{"id":1453,"date":"2004-02-27T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-02-27T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/2004\/02\/27\/gilberto-gil-gives-me-a-lift-by-tonyannis\/"},"modified":"2025-05-31T07:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T07:47:42","slug":"gilberto-gil-gives-me-a-lift-by-tonyannis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/gilberto-gil-gives-me-a-lift-by-tonyannis.html","title":{"rendered":"Gilberto Gil Gives Me A Lift! By Tony\nAnnis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Globetrotters Committee member Tony, a professional
\nphotographer and journalist writes:<\/p>\n

Going home in a black cab in London, not surprising, but
\nbeing dropped home by the ‘Minister Of Culture’
\ncertainly was. Gilberto Gil a great Brazilian singer and
\nnow a Minister, was in London to give a presentation in the
\n‘Collyer-Bristow Gallery in Bedford Row.<\/p>\n

He was here to launch ‘ondAzul’ founder of
\nthe charity that helps bring clean and unpolluted water to
\nmany parts of Brazil a country that has the most water in
\nthe world but at the same time some of the most
\npolluted.<\/p>\n

I was invited by Joao Fortes, a good friend who had
\nhelped me arrange permission to go and visit
\n‘Yawanawa’ tribe in the deep Amazon some years
\nago, so I have first hand experience of many trips to
\nBrazil.<\/p>\n

\"Gilberto
\nA very Brazilian affair in a very old established English
\nLawyers Gallery. After a short presentation, a video on
\nflat screens round the Gallery, Gilberto Gil picked up his
\nguitar and this place became the Latin Quarter. He slowly
\nbuilt up this very different audience of Diplomats, M.P.s,
\nEnvironmentalists and Lawyers into a group with many of
\nthem singing along with some of his songs especially the
\nones he wrote while in exile in London. The pace quickened
\nand joining in was Jim Capaldi the well known drummer, but
\nnot with drums but making his mouth a bass and drum rhythm
\nsection and he certainly helped drive it along. One of the
\nPartners told me the place had never been so alive and with
\nthe wine flowing, the music playing, this did not feel like
\na winter night in London but a music bar back in the warmth
\nof Rio. Sometimes you can travel without going
\nanywhere.<\/p>\n

So this is how after BBC World Service and other
\ninterviews, I found myself in a cab with Joao and Gilberto,
\nheading back to town. Very, very early flights for them and
\na lie in bed for me. If you’d like to find out more
\nabout Gil, you can visit his website: www.gilbertogil.com.br<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

For more information, see; www.ondazul.org.br<\/b><\/p>\n

March is Brazil month in Selfridges, London. www.selfridges.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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