Known in Brazil as O Mito (the legend),  the prolific Joao Gilberto  celebrates his 77th birthday today June 10. Born in Bahia, Brazil, Joao - fate would have it - made his way to Rio where he collaborated with musician/composer Antonio Carlos Jobim to popularize and establish bossa nova ('new wave'). Coming to America and recording with Stan Getz, this momentous meeting of maestros birthed the Grammy-award winning bossa nova classic, "The Girl From Ipanema" with Astrud Gilberto (Joao's wife at the time) on vocals. What are some of your favoriute Joao Gilberto songs or albums? Have you ever seen him perform live? What do you see as his influence on jazz and other forms of music?