Home / Music / Amoroso proves why João Gilberto is the father of bossa novaMusic linernotes album music joão-gilbertoAmoroso proves why João Gilberto is the father of bossa novaAmoroso is bossa nova in its purest form — João Gilberto doing what he helped invent in the late 1950s, stripped back and unhurried, with nothing extra. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesLush Life cycles through three different band configurationsJoão Gilberto's Fino is pure bossa novaAmoroso strips João Gilberto down to voice and guitarColtrane's unaccompanied opening on "Lush Life" previews his sheets of soundJoão Gilberto's syncopated fingerpicking defined bossa nova's rhythmExplore'Redemption Song' is the defining track from Bob Marley's Uprising'You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio' was Joni Mitchell's sly response to radio programmers'Roots, Rock, Reggae' carried Rastaman Vibration onto the Billboard Hot 100'Lola' gave the Kinks one of their biggest hits and most iconic songs'Blue Monday' was cut during the Power, Corruption & Lies sessions — and changed everythingPrevious Amoroso strips João Gilberto down to voice and guitarNext Aloysio de Oliveira produced Elis & Tom and co-wrote two songs with Jobim.