Antonio Carlos Jobim

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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.

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 Conceicao (1956). The most popular song from the show was Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce ('Someone To Light Up My Life'). Later, when the play was turned into a film, French producer Sacha Gordine did not 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 Joao 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, which resulted in two albums recorded in 1963-64 with Astrud Gilberto. The first of these albums,Getz/Gilberto, won a Grammy award and included the international hit "The Girl from Ipanema ".

American jazz singers Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra prominently featured Jobim's songs on their albums Ella Abraca Jobim (1981), and Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967), respectively. Other notable performers of Jobim songs include Andy Williams (especially his 1966 The Shadow of Your Smile), 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 Cemiterio Sao Joao Batista in Rio de Janeiro. The Rio Janeiro airport was renamed the Galeao - Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport in his honour.

Discography

* Meus Primeiros Passos E Compassos
* Black Orpheus (Soundtrack) (1959)
* Getz/Gilberto (1963)
* Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1964)
* The Composer of Desafinado, Plays (1963)
* The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1964)
* The Swinger From Rio (1965) (Sergio Mendes)
* Love, Strings and Jobim (1966)
* Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
* A Certain Mr. Jobim (1967)
* Wave (1967)
* Stone Flower (1970)
* Tide (1970)
* Sinatra & Company (1971)
* Jobim (1972)
* Look To The Sky (1972)
* Matita Pere (1972)
* Elis & Tom (1974)
* Urubu (1976)

* Miucha & Antonio Carlos Jobim - vol. 1 - Miucha & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1977)
* Gravado ao vivo no Canecao - Tom, Vinicius, Toquinho, Miucha (1977)
* Miucha & Tom Jobim - vol. II - Miucha & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1979)
* Sinatra-Jobim Sessions (1979)
* Terra Brasilis (1980)
* Edu & Tom (1981)
* em minas ao vivo (1981)
* Gabriela (1983)
* Passarim (1987)
* Inedito (1987)
* Echoes of Rio (1989)
* Tom Canta Vinicius: Ao Vivo (1990/2000)
* Antonio Carlos Jobim and Friends (1993)
* Miucha e Tom Jobim (1994)
* Duets II (1994)
* Antonio Brasileiro (1994)

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