pery Ribeiro e Bossa Três. In 1967, he had a successful six-month season in Mexico with the Gemini V. In 1966, Ribeiro went to the U.S. where he joined the Bossa Rio, (Sérgio Mendes, Gracinha Leporace, Osmar Milito, Manfredo Fest, Otávio Bailly, and Ronnie Mesquita), performing in several American cities. Returning to Rio in 1971, Ribeiro recorded with Leny Andrade the LP Gemini Cinco Anos Depois. Again in Mexico in 1974, he performed in Acapulco with Eliana Pittman and Herivelto Martins. In 1986, he recorded with Luís Eça the LP Pra Tanto Viver. Ribeiro starred in a show at the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro, in which his father Herivelto Martins was paid tribute and awarded with the Shell Prize. (source: Alvaro Neder, All Music Guide).

Sivuca playing

Severino Dias de Oliveira, b. 26 March 1930, Itabaiana, Brazil, d. 14 December 2006, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. 

Sivuca played accordion and guitar from an early age, developing an extensive repertoire that ranged through forró, Bossa Nova, Jazz and folk music of many lands. He played in Pernambuco from his early teenage years and by the 1950s was established as a recording artist and was also becoming known on radio and television. His fame spread internationally and he performed in Europe with Los Brasileiros in the late 1950s. From the mid-1960s he spent a dozen years in the USA, mainly in New York City, then toured South America and also Scandinavia where he was especially popular, visiting the region in the late 1960s, returning in the 1980s and again in the 1990s.

Among artists with whom Sivuca worked during his long career are Harry Belafonte, Oscar Brown Jnr. , Miriam Makeba, Clara Nunes, Humberto Teixeira, Toots Thielemans, Sylvia Vrethammar, Ulf Wakenius and Putte Wickman. Over the years, Sivuca, who was married to composer Glória Gadelha, made numerous albums, many of which have yet to be reissued. Despite this, even after his death he remains a very important figure in the spread of appreciation and understanding of traditional Brazilian music.

Soon Sivuca will be at Eighth Note

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Sample - "Grupo Saracotia"