if heaven has waiting room, this would be the background music

Love this Brazilian style of singing: no overdone vocal acrobatics; simply the beauty of the human voice.

The Brazilians really knew how to nail a cool style back then. It was like a whole country full of Bond villains.

Bossa nova makes me proud to be Brazilian🇧🇷❤ For me it's the best musical genre that Brazil created

I was listening to this in bed and my bed turned into an Alfa Romeo Spyder and I was driving around Cannes.

Is this what the kids are listening to nowadays?

She's got a voice poured from a honey jar, I swear. And the way she acts on camera is adorable, like she's shy or something. We'll never get someone like her again. She's amazing.

what a beautiful song, Astrud was such a cutie, Brazilian Portuguese is such a beautiful language .....

50 years later and still not any less catchy!

May your soul always smile. Thank you Astrud for your contributions to Bossa Nova and music. Legends live forever!

Descanse em paz Astrud Gilberto!

Astrud Gilberto was an icon of the mid-1960s here in America. She just recently passed away at 83 years 'young' on June 5, 2023. Many don't know who she is, even seniors, but I do and I'll never forget her and that better time in history: 1964 - 65.

I was in a kind of rock band in college, everyone picked two songs on which they could sing or play whatever instrument they wanted; and we would learn all of the combined songs and then perform them at a theatre concert as well as a dance.

As a teenager I fell big time for Bossa in the late 50s and as a drummer I immediately learned the beat. I'm 83 now and play in a Jazz trio. We do gigs and our fine Sax man, who is big Paul Desmond fan has incorporated many of Paul's Bossa/Samba numbers which I play on Bongos and that rhythm is very popular with even young people brought up on Rock.

Qué orgullo que los latinoamericanos tengamos estilos diversos, pero sobre todo, realmente buenos. Ojalá prevaleciera la diversidad de géneros musicales y no fuese un monopolio de reggaeton, trap y pop. :(

This woman I love forever! She is 81 years old as of 2021! She is a Icon in my world! I love her!

That's the whole point! Her style is absolute purity. No frills, no gimmicks, no hitting five or ten notes to say just one word like singers of today! I've been a professional singer for over 50 years doing vocal and trumpet work with much success in every area I've worked. I strive for her style as much as I can because it is so well received! It seems to "touch" people's emotions like a universal truth.

Thank you Astrud, for sharing your beautiful voice with us! RIP.

Musica que dá orgulho de ser brasileiro!

from the first time i heard her sing in the mid 60's i have been in love with brazilian jazz. i wish i could sing in portuguese.