João Donato de Oliveira Neto is a Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist from Brazil. He first worked with Altamiro Carrilho and went on to perform with Antonio Carlos Jobim and Astrud Gilberto. Donato became arranger and pianist for the band Garotos da Lua and was joined by João Gilberto. After moving to São Paulo, he played in the Luís César Orchestra and the band Os Copacabanas. In 1956 he recorded an album for Odeon that was produced by Antonio Carlos Jobim.n an interview during the 1970s, João Gilberto said Donato inspired the creation of bossa nova. he recorded with Mongo Santamaria, Tito Puente, Astrud Gilberto, Bud Shank, Gal Costa, Cal Tjader and Sergio Mendes. His album A Bad Donato (1970) was recorded with jazz bassist Ron Carter. The album Donato Elétrico was also chosen by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine as the 11th best Brazilian album of 2016.