Everything about Antonio Carlos Jobim totally explained
Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (
January 25,
1927 in
Rio de Janeiro –
December 8,
1994 in
New York City), also known as
Tom Jobim, was a
Grammy Award-winning
Brazilian
songwriter,
composer,
arranger,
singer, and
pianist/
guitarist. A primary force behind the creation of the
bossa nova style, Jobim is acknowledged as one of the most influential popular composers of the
20th century. His songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within
Brazil and internationally.
Biography
Musical roots
Jobim's musical roots were planted firmly in the work of
Pixinguinha, the legendary
musician and
composer who began modern Brazilian music in the 1930s. Jobim was also influenced by the French composers
Claude Debussy and
Ravel, and by
jazz. Among many themes, his lyrics talked about love, political repression, betrayal, and especially about the natural beauties of Brazil, like the "Mata Atlântica" forest, birds like the Matita Perê, and his home city of
Rio de Janeiro
Early career
Jobim became prominent in Brazil when he teamed up with poet and diplomat
Vinicius de Moraes to write the music for the play
Orfeu de Conceição (1956). The most popular song from the show was "Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Você" ("
Someone to Light Up My Life"). Later, when the play was turned into a film, producer
Sacha Gordine didn't want to use any of the existing music from the play. Gordine asked de Moraes and Jobim for a new score for the film
Black Orpheus (1959). Vinicius was at the time away in
Montevideo, Uruguay, working for the Itamaraty (the
Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and so he and Jobim were only able to write three songs, primarily over the telephone ("A Felicidade", "Frevo",and "O Nosso Amor"). This collaboration proved successful, and Vinicius went on to pen the lyrics to some of Jobim's most popular songs.
Collaborators and performers of Jobim's music
The Brazilian collaborators and interpreters of Jobim's music include
João Gilberto (often credited as a co-creator of bossa nova),
Gal Costa,
Elis Regina,
Sergio Mendes,
Astrud Gilberto, and
Flora Purim.
Eumir Deodato and the conductor/composer
Claus Ogerman arranged many recordings of Jobim tunes.
A key event in making Jobim's music known in the English speaking world was his collaboration with the American jazz saxophonist
Stan Getz,
João Gilberto and Gilberto's wife at the time,
Astrud Gilberto, which resulted in two albums,
Getz/Gilberto (1963) and
Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1964). The release of
Getz/Gilberto created a
bossa nova craze in the
United States, and subsequently internationally.
Getz had previously recorded
Jazz Samba (1962), and Jobim wrote many of the songs on
Getz/Gilberto, which became one of the best-selling
jazz albums of all time, and turned Astrud Gilberto, who sang on "
The Girl from Ipanema" and "
Corcovado", into an international sensation.
At the
Grammy Awards of 1964 Getz/Gilberto won the
Grammy Award for Album of the Year,
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group and the
Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. "The Girl from Ipanema" won the award for
Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
American jazz singers
Ella Fitzgerald and
Frank Sinatra prominently featured Jobim's songs on their albums
Ella Abraça Jobim (1981), and
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967), respectively. Other notable performers of Jobim songs include
Andy Williams,
Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross,
Tony Bennett,
Rosemary Clooney,
Diana Krall,
Sting, and
George Michael.
Carlos Santana's 1970s album
Caravanserai included a version of Jobim's "Stone Flower." The 1996 CD
Wave: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook included performances of Jobim tunes by
Oscar Peterson,
Herbie Hancock,
Chick Corea, and
Toots Thielemans. Contemporary jazz performer
Jane Monheit sang
Waters of March on her CD
Come Dream With Me.
Last years
Jobim remained musically productive until his 1994 death from heart failure; his last album,
Antonio Brasileiro, was released posthumously. He is buried in the
Cemitério São João Batista in
Rio de Janeiro. The Rio de Janeiro airport was renamed the
Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim International Airport in his honour.
Michael Franks dedicated a whole album titled
Abandoned Garden to Jobim, where he explains the kind of person Antonio was and the special friendship they had.
Discography
Trivia
The late singer/songwriter Elliott Smith wrote a song titled "Antonio Carlos Jobim", which he recorded with his band Heatmiser on their Cop And Speeder album.
Antonio, Carlos, and Jobim are a trio of recurring extras on the musically focused anime Cowboy Bebop.Further Information
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