{{Infobox album | name = Quanta gente veio ver: Ao Vivo | type = live | artist = Gilberto Gil | cover = File:Gilberto_Gil_-_Quanta_Live_album_cover.jpg | alt = | released = 4 August 1998 | recorded = 1997 | venue = Teatro João Caetano | studio = | genre = tropicalia,<ref name=allmusic/> samba,<ref name=jazztimes/> funk,<ref name=jazztimes/> bossa nova,<ref name=austin/> reggae,<ref name=austin/> jazz,<ref name=austin/> salsa,<ref name=austin/> pop<ref name=jazztimes/> | length = 1:05 | language = Portuguese, English | label = Mesa/Atlantic | producer = Gilberto Gil | prev_title = O Viramundo (Ao Vivo) | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = Me, You, Them | next_year = 2000 }}
'''''Quanta gente veio ver: Ao Vivo''''' (English: ''How many people came to see: Live''), known internationally as '''''Quanta Live''''', is a Grammy-winning 1998 album by Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil recorded live with a seven-piece band at the Teatro João Caetano in Rio de Janeiro during his 1997 world tour. At the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, it won the award for Best World Album. The album's tracks span a number of musical styles, including tropicalia, a genre with which Gil is closely associated, as well as samba, funk, bossa nova, reggae, jazz, salsa, and pop.
==Background and style== ''Quanta gente veio ver: Ao Vivo'' was recorded at the Teatro João Caetano in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during his 1997 world tour.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|work=AllMusic|last=Ginell|first=Richard S.|title=Gilberto Gil – Quanta Gente Veio Ver: Ao Vivo – Overview|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000474908|access-date=24 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=jazztimes>{{cite web|work=JazzTimes|url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/7873-quanta-live-gilberto-gil|last=Gordon|title=Gilberto Gil – Quanta Live|first=Diane|date=January 1999}}</ref> It is connected in name and content to his 1997 studio-recorded album ''Quanta'', which included a variety of tracks from different points in his career.<ref name=jazztimes/> ''Quanta Live'' is the name of the international release.
Stylistically, Gil's well known association with the tropicalia genre is evident on the album, and its musical content has also been described as including samba, funk, bossa nova, reggae, jazz, salsa, and pop songs and styles.<ref name=allmusic/><ref name=jazztimes/><ref name=austin/>
Most of the songs Gil plays with his seven-person supporting band were written by Gil. Two are covers of popular Bob Marley songs, "Is This Love" and "Stir It Up", one was written by Gordurinha, one by Alberto Ribeiro, and another co-written by Gil, João Barone, Bi Ribeiro, and Herbert Vianna.<ref name=allmusic/>
Talking about the album in an interview with ''The Austin Chronicle'', Gil said "What I really like to do is pick up the guitar and play, to write a song and sing it, to incorporate elements from all kinds of music. That's why I like ''Quanta Live''. It's everything. It's jazz and samba and reggae and salsa. It's bossa nova and baião. It's everything together. That's what I like."<ref name=austin>{{cite web|work=The Austin Chronicle|title=Mixing Miami With Copacabana|last=Quinn|first=Mike|date=17 September 1999|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1999-09-17/73901/}}</ref>
==Reception== ''Quanta Live'' has received critical acclaim, and won the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards.<ref>{{cite web|work=The Grammys|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&field_nominee_work_value=&year=1998&genre=34|title=Past Winners Search|access-date=24 October 2016}}</ref> Interviewed the following year, Gil expressed that the award was particularly meaningful not only because ''Quanta'' was intended to represent a summary of the artist three decades into his career, but also because it was the live version rather than the studio album which won.<ref name=austin/>
Diane Gordon of ''JazzTimes'' said that through this performance "one can understand his immense international popularity" and praised the sound quality of the recording, calling it "as exciting as his material".<ref name=jazztimes/> ''AllMusic''{{'}}s Richard S. Ginell's positive review commented that Gil is "still in possession of a quicksilver voice with a beautiful falsetto, a staccato guitar style that makes his electric model sound like an acoustic, and strikingly original, even quirky tunes".<ref name=allmusic/> ''The Austin Chronicle''{{'}}s Mike Quinn said "it's music that makes you want to dance with lyrics that make you think".<ref name=austin/>
==Track listing==
#"Introducão" (Gilberto Gil) – 2:34 #"Palco" (Gil) – 3:58 #"Is This Love" (Bob Marley) – 4:55 #"Stir It Up" (Marley) – 4:42 #"Refavela" (Gil) – 3:56 #"Vendedor de Caranguejo" (Gordurinha) – 4:08 #"Quanta" (Gil) – 5:57 #"Estrela" (Gil) – 4:45 #"Pela Internet" (Gil) – 4:23 #"Cérebro Eletrônico" (Gil) – 3:51 #"Opachorô" (Gil) – 4:19 #"Copacabana" (Alberto Ribeiro) – 4:49 #"A Novidade" (João Barone, Gil, Bi Ribeiro, Herbert Vianna) – 5:16 #"O Gandhi" (Gil) – 3:42 #"De Ouro E Marfim" (Gil) – 3:54
== Personnel == * Gilberto Gil - vocals, acoustic and electric guitars * Arthur Maia - bass * Celso Fonseca - acoustic and electric guitars * Gustavo de Dalva, Leonardo Reis - percussion * Jorginho Gomes - drums * Paulo Calasans - keyboards * Raul Mascarenha - saxophone, flute
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Category:1998 live albums Category:Gilberto Gil live albums Category:Grammy Award for Best World Music Album Category:Tropicália albums Category:Portuguese-language live albums Category:1990s Portuguese-language albums