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Astrud Gilberto was born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, the daughter of a Brazilian mother and a German father, in Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia. She was raised in Rio de Janeiro. Her father was a language professor, and she became fluent in several languages. She married João Gilberto in 1959 and had a son, João Marcelo Gilberto, who later joined her band. Astrud and João divorced in the mid-1960s.[4] She had another son from a second marriage, Gregory Lasorsa, who also played with his mother. João Gilberto had an affair with Brazilian singer Miúcha (Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda), which caused the couple to separate. Later she had a relationship with her husband's musical collaborator, American jazz saxophone player Stan Getz while on a tortuous tour with him. During the tour Getz was abusive, and underpaid the singer at the height of her fame until her lawyer, Allan Arrow, could get her discharged from the tour contract.She immigrated to the United States in 1963 and resided in the U.S. from that time on.
Astrud Gilberto was born Astrud Evangelina Weinert, the daughter of a Brazilian mother and a German father, in Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia. She was raised in Rio de Janeiro. Her father was a language professor, and she became fluent in several languages. She married João Gilberto in 1959 and had a son, João Marcelo Gilberto, who later joined her band. Astrud and João divorced in the mid-1960s.[4] She had another son from a second marriage, Gregory Lasorsa, who also played with his mother. João Gilberto had an affair with Brazilian singer Miúcha (Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda), which caused the couple to separate. Later she had a relationship with her husband's musical collaborator, American jazz saxophone player Stan Getz while on a tortuous tour with him. During the tour Getz was abusive, and underpaid the singer at the height of her fame until her lawyer, Allan Arrow, could get her discharged from the tour contract.She immigrated to the United States in 1963 and resided in the U.S. from that time on.
