# Quanta Live > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Quanta_Live > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Quanta_Live.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanta_Live > Source revision: 1236192198 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox album | name = Quanta gente veio ver: Ao Vivo | type = live | artist = [Gilberto Gil](/source/Gilberto_Gil) | cover = File:Gilberto_Gil_-_Quanta_Live_album_cover.jpg | alt = | released = 4 August 1998 | recorded = 1997 | venue = [Teatro João Caetano](/source/Teatro_Jo%C3%A3o_Caetano) | studio = | genre = [tropicalia](/source/tropicalia), [samba](/source/samba), [funk](/source/funk), [bossa nova](/source/bossa_nova), [reggae](/source/reggae), [jazz](/source/jazz), [salsa](/source/salsa_music), [pop](/source/pop_music) | length = 1:05 | language = Portuguese, English | label = Mesa/[Atlantic](/source/Atlantic_Records) | producer = Gilberto Gil | prev_title = [O Viramundo (Ao Vivo)](/source/O_Viramundo_(Ao_Vivo)) | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = [Me, You, Them](/source/Me%2C_You%2C_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](/source/Grammy_Awards)-winning 1998 album by Brazilian musician [Gilberto Gil](/source/Gilberto_Gil) recorded live with a seven-piece band at the [Teatro João Caetano](/source/Teatro_Jo%C3%A3o_Caetano) in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro) during his 1997 world tour. At the [41st Annual Grammy Awards](/source/41st_Annual_Grammy_Awards), it won the award for [Best World Album](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_World_Music_Album). The album's tracks span a number of musical styles, including [tropicalia](/source/tropicalia), a genre with which Gil is closely associated, as well as [samba](/source/samba), [funk](/source/funk), [bossa nova](/source/bossa_nova), [reggae](/source/reggae), [jazz](/source/jazz), [salsa](/source/salsa_music), and [pop](/source/pop_music). ==Background and style== ''Quanta gente veio ver: Ao Vivo'' was recorded at the [Teatro João Caetano](/source/Teatro_Jo%C3%A3o_Caetano) in [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro%2C_Brazil) during his 1997 world tour.{{cite web|work=[AllMusic](/source/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}}{{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}} 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. ''Quanta Live'' is the name of the international release. Stylistically, Gil's well known association with the [tropicalia](/source/tropicalia) genre is evident on the album, and its musical content has also been described as including [samba](/source/samba), [funk](/source/funk), [bossa nova](/source/bossa_nova), [reggae](/source/reggae), [jazz](/source/jazz), [salsa](/source/salsa_music), and [pop](/source/pop_music) songs and styles. Most of the songs Gil plays with his seven-person supporting band were written by Gil. Two are covers of popular [Bob Marley](/source/Bob_Marley) songs, "[Is This Love](/source/Is_This_Love_(Bob_Marley_%26_The_Wailers_song))" and "[Stir It Up](/source/Stir_It_Up)", one was written by [Gordurinha](/source/Gordurinha), one by [Alberto Ribeiro](/source/Alberto_Ribeiro), and another co-written by Gil, [João Barone](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Barone), [Bi Ribeiro](/source/Bi_Ribeiro), and [Herbert Vianna](/source/Herbert_Vianna). Talking about the album in an interview with ''[The Austin Chronicle](/source/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](/source/Bai%C3%A3o_(music)). It's everything together. That's what I like."{{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/}} ==Reception== ''Quanta Live'' has received critical acclaim, and won the [Grammy Award for Best World Music Album](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_World_Music_Album) at the [41st Annual Grammy Awards](/source/41st_Annual_Grammy_Awards).{{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}} 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. Diane Gordon of ''[JazzTimes](/source/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". ''[AllMusic](/source/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". ''[The Austin Chronicle](/source/The_Austin_Chronicle)''{{'}}s Mike Quinn said "it's music that makes you want to dance with lyrics that make you think". ==Track listing== #"Introducão" (Gilberto Gil) – 2:34 #"Palco" (Gil) – 3:58 #"[Is This Love](/source/Is_This_Love_(Bob_Marley_%26_The_Wailers_song))" ([Bob Marley](/source/Bob_Marley)) – 4:55 #"[Stir It Up](/source/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](/source/Alberto_Ribeiro)) – 4:49 #"A Novidade" ([João Barone](/source/Jo%C3%A3o_Barone), Gil, [Bi Ribeiro](/source/Bi_Ribeiro), [Herbert Vianna](/source/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 ==References== {{reflist|30em}} 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Quanta Live](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanta_Live) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanta_Live?action=history)). 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