For Lovers [Remaster]

Performer: Antonio Carlos Jobim
Artist: Claus Ogerman; Ron Carter; Deodato; Joe Farrell; Hubert Laws
Engineer: Allan Tucker
Producer: Claus Ogerman; Aloysio de Oliveira; Creed Taylor
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Antonio Carlos Jobim (vocals, guitar, piano); Ed� Lobo, Elis Regina (vocals); Deodato, Helio Delmiro, Paulo Jobim, Luis Claudio (guitar); Harry Lookofsky (violin, tenor violin); Frederick Buldrini, Lewis Eley, Julius Held, Leo Kruczek, Louis Stone, Joseph Malignaggi, Max Polikoff, Louis Haber, Bernard Eichen, David Nadien, Raoul Poliakin, Matthew Raimondi, Harry Katzman, Gene Orloff, Irving Spice, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green (violin); Al Brown, Harold Coletta (viola); Abe Kessler, Charles McCracken, Harvey Shapiro, George Ricci (cello); Joe Farrell (flute, bass flute, soprano saxophone); Ray Beckenstein, Romeo Penque (flute, piccolo, woodwinds); Jerome Richardson (flute, piccolo, alto saxophone); Phil Bodner (flute, woodwinds); Hubert Laws, Jerry Dodgion, Leo Wright (flute); Don Hammond (woodwinds); Marvin Stamm, Burt Collins (trumpet); Marcio Montarroyos (flugelhorn); Joe De Angelis, Joseph Singer, Ray Alonge (French horn); Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green (trombone); C�sar Camargo Mariano (piano); Luis Alves, George Duvivier, Luizao Maia, Richard Davis , Ron Carter (bass guitar); Claudio Slon, Paulinho Braga, Joao Palma (drums); Chico Batera, Dom Um Romao, George Devens, Airto Moreira, Bobby Rosengarden (percussion). In his native Brazil, Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994) is virtually Bob Dylan and George Gershwin combined. Jobim was a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist who practically invented bossa nova by blending Brazilian folk and pop, jazz, and the Impressionism of classical composer Claude Debussy. He's so renowned as a songwriter--Frank Sinatra, Sergio Mendes, and Stan Getz, among others, performed his creations--many don't know him as a singer. His soothingly romantic delivery in FOR LOVERS makes for elegant, near-perfect late-evening listening. On the back of this Verve compilation, it reads, "Everything Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote, played, or sang was for lovers." This is a true fact, but the compilers chose to present a very balanced look at Jobim's career, grabbing songs from the '60s, '70s, and '80s instead of zeroing in on the time of his greatest accomplishments, the early to mid-'60s. ~ John Bush

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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