The Composer of Desafinado Plays

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The Composer of Desafinado, Plays
Studio album by
Antônio Carlos Jobim
ReleasedLate August 1963[1]
Recorded9 and 10 May 1963
StudioA&R Studios, New York, NY
GenreLatin jazz, bossa nova
Length35:10
LabelVerve
ProducerCreed Taylor
Antônio Carlos Jobim chronology
The Composer of Desafinado, Plays
(1963)
The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim

(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
[3]

The Composer of Desafinado, Plays is the first album by

Yesterday," and a recording of the song by Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz became a worldwide hit in 1964.[5]

Jobim plays both guitar and piano on the album, the latter of which producers resisted because they wanted to present the image of the Latin man and his guitar, which is evident from the album cover itself. Jobim, in a 1988 interview on NPR's

Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.[7] In 2007, Rolling Stone Brasil ranked it number 58 in "Os 100 Maiores Discos da Música Brasileira" (The 100 greatest Brazilian music records). Pete Welding of Down Beat said, "If the bossa nova movement had produced only this record, it would already be fully justified."[8]

Track listing

All songs written by Antônio Carlos Jobim, lyricists indicated. This album contains all-instrumental versions of these tunes.

  1. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) — 2:42
  2. "Amor em Paz" ("Once I Loved") (Vinicius de Moraes) — 3:36
  3. "
    Agua de Beber
    " (Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) — 2:50
  4. "Vivo Sonhando" — 2:35
  5. "O Morro Não Tem Vez" (Vinicius de Moraes) — 3:20
  6. "
    Insensatez
    " (Vinicius de Moraes) — 2:53
  7. "Corcovado" — 2:25
  8. "One Note Samba" (Jon Hendricks, Newton Mendonça) — 2:14
  9. "
    Meditation
    " (Norman Gimbel, Newton Mendonça) — 3:15
  10. "Só Danço Samba" (Vinicius de Moraes) — 2:21
  11. "Chega de Saudade" (Vinicius de Moraes) — 4:19
  12. "Desafinado" (Newton Mendonça) — 2:44

Personnel

  • Antônio Carlos Jobim - piano, guitar
  • George Duvivier - double bass
  • Edison Machado - drums
  • Leo Wright - flute
  • Jimmy Cleveland - trombone (tracks: 3, 4, 9, 12)
  • String section (tracks: 1-12, except 3, 5, 8, 10) )
  • string arrangements
    , conducting

References

  1. ^ Billboard Aug 31, 1963
  2. AllMusic
  3. ISBN 0-394-72643-X
    .
  4. ISBN 9781458429421
    .
  5. ISSN 0099-9660
    . Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  6. ^ "Celebrating 30 Years Of 'Fresh Air': Brazilian Composer Antônio Carlos Jobim". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  7. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences
    . 2001. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  8. ^ "Listas - Os 100 Maiores Discos da Música Brasileira - Antonio Carlos Jobim - Tom Jobim (1963, Verve) - Rolling Stone Brasil". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-06-13.



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