Jobim

Performer: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Artist: Ron Carter; Richard Davis; Airto Moreira; Urbie Green
Engineer: Frank Laico
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel includes: Antonio Carlos Jobim (vocals, whistle, piano, guitar); Claus Ogerman (arranger, conductor); Urbie Green (trombone); Ray Beckenstein, Phil Bodner, Jerry Dodgion, Don Hammond, Romeo Penque (woodwinds); Harry Lookofsky (violin); Ron Carter, Richard Davis (bass); Airto Moreira, Joao Palma (drums, percussion); George Devens (percussion). Producer: Claus Ogerman. Reissue producer: Richard Seidel. Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, New York from December 11-14, 1972. Digitally remastered by Maragaret Goldfarb (Universal Music Studios-East). This is part of the Verve Records By Request series. Though this is one of the more obscure Jobim albums, it did introduce what some believe is Jobim's masterpiece, the hypnotically revolving song "Aguas de Marco" (heard here in Portuguese and English versions). Mostly, however, the record lets listeners in on another side of Jobim, the Debussy/Villa-Lobos-inspired creator of moody instrumental tone poems for films and whatnot, with the instrumental colors filled in by Jobim's old cohort, Claus Ogerman. This was supposed to be a breakthrough for Jobim, bursting out of the bossa nova idiom into uncharted territory, yet a lot of this often undeniably beautiful music merely treads over ground that Villa-Lobos explored long before ("Train to Cordisburgo" especially). In any case, Jobim would explore his serious muse with greater success later on. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Q (9/00, p.132) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...As kitsch as can be imagined...but on JOBIM [he] manages to suffuse his music with noticable gravitas..."

Antonio Carlos Jobim is one of the founding figures of bossa nova. Starting with his work with guitarist Joao Gilberto in the late 1950s ("Chega de Saudade," "Desafinado"), Jobim composed a string of unforgettable songs that combined subtle rhythms, modern harmony, and poetic lyrics, and which quickly found their way from Brazil to the rest of the world. His music has been performed and recorded by countless musicians, and by the time of his death in 1994, Jobim was widely regarded as one of the great composers of popular song.

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