Antonio Carlos Jobim Music

Want to be welcomed into the fold? How would you like to be part of an extended family?

Buy Antonio Carlos Jobim Passarim, put it on your player, turn up the speakers and open all the windows.

The vocal duties performed by Antonio Carlos Jobim's family and friends add extra texturing to the great arrangements.

Truly, a breath of fresh air.

Enjoy. You're safe in the heart of Brazil.

One of Jobim's more eclectic groupings of songs. Little bird, Passarim, is a cute song. We live in the woods, and whenever our cat gets closer to a little bird, my son and I sing the part of the song that says "Little bird - fly - or you're going to die!" (Yes, those words are in the song!)

This is Jobim the way HE wants it - with his family at the core of things and unabashedly romantic, as always. 'Passarim' is a cry for the environment and the forest that Jobim loves. Also Jobim plays with the lyrics as never before, interjecting Portugese into English and vice-versa (and a little French, too). In 'Chansong' Jobim pokes fun at the U.S. and the whole mood is one of satire regarding the way his music was boiled down, stripped of all subtlety, then regurgitated. For more of this band and one of my all time favorite recordings, see if you can locate "Antonio Brasileiro" which was released I think in 1993 or 1994, and which contains a version of "Insensatez (How Insensative) with Sting and Jobim singing and harmonizing on it. This was released in Brazil, but perhaps not in the U.S. Check the U.K. if not. If you have any reservations about lush vocal arrangements (which I emphatically do not) this is not the CD for you...

This is the last studio album that Jobim recorded, and it's a gem. The sound is a culmination of Jobim's style, topped off by the beautiful signature female chorus -- close your eyes and you're on Ipanema beach. There is enough pure bossa to keep the hardcore happy, including a great version of "Fascinatin' Rhythm" with Jobim's marvelous cigarette-coated voice. It's the arrangements that go beyond bossa that shine the most, though. The title track (portuguese version) is as beautiful a song as Jobim ever wrote (that's saying something), and others like "Anos Dourados" and "Luiza" became MPB standards. The icing on the cake is "Gabriella," a song instantly recognizable to most Brazilians: it was the theme for the television production of Jorge Amado's novel, with Sonia Braga in the title role.

One of my favorites - although it doesn't make a great first impression, on further listening the obscure melodic complexity really grabbed me. The title track is a masterpiece......highly recommended.

Want to be welcomed into the fold? How would you like to be part of an extended family?

Buy Antonio Carlos Jobim Passarim, put it on your player, turn up the speakers and open all the windows.

The vocal duties performed by Antonio Carlos Jobim's family and friends add extra texturing to the great arrangements.

Truly, a breath of fresh air.

Enjoy. You're safe in the heart of Brazil.

One of Jobim's more eclectic groupings of songs. Little bird, Passarim, is a cute song. We live in the woods, and whenever our cat gets closer to a little bird, my son and I sing the part of the song that says "Little bird - fly - or you're going to die!" (Yes, those words are in the song!)

This is Jobim the way HE wants it - with his family at the core of things and unabashedly romantic, as always. 'Passarim' is a cry for the environment and the forest that Jobim loves. Also Jobim plays with the lyrics as never before, interjecting Portugese into English and vice-versa (and a little French, too). In 'Chansong' Jobim pokes fun at the U.S. and the whole mood is one of satire regarding the way his music was boiled down, stripped of all subtlety, then regurgitated. For more of this band and one of my all time favorite recordings, see if you can locate "Antonio Brasileiro" which was released I think in 1993 or 1994, and which contains a version of "Insensatez (How Insensative) with Sting and Jobim singing and harmonizing on it. This was released in Brazil, but perhaps not in the U.S. Check the U.K. if not. If you have any reservations about lush vocal arrangements (which I emphatically do not) this is not the CD for you...

This is the last studio album that Jobim recorded, and it's a gem. The sound is a culmination of Jobim's style, topped off by the beautiful signature female chorus -- close your eyes and you're on Ipanema beach. There is enough pure bossa to keep the hardcore happy, including a great version of "Fascinatin' Rhythm" with Jobim's marvelous cigarette-coated voice. It's the arrangements that go beyond bossa that shine the most, though. The title track (portuguese version) is as beautiful a song as Jobim ever wrote (that's saying something), and others like "Anos Dourados" and "Luiza" became MPB standards. The icing on the cake is "Gabriella," a song instantly recognizable to most Brazilians: it was the theme for the television production of Jorge Amado's novel, with Sonia Braga in the title role.

One of my favorites - although it doesn't make a great first impression, on further listening the obscure melodic complexity really grabbed me. The title track is a masterpiece......highly recommended.

Want to be welcomed into the fold? How would you like to be part of an extended family?

Buy Antonio Carlos Jobim Passarim, put it on your player, turn up the speakers and open all the windows.

The vocal duties performed by Antonio Carlos Jobim's family and friends add extra texturing to the great arrangements.

Truly, a breath of fresh air.

Enjoy. You're safe in the heart of Brazil.

One of Jobim's more eclectic groupings of songs. Little bird, Passarim, is a cute song. We live in the woods, and whenever our cat gets closer to a little bird, my son and I sing the part of the song that says "Little bird - fly - or you're going to die!" (Yes, those words are in the song!)

This is Jobim the way HE wants it - with his family at the core of things and unabashedly romantic, as always. 'Passarim' is a cry for the environment and the forest that Jobim loves. Also Jobim plays with the lyrics as never before, interjecting Portugese into English and vice-versa (and a little French, too). In 'Chansong' Jobim pokes fun at the U.S. and the whole mood is one of satire regarding the way his music was boiled down, stripped of all subtlety, then regurgitated. For more of this band and one of my all time favorite recordings, see if you can locate "Antonio Brasileiro" which was released I think in 1993 or 1994, and which contains a version of "Insensatez (How Insensative) with Sting and Jobim singing and harmonizing on it. This was released in Brazil, but perhaps not in the U.S. Check the U.K. if not. If you have any reservations about lush vocal arrangements (which I emphatically do not) this is not the CD for you...

This is the last studio album that Jobim recorded, and it's a gem. The sound is a culmination of Jobim's style, topped off by the beautiful signature female chorus -- close your eyes and you're on Ipanema beach. There is enough pure bossa to keep the hardcore happy, including a great version of "Fascinatin' Rhythm" with Jobim's marvelous cigarette-coated voice. It's the arrangements that go beyond bossa that shine the most, though. The title track (portuguese version) is as beautiful a song as Jobim ever wrote (that's saying something), and others like "Anos Dourados" and "Luiza" became MPB standards. The icing on the cake is "Gabriella," a song instantly recognizable to most Brazilians: it was the theme for the television production of Jorge Amado's novel, with Sonia Braga in the title role.

One of my favorites - although it doesn't make a great first impression, on further listening the obscure melodic complexity really grabbed me. The title track is a masterpiece......highly recommended.

Pleasant compilation;
I think I've heard some better Jobim performances elswhere, but it's still very enojable...

Pleasant compilation;
I think I've heard some better Jobim performances elswhere, but it's still very enojable...

Pleasant compilation;
I think I've heard some better Jobim performances elswhere, but it's still very enojable...

Pleasant compilation;
I think I've heard some better Jobim performances elswhere, but it's still very enojable...

Rio de Janeiro's local music community had come to depend on Jobim by the early to middle 50's.

He help shape alot of careers.

His songbook possessed lots of fresh material, notes jumped off the page, alluring arrangements.

By the late 50's Jobim had a good command how a recording studio operates.

His world must've been thrown upside down and come full circle when he met Vinicius de Moraes.

Vinicius has a unique way with a melody.

Never at a loss for words and music.

A unceasing fountain of ideas. I would've been a little jealous.

That didn't stop them.

Rio was up on what is hip.

A partnership was formed.

1957 to 1959 proved fruitful for the duo.

A string of hits led to one of their first LP's, showcasing 13 of their original songs.

Por Toda Minha Vida (For The Rest Of My Life) featuring Lenita Bruno.

Lenita Bruno, what a lovely voice. Enchanting.

Versed in Classics and American Pop Standards.

A formative medium for the project.

Lenita's husband, Leo Perrachi help write the arrangements for Por Toda Minha Vida.

Any fan will recognise most of the songs.

Por Toda Minha Vida, Estrada Branca, Soneto Da Separacao, Valsa De Orfeu, Es Sei Que Vou Te Amar, Canta, Canta Mais, Modinha, Eu Nao Existo Sem Voce.

Hypnotic songs, a number of them formerly recorded by other artist during the late 50's such as Carlos Jose, Albertinho Fortuna, and Vanja Orico.

The majority make their debut, 13 songs so well loved, they'd resurface on future cuts by Maria Bethania, Elis Regina, Miucha, Paula Morelenbaum and appear on Jobim's Inedito LP, and ultimately, the legendary Symphonic Jobim.

I can listen to Por Toda Minha Vida Lenita Bruno while working, sitting in my easy chair or have it on in the background while chatting to my neighbor.

It's a very serious work, it hearkens to the day when families used to sit around the living room and listen to their favorite Arias.

It's Jobim's and de Moraes love letter to the world, message in a bottle.

The CD has a reproduction of a very important handwritten letter in Portuguese that was included in the original liner notes expressing Jobim's gratitude, dated 1959.

Just like the image on the original front cover of freshly turned earth basking in the sun, all the tracks touch my heart.

Room to grow and expand.

The last track, Eu Nao Existo Sem Voce has a way of coming to me in the quiet times of the day and night when my heart is open and receptive to outside signals.

The words and melody approach me like a distant ray of light that comes closer and surrounds me in its' warmth.

Por Toda Minha Vida Lenita Bruno.

Good Medicine.

A thing of beauty for all time.

Look for the anniversary edition on the Festa Irineu Garcia Label.