Rest in peace, Astrud, your simple songs were a gateway into samba and Portuguese to me. I remember hearing them on radio in the late 90s-early 00s, in some un-

Rest in peace, Astrud, your simple songs were a gateway into samba and Portuguese to me. I remember hearing them on radio in the late 90s-early 00s, in some un-typical style, unheard to me, and I guess I'd not have been able to google any of these songs out. But then a program on jazz featured bossa nova and mentioned her name among others. I then learned Portuguese and left bossa nova and Gilberto for more elaborate styles and singers, but these still pull a nostalgic string.