Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Sem Compromisso (Geraldo Pereira / Nelson Trigueira) | 4:05 |
| 2 | Menino do Rio (Caetano Veloso) | 3:45 |
| 3 | Retrato em branco e preto (Anotonio Carlos Jobim / Chico Buarque) | 6:36 |
| 4 | Pra que discutir com Madame (Janet de Almeida / Haroldo Barbosa) | 6:25 |
| 5 | Garota de Ipanema (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) | 3:42 |
| 6 | Adeus America (Haroldo Barbosa / Geraldo Jacques) | 6:50 |
| 7 | Estate (Runo Martino & Bruno Brighetti) | 5:18 |
| 8 | Morena boca de ouro (Ary Barroso) | 5:37 |
| 9 | A Felicidade (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes) | 5:10 |
| 10 | Preconceito (Wilson Batista / Marino Pinto) | 2:25 |
| 11 | Sandalia de Prata (Ary Barroso) | 6:43 |
| 12 | Rosa Morena (Doriel Cayimi) | 5:24 |
| 13 | Aquarela do Brasil (Ary Barroso) | 7:50 |
About this Album
João Gilberto often gives his best performances before a live audience, where his guarded privacy is coaxed into the open by an enthusiastic public. Nonesuch’s success with its first Caetano Veloso album, released in 1986, was in many ways a precursor for Live in Montreux, and a welcome reminder that intimacy speaks most directly away from the clutter of a large production.
In Montreux, it was simply Gilberto and his guitar for accompaniment. Vulnerability and a wealth of interpretive subtlety mark the recording. These 11 tracks are a virtual Gilberto best-of collection, with classics by Jobim, Veloso, Ary Barroso, Chico Buarque, and others, along with several rarely heard songs certain to be embraced by Brazilian music fans throughout the world. Here is the ultimate proof, if more were needed, of the lasting impact, and continued musical vitality of one man and the music he helped create.
—Gerald Seligman
Credits
MUSICIANS
João Gilberto, guitar and vocals
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by João Gilberto
Recorded July 18, 1985, at the Montreux Festival
Engineer: Dave Richards
Editing: Chico Neves
Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig
Production coordinator: Carmela Forsin
Art direction and design: Carin Goldberg
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz