Miúcha

Sister of Chico Buarque, Ana de Hollanda, and Cristina Buarque; and mother of Bebel Gilberto, Miúcha was raised in an intellectual environment where Vinícius de Moraes was a regular. Living in Italy where her father (historian Sérgio Buarque de Holanda) taught, she used to travel to other countries singing with friends and was introduced to João Gilberto, with whom she moved to the U.S. and married. Her first professional assignment was in 1975 as a participation on the Stan Getz/João Gilberto album The Best of Two Worlds. In the same year, she appeared at the Newport Jazz Fes...