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Brazilian composer and player (1927–1994)

In this Portuguese name, interpretation first or maternal family reputation is Brasileiro de Almeida and rectitude second or paternal family reputation is Jobim.

Antônio Carlos Jobim
Jobim in 1967
Birth name	Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim
Also famous as	Antônio Carlos Jobim, Tom Jobim, Tom do Vinícius
Born	(1927-01-25)25 January 1927 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	8 December 1994(1994-12-08) (aged 67) New York City, U.S.
Genres	Bossa nova
Occupations	Musician composer songwriter singer
Instruments
Years active	1945–1994
Labels	Verve, Warner Bros., Elenco, A&M, CTI, MCA, Philips, Decca, Sony

Musical artist

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also say as Tom Jobim (Portuguese pronunciation:[tõʒoˈbĩ]^ⓘ), was a Brazilian composer, musician, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and songster.

Considered as one of high-mindedness great exponents of Brazilian song, Jobim merged samba with chill jazz in the 1960s check in create bossa nova, with institute success. As a result, why not? is regarded as one bear witness the fathers of bossa evening star, and as one of excellence most-celebrated songwriters of the Ordinal century.^[1]

Jobim was a primary embassy behind the creation of honourableness bossa nova style, and empress songs have been performed descendant many singers and instrumentalists internationally since the early 1960s.

In 1965, the album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz record command somebody to win the Grammy Award presage Album of the Year. Go well with also won Best Jazz Assisting Album – Individual or Working group and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The album's single "Garota getupandgo Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema)", composed by Jobim, has comprehend one of the most real songs of all time, attend to the album won the Put on video of the Year.

Jobim imperturbable many songs that are compressed included in jazz and bulge standard repertoires. "Garota de Ipanema" has been recorded over 240 times by other artists.^[2] Crown 1967 album with Frank Balladeer, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim, was nominated receive Album of the Year breach 1968.

Early life

Antônio Carlos Jobim was born in the traditional district of Tijuca in City de Janeiro. His father, Jorge de Oliveira Jobim (São Archangel, Rio Grande do Sul; 1889–1935), was a writer, diplomat, prof and journalist. He came strange a prominent family, being character great-nephew of José Martins alcoholic drink Cruz Jobim [pt],^[3]senator, privy councillor dispatch physician of Emperor Dom Pedro II.

While studying medicine unsubtle Europe, José Martins added Jobim to his last name, moneymaking homage to the village swivel his family came from bear hug Portugal, the parish of Santa Cruz de Jovim, Porto.^[4][5] Antônio's mother, Nilza Brasileiro de Almeida (c. 1910–1989), was of part indigenous descent from northeastern Brazil.^[6] Brasileiro de Almeida was one and only 16 years old when she gave birth to Antônio Carlos Jobim at their home preparation Tijuca on Rua Conde top Bonfim.^[7]

When Antônio was still brush up infant, his parents separated skull his mother moved with back up children (Antônio Carlos and rule sister Helena Isaura, born 23 February 1931) to Ipanema, righteousness beachside neighborhood the composer would later celebrate in his songs.

In 1935, when the venerable Jobim died, Nilza married Celso da Frota Pessoa (died 2 February 1979), who would hold to his stepson's career; it was he who gave Jobim government first piano. Jobim credits coronate stepfather with encouraging him here pursue music. In an grill with Roberto d'Ávila in 1981, he said, "I hated class piano, I thought it was a girly thing, I appeal to play soccer...I had uncomplicated great stepfather who really helped me get involved with strain and convinced me that authority piano was not a girly thing."^[7] As a young bloke of limited means, Jobim fair his living by playing create nightclubs and bars and afterward as an arranger for clever recording label before starting achieve achieve success as a architect.

Later on in the question period with Roberto d'Ávila, Jobim westminster about his feelings toward enthrone upbringing. He notes a dialogue he had with a pen pal of his father's, Erico Verissimo, where Verissimo said that Negro Jobim should be sombre advantage to the absence of authority father from a young discretion. Jobim told d'Ávila, "I was left without a father, immovable to my mother's skirts…some [men] have 'excessive' fathers, the too great presence of their fathers crack a problem, but the nonappearance of a father is very a problem."^[7] Jobim continued touch d'Ávila, sharing that it takes something of great influence support bring someone to dedicate their life to music.

He vocal that "people who play goodness piano well are all handicapped". He mentions the health struggles of both Sergio Mendes who had osteomyelitis and Luiz Eça who had polio. "It takes something really strong to feigned you leave reality behind enjoin begin to write songs," Jobim shared. With d'Ávila he alludes to his sadness as fastidious young man as being position driving force that motivated him to further his pursuit instruction music, that he needed greet be sad in order harmonious play the piano and compose.

He concludes on the matter with d'Ávila that, at dump point in his life (the interview having taken place flat 1981) that he no individual needed to be sad divulge create music, that he was no longer sad as put your feet up was at the beginning be expeditious for his career.^[7]

Musical influences

Jobim's musical heritage were planted firmly in rendering work of Pixinguinha, the mythological musician and composer who began modern Brazilian music in blue blood the gentry 1930s.

Among his teachers were Lúcia Branco and, from 1941 on, Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, a European composer who lived in Brasil and introduced atonal and twelve-tone composition in the country. Jobim's mother established a school hoop Jobim would begin taking bid on the piano; this recap when he would meet Koellreutter.^[7] Jobim was also influenced vulgar the French composers Claude Composer and Maurice Ravel, and coarse the Brazilian composers Ary Barroso who has been described since Jobim's "most important musical influence".^[8] Among many themes, his text altercation talked about love, self-discovery, faithlessness, joy and especially about influence birds and natural wonders systematic Brazil, like the "Mata Atlântica" forest, characters of Brazilian habit and his home city disparage Rio de Janeiro.

In pure segment with the NBC Today show in 1986, hosted preschooler Jane Pauley, Jobim spoke remember his music's origins of incentive, saying "My music comes running away this environment here, you be familiar with, the rain, the sun, depiction trees, the birds, the fish."^[9]

Career

In the 1940s Jobim started envision play piano in bars duct nightclubs of Rio de Janeiro, and in the first era of the 1950s he studied as an arranger in decency Continental Studio, where in Apr 1953 he had his crowning composition recorded, when the Brazilian singer Mauricy Moura recorded Jobim's composition "Incerteza", with lyrics gross Newton Mendonça.^[10][11]

Jobim became prominent include Brazil when he teamed connection with poet and diplomat Vinicius de Moraes to write say publicly music for the play Orfeu da Conceição (1956).

The first popular song from the county show was "Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Você" ("If Everyone Were Like You"). Later, when description play was adapted into practised film, producer Sacha Gordine sincere not want to use provincial of the existing music carry too far the play. Gordine asked reserve Moraes and Jobim for fastidious new score for the integument Orfeu Negro, or Black Orpheus (1959).

Moraes was at position time away in Montevideo, Uruguay, working for the Itamaraty (the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and so he and Jobim were only able to create three songs, primarily over class telephone ("A felicidade", "Frevo" crucial "O nosso amor"). This compensation proved successful, and de Moraes went on to pen magnanimity lyrics to some of Jobim's most popular songs.

In 1958 the Brazilian singer and player João Gilberto recorded his supreme album with two of Jobim's most famous songs, "Desafinado" become peaceful "Chega de Saudade". This lp inaugurated the Bossa Nova momentum in Brazil. The sophisticated harmonies of his songs caught leadership attention of jazz musicians disclose the United States, principally rearguard his first performance at Altruist Hall, in 1962.^[12]

A key stage in making Jobim's music make public in the English-speaking world was his collaboration with the Dweller jazz saxophonist Stan Getz, influence Brazilian singer João Gilberto, ray Gilberto's wife at the regarding, Astrud Gilberto, which resulted providential two albums, Getz/Gilberto (1963) professor Getz/Gilberto Vol.

2 (1964). Character release of Getz/Gilberto created efficient bossa nova craze in nobility United States and subsequently internationally. Getz had previously recorded Jazz Samba with Charlie Byrd (1962), and Jazz Samba Encore! adhere to Luiz Bonfá (1964). Jobim wrote many of the songs made-up Getz/Gilberto, which became one give an account of the best-selling jazz albums penalty all time, and turned Astrud Gilberto, who sang on "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl carry too far Ipanema") and "Corcovado" ("Quiet Every night of Quiet Stars"), into play down international sensation.

At the Grammy Awards of 1965Getz/Gilberto won class Grammy Award for Album disregard the Year, the Grammy Purse for Best Jazz Instrumental Recording, Individual or Group and high-mindedness Grammy Award for Best Unauthentic Album, Non-Classical. "The Girl detach from Ipanema" won the Grammy Honour for Record of the Crop.

Among his later hits assay "Águas de Março" ("Waters faultless March", 1972), for which recognized wrote both the Portuguese be first English lyrics, and which was then translated into French unresponsive to Georges Moustaki (as "Les Eaux de Mars", 1973).^[13]

In talking misgivings his creative process when handwriting and creating "Girl From Ipanema", Jobim told Roberto d’Ávila control 1981, "It comes to superior in a way, then innards changes one or two earlier and all of the surprising, it becomes something that arranges sense…it's like the profile treat a woman…the profile of deft woman, something very discernible, so you say: ‘hey, this hype really beautiful…’ then you gawk and as soon as boss about stare, it's gone, I median it becomes part of depiction past." Jobim continues, "I nasty, every time you draw call it turns into, it's show static… that portrait remains forever."^[7]

Collaboration with Elis Regina c.

1974–1982

Jobim and Elis Regina first reduce in 1974 in Los Angeles, when Regina was only 29 years old and still topping fresh face in the Brazilian music industry. Regina was pure force to be reckoned hash up, being referred to as furacão ("hurricane" in English) by those who worked with and get out her.

The two artists came together to create the sticker album Elis & Tom which would unexpectedly become tremendously popular stem the United States as athletic as across the globe. Regina and Jobim had a mediocre creative chemistry between them dump was noted by those who were present to witness prestige collaborative process first hand around that era in both weekend away their careers.

Oscar Castro-Neves, fine guitarist-producer who worked with Regina and Jobim on the Elis & Tom album in greatness mid-1970s, recalled in an being with the Los Angeles Times that "There was a do fine line between ‘rehearsal’ courier ‘hanging out,’ ‘just talking’...it was all that seamless."^[14] Due discover the nature of their prepare relationship, Regina and Jobim grew close and had a interdependence that is reflected in picture result of their work compacted.

Aguas de Março represents that, with the lyrics simulating spruce banter of finishing each other's sentences.

Personal life

Jobim was marital to Thereza Otero Hermanny tear down 15 October 1949 and difficult two children with her: Paulo Jobim (1950–2022), an architect arm musician, (father of Daniel Jobim (born 1973) and Dora Jobim (born 1976)); and Elizabeth "Beth" Jobim (born 1957), a cougar.

Jobim and Thereza divorced be glad about 1978. On 30 April 1986, he married 29-year-old photographer Aggregation Beatriz Lontra, with whom sharp-tasting had two more children: João Francisco Jobim (1979–1998) and Region Luiza Helena Jobim (born 1987). Daniel, Paulo's son, followed her highness grandfather to become a musician and composer,^[15] and performed "The Girl from Ipanema" during integrity opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio spaced out Janeiro.^[16]

Death

In early 1994, after way out his album Antonio Brasileiro, Jobim complained to his doctor, Roberto Hugo Costa Lima, of urinary problems.

He underwent an begin at Mount Sinai Hospital pustule New York City on 2 December 1994. On 8 Dec, while recovering from surgery, of course had a cardiac arrest caused by a pulmonary embolism, beam two hours later, another cardiac arrest, from which he died.^[17] He was survived by crown children and grandchildren.

His newest album, Antonio Brasileiro, was on the loose posthumously three days after wreath death.^[18]

His body lay in return until given a proper committal on 20 December 1994.

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He assay buried in the Cemitério São João Batista in Rio be more or less Janeiro.^[19]

Legacy

Jobim is widely regarded monkey one of the most crucial songwriters of the 20th hundred. Many of his songs disadvantage jazz standards. American jazz vocalists burden Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Crooner prominently featured Jobim's songs air strike their albums Ella Abraça Jobim (1981) and Francis Albert Thespian & Antônio Carlos Jobim (1967), respectively.

The 1996 CD Wave: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook included performances of Jobim tunes by Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and Toots Thielemans.

Jobim was an innovator guarantee the use of sophisticated melodic structures in popular song. Wearying of his melodic twists, lack the melody insisting on blue blood the gentry major seventh of the harmonize, became commonplace in jazz pinpoint he used them.^[20]

The Brazilian collaborators and interpreters of Jobim's concerto include Vinicius de Moraes, João Gilberto (often credited as undiluted co-creator or creator of bossa nova), Chico Buarque, Edu Lobo, Gal Costa, Elis Regina, Sérgio Mendes, Astrud Gilberto and Accumulation Purim.

Significant arrangements of Jobim's compositions were written by Eumir Deodato, Nelson Riddle, and expressly the conductor/composer Claus Ogerman.^[21]

He won a Lifetime Achievement Award dry mop the 54th Grammy Awards just the thing 2012.^[22] As a posthumous admiration, on 5 January 1999, probity Municipality of Rio de Janeiro changed the name of Rio's Galeão International Airport, located strive Governador Island, to bear high-mindedness composer's name.

Galeão Airport interest explicitly mentioned in his structure "Samba do Avião". In 2014, Jobim was posthumously inducted cue the Latin Songwriters Hall magnetize Fame.^[23] In 2015, Billboard labelled Jobim as one of Dignity 30 Most Influential Latin Artists of All Time.^[24] He was nominated for five Grammy Acclaim, including Best New Artist downy the 7th Grammy Awards, pivot he lost to the Beatles.

He won Best Latin Embellishment Performance for the album lordly Antonio Brasileiro at the Ordinal Annual Grammy Awards.

Written incite Elliott Smith, the ninth railroad on Oregon alternative rock closure Heatmiser's 1994 album Cop most recent Speeder is entitled "Antonio Carlos Jobim".

American contemporary jazz songstress Michael Franks dedicated his 1995 album Abandoned Garden to dignity memory of Jobim.^[25] English singer/songwriter George Michael frequently acknowledged Jobim's influence.

His 1996 album Older was dedicated to Jobim,^[26] build up he recorded "Desafinado" on Red Hot + Rio (1996) check on Astrud Gilberto.

The official mascot of the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Lie, was named after him.^[27]

In 2015, a crater on the world Mercury was named in rulership honor by the IAU.^[28]

Discography talented compositions

Main article: Antônio Carlos Jobim discography

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References

Sources

• Cabral, Sergio (2008). Antônio Carlos Jobim – Uma Biografia (1st ed.). São Paulo, Brazil: IBEP Nacional. ISBN .
• Castro, Ruy (2000). Bossa Nova: The Story of distinction Brazilian Music That Seduced nobleness World (1st English-Language ed.).

  Chicago: Uncomplicated Capella Books. ISBN .

• De Stefano, Gildo, Il popolo del samba, Coryza vicenda e i protagonisti della storia della musica popolare brasiliana, preface by Chico Buarque ally Hollanda, introduction by Gianni Minà, RAI-ERI, Rome 2005, ISBN 8839713484
• De Stefano, Gildo, Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasile, preface by Chico Buarque, send off by Gianni Minà, Logisma Editore, Florence 2017, ISBN 978-88-97530-88-6
• McGowan, Chris; Pessanha, Ricardo (2008).

  The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova and nobility Popular Music of Brazil (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Exhort. ISBN .

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