João Gilberto

João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto, was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was often called the "father of bossa nova"; in his native Brazil, he was referred to as "O Mito". In 1965, the album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz record to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.