Song No. 203 — Só em Teus Braços | Antônio Carlos Jobim (1959)

Só em Teus Braços was introduced in June 1959 by Sylvia Telles on her third album Amor de Gente Moça – Músicas de Antônio Carlos Jobim. Produced by Aloysio de Oliveira, arranged by Lindolpho Gaya and conducted by Osvaldo Borba, the album contained nine first recordings of songs by Jobim, including O Que Tinha de Ser, Dindi and Sem Você.

In May 1960, Jobim arranged and conducted João Gilberto’s version for his album O Amor, O Sorriso e a Flor.

As a medley with Este Seu Olhar, Sylvia Telles recorded Só em Teus Braços once again in 1964 with Lúcio Alves on their joint album Bossa Session, accompanied by Roberto Menescal and his conjunto.

Although undoubtedly a classic by now, Só em Teus Braços was a rather modest success by Jobim’s standards at the time. The song was recorded a good dozen times up to 1969, including by Lana Bittencourt with Astor Silva e Seus Metais Dançantes and Norberto Baldauf and his Conjunto Melódico, but not again until 1980. Jobim himself apparently never recorded the song.

Selected recordings of Só em Teus Braços:

1. Sylvia Telles from the album Amor de Gente Moça – Músicas de Antônio Carlos Jobim  (1959, Odeon MOFB 3084)

   
Artwork for Amor de Gente Moça by César G. Villela with photographs by Francsico Pereira

2. João Gilberto from the album O Amor, O Sorriso e a Flor (1960, Odeon MOFB 3151)

   
Artwork for O Amor, O Sorriso e a Flor by César G. Villela with photograph by Francsico Pereira

3. Oscar Castro Neves from the album Bossa Nova Mesmo (1960, Philips P 630.424 L)

   

4. Lana Bittencourt from the album Sambas do Rio (1961, Columbia 37152)

   

5. Isaura Garcia from the EP Isaura Carcia (1961, Odeon 7BD-1016) and the album Hebe Comanda o Espetáculo (1961, Odeon MOFB 3224)

   
Artwork for Hebe Comanda o Espetáculo by César G. Villela with photograph by Nagib Allit

6. Norberto Baldauf from the album Ritorna – Conjunto Melódico Norberto Baldauf (1962, Philips P 632.102 L)

   

7. Marisa Gata Mansa from the album Little Club Apresenta Marisa (1962, Copacabana CLP 11257)

   
Artwork for Little Club Apresenta Marisa by Sérgio Malta with photograph by Ronaldo Goyanes

8. Ribamar & Zito Righi from the album Ribamar & Zito Righi (1963, Musidisc Hi-Fi 2073)

   

Selected medleys including Só em Teus Braços:

1. Carolina Cardoso de Menezes from the album Telecoteco de Ontem e de Hoje (1962, Odeon MOFB 3306)

   

2. Marisa Barroso & Astor Silva from the album Marisa Barroso & Astor Silva (1963, CBS 37292)

   

3. Sylvia Telles, Lúcio Alves e Roberto Menescal from the album Bossa Session (1964, Elenco ME-13

   
Artwork for Bossa Session by César G. Villela with photographs by Francsico Pereira

SÓ EM TEUS BRAÇOS

Sim promessas fiz • Fiz projetos pensei tanta coisa • E agora o coração e diz • Que só em teus braços • Eu ia ser feliz • Eu tenho este amor para dar • O que é que eu vou fazer

Eu tentei esquecer • E prometi, apagar da minha vida este sonho • E vem o coração e diz • Que só em teus braços amor eu posso ser feliz

Song No. 191 — Samba de Uma Nota Só | Antônio Carlos Jobim & Newton Mendonça (1960)

Samba de Uma Nota Só was introduced in 1960 by João Gilberto Pereira de Oliveira, recorded on April 4 and released in May as the opening track on his second solo album O Amor, O Sorriso e a Flor, arranged and conducted by Jobim and produced by Aloysio de Oliveira. The song was also released as the first single from the album and was a hit on numerous local charts in May and June 1960.

Samba de Uma Nota Só is one of 17 songs by the duo Jobim and Mendonça, 13 of which were recorded and two of which are lost. Although he is often seen as just one of Jobim’s lyricists, they composed their songs together, in “four hands”, as Newton himself once put it. Along with Desafinado and Meditação, Samba de Uma Nota Só is certainly Mendonça’s most famous song. He died of a heart attack on 22 November 1960 at the age of 33.

In Brazil, Samba de Uma Nota Só was a success in 1960 and 1961, but its popularity remained rather modest, with only eleven recordings, although it did include excellent versions by Sylvia Telles and Juarez Araújo, among others. On 13 February 1962, however, Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd recorded their six-minute instrumental version in Pierce Hall of the All Souls Church in Washington D.C., which was released shortly afterwards on their album Jazz Samba. The album became a number one success in the USA and one of the pioneers of bossa nova jazz worldwide. This recording helped the song to international success, which reverberated in Brazil in 1963 and 1964 with numerous other recordings, making Samba de Uma Nota Só one of the iconic songs of bossa nova.

The adapted English lyrics titled One Note Samba were penned by American jazz lyricist and singer Jon Hendricks, with two different versions. The Italian lyrics were adapted by Giorgio Calabrese and the French by Eddy Marnay.

Selected recordings of Samba de Uma Nota Só:

1. João Gilberto from singles Samba de Uma Nota Só b/w Doralice (1960, Odeon BZB 1010), Doralice b/w Samba de Uma Nota Só (1960, Odeon 14.614) and the album O Amor, O Sorriso e a Flor (1960, Odeon MOFB 3151)

   
Artwork for O Amor, O Sorriso e a Flor by César G. Villela with photographs by Francisco Pereira

2. Sylvia Telles f from single Samba de Uma Nota Só b/w Se É Tarde, Me Perdoa (1960, Philips P-61.015-H) and the album Amor en Hi-Fi (1960, Philips P 630.419 L)

   

3. Fats Elpídio from the album Piano Bossa Nova (1960, RCA Victor BBL 1102)

   

4. Os Vocalistas Modernos from the album Novamente em Foco! (1960, Philips P 630.428 L)

   
Artwork for Novamente em Foco! by Ronald with photograph by Rovigati

5. Paulinho Nogueira from the album Brasil, Violão e Sambalanço! (1960, RGE XRLP 5088)

6. Os Farroupilhas from the album Os Farroupilhas na TV (1960, Columbia LPCB 37125)

   

7. Walter Wanderley from the album O Sucesso é Samba (1960, Odeon MOFB 3204)

   
Artwork for O Sucesso é Samba by César G. Villela with photographs by Francisco Pereira

8. Os Saxsambistas Brasileiros from the album Saxsambando (1960, Plaza PZ 303), reissued as Desafinado (1962, Dauntless/Áudio Fidelity [USA] DM 4304) Sax Sambando (196?, Plaza PZ 2203) and as Sambas Que Não Se Esquece (1970, Tropicana n/a) credited to Bil Bell

   
Artwork for Saxsambando by Michel Schachter

   

   
Artwork for Saxsambando by Michel Schachter

   

9. Renato de Oliveira aka Cid Gray from the album Samba… Samba… Samba! (1960, SBA SBA-001)

10. Radamés Gnattali from the album Segredo para Dois (1960, Continental LPP 3116)

11. Juarez Araújo from the album Juarez Araújo Sua Excia. O Sax (1961, Carroussell SELP 3009) aka O Inimitável Juarez (1962, Masterplay MDL 13019)

   

12. Leny Andrade from the album A Sensação (1961, RCA Victor BBL 1128)

   

13. Os 7 Velhinhos from the album Os 7 Velhinhos (1961, Musidisc XPL-5)

   

14. Carminha Mascarenhas from the album Em Cada Estrela uma Canção (1961, Copacabana CLP 11191)

   

15. Zé Maria from the album Chá Chá Chá & Companhia (1961, Tiger LP TR-006)

   

16. Geraldo Miranda from the album Dançando com Geraldo Miranda e Seus Novos Sons (1963, Odeon MOFB 3267)

17. Agostinho dos Santos from the EP No Carnegie Hall (Bossa Nova) (1962. RGE CD 80.144)

18. Luiz Loy from the album Luiz Loy e Sua Juventude Musical (1962, Odeon MOFB 3274)

   

19. Coral de Ouro Preto from the album Coral de Ouro Preto (1962, Odeon MOFB 3273)

20. Astor Silva e Oswaldo Borba from the album Metais em Brasa no Samba (1962, Philips P 630.477 L)

   

21. Laura Villa from the album Bossa Nova (1962, Polydor 46128)

22. Oscar Castro-Neves from the album Big Band Bossa Nova (1962, Audio Fidelity AFLP 1983)

   

23. Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd from the album Jazz Samba (1962, Verve Records [USA] V-8432 and 1963, Verve/Copacabana [BRA] VMLP 14006)

   
Artwork for Jazz Samba by Olga Albizu

24. Carlos Monteiro de Souza from the album Metais em Brasa na Bossa Nova (1963, Philips P 632.134 L)

   
Artwork for Metais em Brasa na Bossa Nova by Paulo Brèves with photographs by Mafra

25. Baden Powell from the album Baden Powell Swings with Jimmy Pratt (1963, Elenco ME-4)

   
Artwork for Baden Powell Swings with Jimmy Pratt by César G. Villela with photographs by Francisco Pereira

26. Héctor Costita aka Don Júnior from the  album Sambas N^o. 2 (1963, RGE XRLP 5208)

   

27. Alberto Mota from the album Quarteto de Alberto Motta (1963, Polydor LPNG 4078)

   

28. Ritmistas da Bossa Nova from the album Balanço & Bossa Nova (1963, Musiplay LPM 1105)

   

29. Orquestra Os Bossambistas from the album Só Danço Samba (1963, DIMP D-1014) re-released as  Bossa Brass Apresenta a Música Maravilhosa de Antônio Carlos Jobim credited to Bossa Brass (1966, Plaza Hi-Fi 13002)

   

30. Os Cariocas from the album A Bossa dos Cariocas (1963, Philips P 632.152 L)

    
Artwork for A Bossa dos Cariocas by Paulo Brèves

31. Trio Penumbra from the album Trio Penumbra em Bossa Nova (1963, Musicolor/Continental MLP 9084)

   

32. Orquestra Brasil Moderno from the album A Revolução (1963, Odeon MOFB 3357)

   

33. Sexteto de Jazz Moderno from the album Bossa Nova (1963, RCA Victor BBL-1222)

   

34. Turquinho from the album Samba de Bossa (1963, Chantecler CMG 2212)

   

35. Milton Banana from the album O Ritmo e o Som da Bossa Nova (1963, Audio Fidelity AFLP 1984)

   

36. Carioca from the album Samba… Ôba! (1964, Imperial/Odeon IMP 30.048)

   
Artwork for Samba… Ôba! by Eddie Moyna

37. Conjunto 3-D from the album Tema 3-D (1964, RCA Victor BBL 1287)

   

38. Eumir Deodato from the album Inútil Paisagem (1964, Forma FM-1)

Artwork for Inútil Paisagem by Patrícia Tattersfield

39. Modern Jazz Quartet with Laurindo Almeida from the album Collaboration (1964, Atlantic [USA] 1429), issued in Brazil as The Modern Jazz Quartet – Artista Convidado: Laurindo Almeida (1965, Philips SLP – 9175)

   

   

40. SylviaTelles from the album Sylvia Telles Sings the Wonderful Songs of Antônio Carlos Jobim (1965, Kapp Records [USA] KL-1451), issued in Brazil as The Music of Mr. Jobim by Sylvia Telles (1966, Elenco MEV-5)

   

Artwork for The Music of Mr. Jobim by Sylvia Telles by Eddie Moyna

41. Baden Powell from the album Ao Vivo no Teatro Santa Rosa (1966, Elenco ME-30)

   
Artwork for Ao Vivo no Teatro Santa Rosa by Eddie Moyna with photographs by Francisco Pereira and Paulo Lougus

42. Henrique Simonetti from the album Samba Maravilhoso (1971, Premier/RGE PRLP 1149)

Selected recordings of Samba de Uma Nota Só originally not issued in Brazil:

1. Caterina Valente from the album Caterina Show (1962, Decca [ITA] LKI 4702)

2. Caterina Valente from the EP Samba de Uma Nota Só (1962, Decca [POR] PEP1040)

   

3. Lalo Schifrin from the album Bossa Nova New Brazilian Jazz (1962, Audio Fidelity [USA] AFSD 5981)

   

4. Jean Claude Pascal from the album Jean Claude Pascal  (1962, La Voix de Son Maître [FRA] FDLP 1107)

   

5. June Christy from the single One Note Samba b/w Bossa Nova (1962, Capitol Records [USA] 4864) and the single Bossa Nova b/w One Note Samba (1963, Capitol Records [ITA] F.4864)

   

6. Coleman Hawkins from the album Desafinado: Bossa Nova & Jazz Samba (1962, Impulse! [USA] A-28)

7. Sacha Distel from the album Sacha Distel (1962, RCA Victor [FRA] 430.092)

   

8. Sérgio Mendes from the album Quiet Nights (recorded 1963, released 1966, Philips [USA] PHS 600.263)

   

9. The Dave Pell Octet from the album The Dave Pell Octet Plays Today’s Hits in Jazz (1963, Liberty [USA] LRP-3298)

10. The Hi-Lo’s from the album The Hi-Lo’s Happen To Bossa Nova (1963, Reprise Records [USA] R-6066)

   

11. Dominique Michel from the album Un P’tit Bout d’Femme (1963, Apex Francais [CAN] ALF 1559)

   

12. Laila Kinnunen from the EP Bossa Nova (1963, Scandia [FIN] SEP 179)

13. The Howard Roberts Quartet from the album H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player (1963, Capitol Records [USA] T 1961)

   

14. Peggy Lee from the album I’m a Woman (1963, Capitol Records [USA] ST 1857)

   

15. Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan from the album Recorded Live at Basin Street East (1963, RCA Victor [USA] LSP-2635)

16. Nancy Wilson from the album Today, Tomorrow, Forever (1964, Capitol Records [USA]  ST 2082)

17. Preben Kaas and Jørgen Ryg from the album Preben Kaas Og Jørgen Ryg (1964, Polydor [DEN] LUPM 7022)

   

18. André Previn from the album The Popular Previn (1965, Columbia [USA] CS 9094)

   

19. Manfred Burzlaff Quartet featuring Gloria Steward from the album Jazz For Dancing (1965, Elite Special [GER] SO LPS-283)

   

20. Clare Fischer from the album So Danço Samba (1965, World Pacific Records [USA]  ST-1830)

   

21. Alan Haven with Tony Crombie from the album Latin Sounds for the Small Hours (1967, Fontana [UK] DTL202)

22. Horacio Malvicino from the album The Brazilian Touch of Malvicino (1967, Microfon [ARG] I-159)

23. The Brass Choir Conducted by Warren Kime from the album Brass Impact (1967, Command [USA] RS 33-910)

   

24. Kōnosuke Saijō and His Bossa Nova Quintet from the album Massachusetts in Bossa (1968, Crown [JAP] GW-5023)

25. Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim from the unissued album Sinatra–Jobim (1969, Reprise), partly issued as Sinatra & Company (1971, Reprise Records [USA] FS-1033 + 1973, Reprise Records/Continental RLLP 2019)

26. Duncan Lamont from the album Best of the Bossa Novas (1970, Music For Pleasure [UK] MFP 1357)

   

27. Nico Gomez from the album Nico Gomez et Son Orchestre (1975, Music For Pleasure [FRA] 2MO46-13248)

SAMBA DE UMA NOTA SÓ

Eis aqui este sambinha feito numa nota só • Outras notas vão entrar, mas a base é uma só • Esta outra é consequência do que acabo de dizer • Como eu sou a consequência inevitável de você

Quanta gente existe por aí que fala tanto e não diz nada • Ou quase nada • Já me utilizei de toda a escala e no final não sobrou nada • Não deu em nada

E voltei pra minha nota como eu volto pra você • Vou cantar em uma nota como eu gosto de você • E quem quer todas as notas: Ré, mi, fá, Sol, lá, si, dó • Fique sempre sem nenhuma, fica numa nota só

ONE NOTE SAMBA

This is just a little samba • Built upon a single note • Other notes are bound to follow • But the root is still that note • Now this new one is the consequence • Of the one we’ve just been through • As I’m bound to be the unavoidable consequence of you

There’s so many people who can talk and talk and talk • And just say nothing • Or nearly nothing

I have used up all the scale I know and at the end I’ve come to nothing • Or nearly nothing

So I came back to my first note • As I must come back to you • I will pour into that one note • All the love I feel for you • Anyone who wants the whole show • Re mi fa sol la si do • He will find himself with no show • Better play the note you know

English lyrics by Jon Hendricks

ONE NOTE SAMBA

In Brazil, they have a samba • With a simple melody • Just a single note is sounded • And repeated constantly

Well my love is like that samba • With that simple melody • Just a single, steady feeling • That’s repeated constantly

That’s the way my love is like • The sun that shines above • Is ever burning, a burning fire • I will leave you never • For I know that you’ll forever be • Returning my great desire

So my single note’s a symbol • Of the love I have for you • And my single note’s repeated • For my love is constant, too

Yes, if ever I should leave you • I would cry a while and then • I’d return to you, my true love • And my single note again

In Brazil, they have a samba • With a simple melody • Just a single note is sounded • And repeated constantly

Well my love is like that samba • With that simple melody • Just a single, steady feeling • That’s repeated constantly

My love is like that samba • Just a single, steady feeling • That’s the way my love is like • The sun that shines above • Is ever burning, a burning fire • I will leave you never • For I know that you’ll forever be • Returning my great desire

English lyrics by Jon Hendricks

Song No. 174 — Foi a Noite | Antônio Carlos Jobim & Newton Mendonça (1956)

Foi a Noite was introduced in 1956 by Sylvia Telles, arranged by Antônio Carlos Jobim and conducted by Léo Peracchi. The recording took place on June 7th and was released as A-side in August as her second single and reached number 18 in 1956 and number 73 in 1957 on the year-end charts.

However, Sylvia Telles was not the first to record Foi a Noite, because Osny Silva had already recorded the song with Luiz Arruda Paez and his orchestra in April 1956, but his version was only released as B-side in November 1956.

Aloysio de Oliveira, artistic director at Odeon at the time, was reluctant to label Telles’s recording with Jobim’s arrangement as a samba-canção. Years later Oliveira declared: “The recording had been prepared by the previous management. […] I entered the studio ignoring the music, the arrangement and the interpreter. […] The impact I had is still indescribable. The melodic construction was an entirely new thing within Brazilian standards. The simple, impeccable arrangement provided a harmonic sequence that enhanced the melody in an unusual way. The interpretation was brilliant. Sylvia Telles managed to penetrate us with her hoarse and soft voice and stir all our emotions. Well, I was definitely facing something I didn’t expect to find. It was bossa nova in its greatest form: expression”.

Although Foite a Noite by Telles and Jobim is a samba-canção and not yet the bossa nova that João Gilberto would trigger the following year with his guitar beat on Elizete Cardoso‘s album Canção do Amor Demais, the song is decisive for the transition in the mid-50s.

Foite a Noite became an instant hit with numerous recordings in the years that followed. Four of them are also noticeable because the arrangements were reutilised: In 1958, the arrangement by either Henrique Simonetti, Lyrio Panicali or Renato de Oliveira for Cauby Peixoto’s recording conducted by Lúcio Milena was reused on the album João Leal Brito ”Britinho” recorded using his pseudonym Al Brito. In 1961, José Pacheco Lins, better known as Pachequinho, reused his arrangement for Ernâni Filho’s version on the Newton Mendonça tribute album Em Cada Estrela uma Canção soon afterwards for his own album Música do Coração.

Internationally, Fui a Noite was recorded twice in 1965, titled It Was Night, by Bud Shank with João Donato and Rosinha de Valença as well as by Vic Dana with English lyrics by Gene Lees.

Selected recordings of Foi a Noite:

1. Sylvia Telles from the single Foi a Noite b/w Menino (1956, Odeon 14.077) and the album Carícia (1957, Odeon MODB 3076)

   

2. Osny Silva from the single Saudade Danada b/w Foi a Noite (1956, Odeon 14.109)

3. Helena de Lima from the album Dentro da Noite (1956, Continental LPP 38)

4. Turma da Gafieira from the album Samba em Hi-Fi (1957, Musidisc Hi-Fi 2009)

   
Artwork for Samba em Hi-Fi with photograph by Mafra

5. Tito Madi from the album Chove Lá Fora (1957, Continental LPP 52)

   

6. Claudette Soares from the single Foi a Noite b/w Escolinha do Bebop (1957, Repertório 9.074) and the album Falando de Amor (1958, Repertório LP 15014)

7. Almir Ribeiro from the single Foi a Noite b/w Laura (1958, Copacabana 5.879) and the album Onde Estou? (1958, Copacabana CLP 11023)

    

8. Agostinho dos Santos from the album Antônio Carlos Jobim e Fernando César na Voz de Agostinho dos Santos (1958, Polydor LPNG 4018)

9. Cauby Peixoto from the album Nosso Amigo Cauby (1958, Columbia LPCB 37008)

   

10. João Leal Brito ”Britinho” aka Al Brito from the album Arco-Iris Musical (1958, Columbia LPCB 37035)

    

11. Isaura Garcia from the album Foi a Noite (1958, Odeon MOCB 3031)

12. Carlos José from the album Revelação (1958, Polydor LPNG 4013)

   

13. Alan Gordon e Hugo Lander from the album Dois Americanos no Rio (1958, Rádio 0060-GV)

   

14. Luis Arruda Paes from the album Piano Romântico – Luis Arruda Paes, Seu Piano e Sua Orquestra (1959, Odeon MOFB 3089)

   

15. Sérgio Ricardo from the album Depois do Amor (1961, Odeon MOFB 3239)

   
Artwork for Depois do Amor by César G. Villela with photograph by Francisco Pereira

16. Ernâni Filho from the album Em Cada Estrela uma Canção (1961, Copacabana CLP 11191)

   
Artwork for Em Cada Estrela uma Canção by Sérgio Malta with photograph by Ronaldo Goyanes

17. Pachequinho from the album Música do Coração (1961, Copacabana CLP 11202)

   
Artwork for Música do Coração by Sérgio Malta

18. Moacyr Marques ‘Bijú’ from the album Samba Geléia (1962, Pawal P-20.015), also released on the album Berimbau Sambas (1964, Destaque D-7021) credited to Conjunto BemBossa

   

   

19. Mr. Samba & Seus Skindôs Rítmicos from the album Mr. Samba’s Authentic Brazilian Bossa Nova (1963, RGE XRLP-5.197) aka This Is Bossa Nova (1963, RGE LP3-1090)

   

20. Bud Shank, João Donato and Rosinha de Valença from the album Bud Shank & His Brazilian Friends (1965, Pacific Jazz Records ‎[USA] ST-89) released in Brazil as Bud Shank/Donato/Rosinha de Valença (1965, Elenco MEV-8)

   

   
Artwork for Bud Shank/Donato/Rosinha de Valença by Eddie Moyna

21. Maria Creuza from the album Maria Creuza (1972, RGE 303.0014)

22. Agostinho dos Santos from the album Agostinho dos Santos (1973, Continental SLP 10.118)

   

23. Quarteto Nostalgia from the album Quarteto Nostalgia (1977, Beverly AMCLP 5433)

Selected medleys including Foi a Noite:

1. Ribamar from the album Duas Faces de Amor (1965, Equipe EQ 804), also released as Bastante Intimo credited to Quinteto Romantico (1965, Spot 33004) and Nosso Encontro de Amor credited to Ribamar (1969, Equipe EQC 853)

   
Artwork for Duas Faces de Amor by Joselito

   

   
Artwork for Nosso Encontro de Amor by Joselito

2. Dóris Monteiro and Miltinho from the album Dóris, Miltinho e Charme (1970, Odeon MOFB 3649)

   

3. Waleska from the album Waleska (1975, Copacabana COLP 12034)

   
Artwork for Waleska by Antônio José Castilho with photograph by Mafra

FOI A NOITE

Foi a noite, foi o mar eu sei • Foi a lua que me fez pensar • Que você me queria outra vez • E que ainda gostava de mim • Ilusão eu bebi talvez • Foi amor por você bem sei • A saudade aumenta com a distância • E a ilusão é feita de esperança • Foi a noite • Foi o mar eu sei • Foi você

Song No. 164 — Desafinado | Antônio Carlos Jobim & Newton Mendonça (1959)

Desafinado was introduced in February 1959 by João Gilberto as A-Side to Hô-bá-lá-lá, his second solo single. Recorded in November 1958, the song was also included on his 1959 debut album Chega de Saudade, both arranged and conducted by Antônio Carlos Jobim.

Desafinado, meaning “off-key” or “out of tune”, was Jobim and Newton’s answer to nightclub singers they had to accompany and who sang out of tune which helped critics to claim that bossa nova was a new genre for singers who can’t sing. This samba was intended to appear to be a defense of the ‘out-of-tune’ singing but actually be demanding so only an accomplished vocalist was able to perform it skilfully.

Like other Jobim compositions, the sheet music of Desafinado subsequently appeared with missing measures and melodic and harmonic modifications which annoyed Jobim as he stated in an 1994 interview, “What I find lamentable, in the case of the editors, is that they would have edited my songs all wrong. This is what upsets me. And then it all goes off to the whole world! That is the disaster! […] One of the projects I’m working on is the revision of my own compositions because the editors got everything wrong. They got the melody wrong, the harmony wrong, and the rhythm wrong“

In Brazil, Desafinado was first picked up by Ney e Seu Conjunto, an unidentified outfit that released the song as a B-side, followed by at least six more recordings that year. After only a few recordings in 1960 and 1961, at least 25 versions were released in 1963, probably triggered by the sudden international success of the song. However, Newton Ferreira de Mendonça was not allowed to experience this. Following Desafinado, he composed two more classics with Jobim, Meditação and Samba de Uma Nota Só, before his untimely death in November 1960 of a heart attack at the age of 33.

In February of 1962, Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd recorded an instrumental version which was released in April as the title track of their album and in a shortened version as the leading single. This version helped paving the way for the international success of the song as well as bossa nova. In September 1962, the first version with English lyrics was released by Pat Thomas as the leading single and title track of her second album, arranged by Lalo Schifrin. In November 1962, Ella Fitzgerald released her version recorded with Marty Paich. All three singles hit the US Billboard Charts before João Gilberto performed the song at the famous Carnegie Hall Concert on November 21, 1962. Jobim recorded his first version in 1963 on the US album The Composer of Desafinado Plays, released in Brazil the following year by Elenco as Antônio Carlos Jobim.

The first English lyrics titled Slightly Out of Tune, introduced in 1962 by Pat Thomas and Ella Fitzgerald, were written by Jon Hendricks and “Jessie Cavanaugh” (a pseudonym used by the music publishing house The Richmond Organisation). In 1967, English lyrics by Gene Lees titled Off-key were more closely based on the original and recorded by Frank Sinatra and Antônio Carlos Jobim.

Desafinado is not only an ingenious composition but became a bossa nova classic that was recorded around the world, including by Bulgarians Lea Ivanova and Eddy Kazassian, Jamaicans Byron Lee & The Dragonaires, French jazz guitarist and chanteur Sacha Distel, Finnish songstress Laila Kinnunen and many more.

Selected recordings of Desafinado:

1. João Gilberto from the single Desafinado b/w Hô-bá-lá-lá (1959, Odeon ‎14.426) and the album Chega de Saudade (1959, Odeon MOFB 3073)

   
Artwork for Chega de Saudade by César G. Villela with photographs by Francisco Pereira

2. Maurílio Santos from the album Convite Para Dançar Vol. 2 (1959, RCA Victor BBL 1043)

   

3. Jota Cláudio e Pepe Cabral from the album Dois Amigos em Ritmo de Dança (1959, Polydor LPNG 4054)

   

4. Zé Maria from the album Presente Musical (1959, Internacional CID 27017)

   

5. Zaccarias from the album Música, Maestro! (1959, RCA Victor BBL 1040)

   

6. Os Saxsambistas Brasileiros from the album Saxsambando (1960, Plaza PZ 303), reissued as Desafinado (1962, Dauntless/Áudio Fidelity [US] DM 4304) and as Sax Sambando (196?, Plaza PZ 2203) and as Sambas Que Não Se Esquece (1970, Tropicana n/a) credited to Bil Bell

  
Artwork for Saxsambando by Michel Schachter

   

   
Artwork for Sax Sambando by Michel Schachter

  

7. Carminha Mascarenhas e Ernâni Filho from the album Em Cada Estrela uma Canção (1961, Copacabana CLP 11191)

   
Artwork for Em Cada Estrela uma Canção by Sérgio Malta

8. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd from the single Desafinado b/w One Note Samba (Samba de uma Nota Só) (1962, Verve [US] VK-10260) and the album Jazz Samba (1962, Verve [US] V6-8432 and 1963, Verve/Copacabana [BRA] VMLP 14006)

   
Cover painting for Jazz Samba by Olga Albizu

9. Oscar Castro Neves from the album Big Band Bossa Nova (1962, Audio Fidelity AFLP 1983)

  

10. Agostinho dos Santos from the EP No Carnegie Hall (1962, RGE CD 80.144)

11. Laura Villa from the album Bossa Nova (1962, Polydor 46128)

12. Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album The Composer of Desafinado Plays aka Antônio Carlos Jobim (1963, Verve Records [USA] V6-8547 and 1964, Elenco [BRA] ME-9)

  
Artwork for Antônio Carlos Jobim is by César G. Villela with photograph by Francisco Pereira.

13. Julinho from the album 100% Bossa (1963, Masterplay MDL 13025)

   
Artwork for 100% Bossa with photograph by Mafra

14. Os Cariocas from the album A Bossa dos Cariocas (1963, Philips P 632.152 L)

15. Breno Sauer Quinteto from the album Sambabessa (1963, RGE XRLP 5193)

16. Pedrinho Mattar from the album Bossa Nova (1963, Farroupilha LPFR-600)

17. Sexteto de Jazz Moderno from the album Bossa Nova (1963, RCA Victor BBL 1222)

  

18. Trio Tenumbra from the album Trio Penumbra em Bossa Nova (1963, Musicolor/Continental MLP 9084)

   

19. Orquestra Brasil Moderno from the album A Revolução (1963, Odeon MOFB 3357)

   

20. Portinho from the album Fogo nos Metais (1963, Philips P 632.138 L)

   

21. Turquinho from the album Samba de Bossa (1963, Chantecler CMG 2212)

   

22. Ritmistas da Bossa Nova from the album Balanço & Bossa Nova (1963, Musiplay LPM 1105)

   

23. Roberto Menscal from the album A Bossa Nova de Roberto Menescal e Seu Conjunto (1963, Elenco ME-3)

  
Artwork for A Bossa Nova de Roberto Menescal e Seu Conjunto by César G. Villela with photographs by Francisco Perreira

24. Orquestra Os Bossambistas from the album Só Danço Samba (1963, DIMP D-1014), reissued as Bossa Brass Apresenta a Música Maravilhosa de Antônio Carlos Jobim (1966, Plaza Hi-Fi 13002) credited to Bossa Brass

Artwork for Só Danço Samba by Michel Schachter

  
Artwork for Bossa Brass Apresenta a Música Maravilhosa de Antônio Carlos Jobim by Joselito

25. Milton Banana from the album O Ritmo e o Som da Bossa Nova (1963, Audio Fidelity AFLP 1984)

   

26. Stan Getz and João Gilberto with Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Getz/Gilberto (1964, Verve Records [USA] V6-8545 and Odeon [BRA] MOFB 291)

  
Cover painting for Getz/Gilberto by Olga Albizu

27. Sérgio Mendes e Bossa Rio from the album Você Ainda Não Ouviu Nada (1964, Philips P 632.701 L)

   
Artwork forVocê Ainda Não Ouviu Nada by Licínio Almeida with photographs by Paulo Namorado

28. Carioca from the album Samba Ôba! (1964, Imperial IMP. 30.048)

   
Artwork for Samba Ôba! by Eddie Moyna with photograph by Sampaio

29. Dalila from the album Sensação! (1964, PolydorLPNG 4086)

  
Artwork for Sensação! by Paulo Brèves with photgraph by Mafra

30. Rio 65 Trio from the album Rio 65 Trio (1965, Philips P 632.749 L)

   

31. Lyrio Panicali from the album Nova Dimensão (1965, Odeon MOFB 3408)

   
Artwork for Nova Dimensão by Joselito

32. César Camargo Mariano from the album Octeto de César Camargo Mariano (1966, Som MaiorSMLP 1516)

  

33. Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album A Certain Mr. Jobim (1967, Warner Music [USA] WS-1699 and 1974, Continental [BRA] 3.01.404.051)

   

34. J. T. Meirelles from the album Brazilian Beat Vol. 2 (1967, London/Odeon LLB 1029)

   

35. Lenita Bruno from the album Lenita Bruno em Hollywood (1968, Fermata FB 235)

Selected recordings of Desafinado originally not issued in Brazil:

1. Pat Thomas from the single Desafinado (Slightly Out of Tune) b/w One Note Samba (1962, Verve Records ‎[USA] VK 10269) and the album Desafinado (1962, MGM Records ‎‎[USA] SE 4103)

  

2. Laurindo Almeida & The Bossa Nova Allstars from the album Viva Bossa Nova! (1962, Capitol Records ‎‎[USA] T 1759)

  

3. Dizzy Gillespie from the album Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962, Philips ‎[USA] PHS 600-048)

   

4. Ella Fitzgerald from the single Desafinado (Slightly Out of Tune) b/w Stardust (Bossa Nova) (1962, Verve Records ‎‎‎[USA] VK 10274)

5. Lalo Schifrin from the album Lalo = Brilliance (1962, Roulette ‎[USA] R 52088)

  

6. Tito Puente from the album Bossa Nova by Puente (1962, Roulette ‎[USA] R-25193)

   

7. Julie London from the single Slightly Out of Tune (Desafinado) b/w Where Did the Gentlemen Go (1962, Liberty [USA] 55512) and the album The End of the World (1963, Liberty ‎[USA] LRP-3300)

  

8. Quincy Jones from the album Big band Bossa Nova (1962, Mercury ‎[USA] SR 60751)

  

9. Sacha Distel from the EP Bossa Nova (1962, RCA Victor ‎[France] 86.004 M)

   

10. Les 3 Ménestrels from the EP Faits Pour S’aimer (Desafinado) (1962, Fontana ‎[France] 460.846 ME)

  

11. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass from the album The Lonely Bull (1962, A&M Records ‎‎[USA] A&M 101)

  

12. Laila Kinnunen from the single Yön Äänet (Recado) b/w Epävireiset Sydämet (Desafinado) (1962, Scandia [Finland] KS 458) and the EP Bossa Nova (1963, Scandia [Finland] SEP 179)

13. Pierre Sellin ‎from the EP Desafinado (1962, Fontana ‎[France] 460.847 ME)

14. Los 3 de Castilla from the EP Bossa Nova (1962, Philips ‎[Spain] 433 896 PE)

  

15. Izio Gross from the album Bossa Nova in Rhythm (1963, Kristal Linea Económica Kubaney [Mexico] KS-1154)

16. Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo from the album Moon Gas (1963, MGM Records ‎[USA] SE-4119)

  

17. L’Orchestre Brésilien ‘Ritmo da Bossa’ from the album Bossa Nova (1963, Barclay [France] CDF 532)

18. Coleman Hawkins from the album Desafinado – Coleman Hawkins Plays Bossa Nova & Jazz Samba (1963, Impulse ‎[USA] A-28)

19. Lea Ivanova & Eddy Kazassian Combo from the album Lea Ivanova & Eddy Kazassian Combo (1963, Qualiton ‎[Hungary] LPX 7237)

  

20. Sérgio Mendes from the album Quiet Nights (recorded 1963, released 1966, Philips [USA] PHS 600.263)

   

21. The Hi-Lo’s from the album The Hi-Lo’s Happen to Bossa Nova (1963, Reprise Records ‎[USA] R9-6066)

  

22. René Touzet from the album Bossa Nova – Brazil to Hollywood (1963, GNP Crescendo ‎[USA] GNP 87)

23. The Dave Pell Octet from the album The Dave Pell Octet Plays Today’s Hits in Jazz (1963, Liberty [USA] LST-7298)

24. Eydie Gormé from the album Blame it on the Bossa Nova (1963, Columbia ‎[USA] CS 8812)

   

25. Zdenka Vučković from the EP Ritam Kiše (1964, Jugoton ‎[Yugoslavia] EPY-3339)

26. Byron Lee and The Dragonaires from the album Caribbean Joy Ride (1964, Starline [Jamaica] FLP 103)

  

27. Clare Fischer from the album So Danço Samba (1965, World Pacific Records ‎[USA] 1830)

   

28. Doris Day from the album Latin for Lovers (1965, Columbia ‎‎[USA] CS 9110)

   

29. Tamba Trio from the album Brasil Saluda a Mexico (1966, Philips ‎[Mexico] 10087)

  

30. Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim from the withdrawn 8-track cartridge Sinatra Jobim (1969, Reprise Records [USA] 8FH 1028)

  

31. Duncan Lamont from the album Best of the Bossa Novas (1970, Music For Pleasure ‎[UK] MFP 1357

   

32. Sônia Rosa from the album Sensitive Sound of Sônia Rosa (1970, Express [Japan] VSCD-606)

33. Jula De Palma from the album Jula Presenta (1974, RCA ‎[Italy] TPL1-1032)

  

Ella Fitzgerald, enjoying her performance of Desafinado on Swedish television in 1963

DESAFINADO

Se você disser que eu desafino, amor • Saiba que isto em mim provoca imensa dor • Só privilegiados têm ouvido igual ao seu • Eu possuo apenas o que Deus me deu

Se você insiste em classificar • Meu comportamento de anti-musical • Eu mesmo mentindo devo argumentar • Que isto é Bossa Nova, que isto é muito natural • O que você não sabe, nem sequer pressente • É que os desafinados também têm um coração

Fotografei você na minha Roleiflex • Revelou-se a sua enorme ingratidão • Só não poderá falar assim do meu amor • Ele é o maior que você pode encontrar

Você com a sua música esqueceu o principal • Que no peito dos desafinados • No fundo do peito bate calado • Que no peito dos desafinados – Também bate um coração

SLIGHTLY OUT OF TUNE

Love is like a never-ending melody • Always have compared it to a symphony • A symphony conducted by the lighting of the moon • But our song of love is slightly out of tune

Once your kisses raised me to a fever pitch • Now the orchestration doesn’t seem so rich • Seems to me you’ve changed the tune we used to sing • Like the bossa nova, love should swing

We used to harmonize, two souls in perfect time • Now the song is different and the words don’t even rhyme • Cause you forgot the melody our hearts would always croon • So what’s good’s a heart that’s slightly out of tune

Tune your heart to mine the way it used to be • Join with me in harmony and sing a song of loving • We’ve got to get in tune again before too long

Ther’ll be no desafinado • When your heart belongs to me completely • Then you won’t be slightly out of tune • You’ll sing along with me

[English lyrics by Jon Hendricks and “Jessie Cavanaugh”]

OFF-KEY

When I try to sing you say I’m off key • Why can’t you see how much this hurts me • With your perfect beauty and your perfect pitch • You’re a perfect terror • When I come around must you always put me down

If you say my singing is off key my love • You will hurt my feelings don’t you see my love • I wish I had an ear like yours • A voice that would behave • But all I have is feelings and the voice God gave

You insist my music goes against the rules • But rules were never meant for lovesick fools • I wrote this little song for you but you don’t care • Its a crooked song oh but all my love is there

The thing that you would see if you would play your part • Is even if I’m out of tune I have a gentle heart • I took your picture with my trusty Rolleiflex • And now all I have developed is a complex

Possibly in vain I hope you weaken oh my love • And forget these rigid rules that undermine my dream of • A life of love and music with someone who’ll understand

That even though I may be out of tune • When I attempt to say how much I love you • All that matters is the message that I bring • Which is my dear one I love you

[English lyrics by Gene Lees]

Song No. 148 — Lamento no Morro | Antônio Carlos Jobim & Vinícius de Moraes (1956)

Lamento no Morro was introduced in 1956 by Helim Silveira Neves better known as Roberto Paiva on the album Orfeu da Conceição. Originally a play by Vinícius de Moraes that premiered earlier that year, Orfeu da Conceição was set to music by Antônio Carlos Jobim who also conducted the 35 piece Grande Orchestra Odeon featuring Roberto Piava on vocals and Luiz Bonfá on guitar. Although Jobim wasn’t Moraes’s first choice as the composer for Orfeu da Conceição, the score turned out to be the start of one of the most successful collaborations in Brazilian music.

In 1958, the French film director Marcel Camus asked Vinícius de Moraes to adapt his play for the screen. When the film Orfeu Negro was released in 1959, it achieved particular fame not least because of its soundtrack, although none of the original songs from Orfeu da Conceição were chosen. Instead, Jobim and Moraes composed new songs such as A Felicidade and O Nosso Amor, which were featured along with Manhã de Carnaval by Luiz Bonfá and Samba de Orfeu by Antônio Maria and Luiz Bonfá.

Although Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Você became by far the most successful song from Orfeu da Conceição, there were also some notable recordings of Lamento no Morro. Vinícius de Moraes recorded his own version in early 1961 as a B-side to Água de Beber, which was also included on the album Carnaval da Cidade Maravilhosa – 1961, while Luiz Bonfá released his version a year later on his album O Violão e o Samba with Luis Carlos Vinhas on piano, Tião Neto on bass, Édison Machado on drums and Chico Feitosa on percussion.

Selected recordings of Lamento no Morro:

1. Roberto Paiva from the album Orfeu da Conceiçao (1956, Odeon MODB 3056)

   
Artwork for Orfeu da Conceição by Raimundo Nogueira

2. Bené Nunes from the album Bené Nunes e Seu Piano (1958, Continental LPP 3042)

3. Vinícius de Moraes from the single Água de Beber b/w Lamento no Morro (1961, Philips P-61.070-H) and the album Carnaval da Cidade Maravilhosa – 1961 (1961, Philips P 630.432 L)

   

4. Lúcio Alves from the album Cantando Depois do Sol (1961, Philips P 630.440 L)

   

5. Luiz Bonfá from the album O Violão e o Samba (1962, Odeon MOFB 3295)

   

6. Coral de Ouro Preto from the album Coral de Ouro Preto (1962, Odeon MOFB 3273)

7. Paulo Moura from the album Paulo Moura Quarteto (1969, Equipe EQC 6003)

  
Artwork for Paulo Moura Quarteto by Sivanir Batista

8. Dóris Monteiro from the album Agora Doris Monteiro (1976, Odeon SMOFB 3933)

  
Artwork for Agora Doris Monteiro by Noguchi with photographs by Wilton Montenegro

Selected medleys including Lamento no Morro:

1. Ted Moreno from the album Samba que a Vida Escreveu (1960, Continental LPP 3105)

   

2. Agostinho dos Santos from the album Agostinho dos Santos (1973, Continental SLP 10.118)

  

Selected recordings of Lamento no Morro originally not issued in Brazil:

1. Vinícius de Moraes, Maria Creuza and Toquinho from the album Vinicius de Moraes en “La Fusa” – con Maria Creuza y Toquinho (1970, Trova [ARG] XT 80002)

LAMENTO NO MORRO

Não posso esquecer • O teu olhar • Longe dos olhos meus •  Ai, o meu viver

É te esperar • Pra te dizer adeus • Mulher amada • Destino, destino meu

É madrugada • Sereno dos meus olhos já correu • Não posso esquecer • O teu olhar

Longe dos olhos meus • Ai, o meu viver • É de esperar • Pra te dizer adeus

Song No. 141 — Corcovado | Antônio Carlos Jobim (1960)

Corcovado was introduced in 1960 by João Gilberto on his second solo album O Amor, O Sorriso e a Flor, arranged and conducted by Antônio Carlos Jobim and produced by Aloysio de Oliveira. The wistful melody named after the famous 710-metre mountain with the statue of ‘Cristo Redentor’ on top overlooking Rio de Janeiro quickly became one of the most popular songs in the bossa nova canon with hundreds of recordings to this day.

In Brazil, Sylvia Telles and Isaura Garcia were the first to pick up the song followed by an annually increasing number of renditions with a peak in 1963 with at least twenty released recordings.

English lyrics titled Quiet Nights and Quiet Stars were written by Canadian Gene Lees in early 1962, after he met Jobim and Gilberto while accompanying the Paul Winter Sextet to Rio de Janeiro. His original lyrics as recorded inter alia by Andy Wlliams, Frank Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan were reworked by Buddy Kaye on request of the publisher after being licensed for the US, leaving only the first verses unchanged. Much to Lee’s annoyance this version, now titled Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars and less reflecting the sentiment of Jobim’s original, was more widely used. The different English Lyrics recorded by Lennie Dale with Bossa Três are uncredited.

Corcovado quickly became an international favourite among singers and jazz musicians, especially in the US and similarly to Garota de Ipanema pushed by the success of the album Getz/Gilberto with notable recordings by Doris Day, Miles Davis, Nancy Wilson and Frank Sinatra to name a few.

Selected recordings of Corcovado:

1. João Gilberto from the album O Amor, O Sorriso e a Flor (1960, Odeon MOFB 3151)

   
Artwork for O Amor Sorriso e a Flor by César G. Villela with phozograph by Francisco Pereira

2. Sylvia Telles from the album Amor em Hi-Fi (1960, Philips P 630.419 L)

  

3. Isaura Garcia from the album Saudade Querida (1960, MOFB 3183)

4. Moacyr Silva from the album Samba é Bom Assim (1961, Copacabana CLP 11220)

  

5. Lana Bittencourt from the album Sambas do Rio (1961, Columbia LPCB 37152)

   

6. Orlando Silveira from the album Orlando Silveira_Programa Dançante (1962, RCA Victor BBL 1187)

7. Celso Murilo from the album Ferias no Drink (1962, Pawal P-20.014), also issued on the compilation album Poema do Adeus credited to Conjunto Balambossa (1965, Coledisc CD 006)

  

   

8. Luis Reis from the album Samba de Balanço (1962, Philips P 630.488 L)

   

9. Paulinho Nogueira from the album Outros Sambas de Ontem e de Hoje (1962, RGE XRLP 5154)

  

10. Walter Wanderley from the album O Samba é Mais Samba (1962, Odeon MOFB 3285)

11. Laura Villa from the album Bossa Nova (1962, Polydor 46128)

12. Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album The Composer of Desafinado Plays (1963, Verve Records [USA] V6-8547) aka Antônio Carlos Jobim (1964, Elenco ME-9)

  

13. Elza Laranjeira from the album A Música de Jobim e Vinícius (1963, RGE XRLP 5188)

   

14. Portinho from the album Fogo nos Metais (1963, Philips P 632.138 L)

   

15. Altamiro Carrilho from the album Bossa Nova in Rio (1963, Copacabana CLP 11298)

  

16. Orquestra Os Bossambistas aka Bossa Brass from the album Só Danço Samba (1963, DIMP D-1014) aka Bossa Brass Apresenta a Maravilhosa Música de Antônio Carlos Jobim (1966, Plaza PZ 13002)

  

17. Tito Madi from the album Amor e Paz (1963, Entré/CBS 4021)

18. The Bossa Nova Modern Quartet from the album Bossa Nova Jazz Samba (1963, Nilser NS 1010)

19. Delora Bueno from the album Kodak Revela a Música (1963, RCA VictorBBL 1225)

  

20. Trio Penumbra from the album Trio Penumbra em Bossa Nova (1963, Musicolor/Continental MLP 9084)

   

21. Hélio Mendes from the album Week-end no Rio (1963, Musiplay LPM 1107)

22. Julinho from the album 100% Bossa (1963, Masterplay MDL 13025)

   

23. Jon Hendricks from the album ¡Salud! João Gilberto (1963, Reprise Records R6089)

24. Cannonball Adderley and the Bossa Rio Sextet from the album Cannonball’s Bossa Nova (1963, Philips SLP 9154)

   

25. Lennie Dale e Bossa Três from the album Um Show de Bossa (1963, Elenco ME-12)

   
Artwork for Um Show de Bossa by César G. Villela with photographs by  Francisco Perreira

26. Stan Getz, João Gilberto and Astrud Gilberto from the album Getz/Gilberto (1964, Verve Records V6-8545)

  
Artwork for Getz/Gilberto with painting by Olga Albizú

27. Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto from the album Getz au Go Go (1964, Verve Records V6-8600)

28. Sérgio Mendes e Bossa Rio from the album Você Ainda Não Ouviu Nada (1964, Philips P 632.701 L)

29. Edgard Gianullo from the album O Assunto e Edgard (1964, Farroupilha LPFA-404)

   

30. Nelsinho from the album Nelsinho e Seus Trombones (1964, Magisom GMLP 1.011)

   

31. Carmélia Alves from the album Bossa Nova com Carmélia Alves (1964, MocamboLP 40187)

32. Eumir Deodato from the album Inútil Paisagem (1964, Forma FM-1)

Cover painting for Inútil Paisagem – As Maiores Composições de Antônio Carlos Jobim by Patrícia Tattersfield.

33. Roberto Menescal from the album Bossa Nova (1964, Imperial/Odeon IMP 30.060)

   

34. Sylvia Telles from the album Sylvia Telles Sings the Wonderful Songs of Antônio Carlos Jobim (1965, Kapp Records [USA] KL-1451) aka The Music of Mr. Jobim by Sylvia Telles (1966, Elenco MEV-5)

   

Artwork for The Music of Mr Jobim by Sylvia Telles by Eddie Moyna with photograph by Francisco Pereira

35. Trio Bach from the album Trio Bach (1965, Nilser NS 1023)

36. Nanai from the album Noite de Samba No Nanai (1965, Musidisc Hi-Fi 2130)

   

37. Edmundo Peruzzi from the album Rio-Show (1965, Independente STU-01)

  

38. Johnny Mathis from the album The Shadow of Your Smile (1966, Odeon MOFB 349)

   

39. Frank Sinatra and Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Francis Albert Sinatra and Antônio Carlos Jobim (1967, Reprise Records RLP 77.006)

 

40. Mário Castro Neves from the album Mario Castro Neves & Samba SA (1967, RCA Victor BBL 1390)

   
Artwork for Mario Castro Neves & Samba SA by Joselito

41. Engelbert Humperdinck from the album Release Me (1967, London/Odeon LLN 7126)

  

42. Thelma Soares from the album The Haunting New Voice from Brasil (1967, Columbia CS 9500)

  

43. Tamba Trio from the album Tamba Trio (1968, Philips R 765.041 L)

44. Édison Machado from the album Obras (1970, Stylo SSLP-2)

Selected medleys including Corcovado:

1. Os 7 Velhinhos from the album Bossa Nova (1965, Musidisc XPL-42)

   

2. Zito Righi aka Bob Fleming from the album O Melhor da Bossa (1965, Masterpiece Master 11045)

Selected recordings of Corcovado originally not issued in Brazil:

1. L’Orchestre Brésilien ‘Ritmo da Bossa’ from the album Bossa Nova (c. 1961, Barclay [FRA] CDF 532)

2. Sérgio Mendes from the album Quiet Nights (recorded 1963/released 1966, Philips [USA] PHS 600.263)

   

3. Caterina Valente from the EP Bossa Nova (1963, Decca [FRA] 460.771 M)

  

4. Caterina Valente from the promotional single Corcovado b/w Hey There (1964, London [USA] 45 LON 10041 V

5. Miles Davis from the album Quiet Nights (1964, Columbia [USA] CS 8906)

   

6. Nancy Wilson from the album How Glad I Am (1964, Capitol Records [USA] ST-2155)

  

7. Oscar Peterson from the album We Get Requests (1964, Verve Records [USA] V6-8606)

  

8. Sarah Vaughan from the album ¡Viva! Vaughan (1964, Mercury [USA] SR 60941)

  

9. Vince Guaraldi from the album The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi (1964, Fantasy [USA] 8360)

  
Artwork for The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi with photograph by Chas Weckler

10. Kitty Kallen from the album Quiet Nights (1964, 20th Century Fox Records ‎[USA] TFM 3151)

11. Joanie Sommers and Laurindo Almeida from the album Softly, The Brazilian Sound (1964, Warner Bros. Records ‎[USA] W1575)

  

12. Morgana King from the album With a Taste of Honey (1964, Mainstream Records ‎[USA] S/6015)

  
Artwork for With a Taste of Honey by Jack Lonshein

13. Henry Mancini from the album The Latin Sound of Henry Mancini (1965, RCA Victor [USA] LSP 3356 )

  

14. Doris Day from the album Latin for Lovers (1965, Columbia [USA] CS 9110)

  

15. Clare Fischer from the album So Danço Samba (1965, World Pacific Records ‎[USA] WP-1830)

  
Artwork for So Danço Samba by Woody Woodward

16. Grant Green from the album I Want to Hold Your Hand (1965, Blue Note [USA] BLP 4202)

   
Artwork for I Want to Hold Your Hand by Reid Miles

17. Andy Williams from the album Newest Hits (1966, Columbia [USA] CS 9183)

   

18. Bud Shank from the album Brazil! Brazil! Brazil! (1966, World Pacific Records ‎[USA] WS-21855)

   

19. Perry Como from the album Lightly Latin (1966, RCA Victor ‎[USA] LSP-3552)

   

20. Jo Stafford from originally unreleased recording sessions (USA, 1967)

21. Pery Ribeiro e Primo Quinteto from the album Pery (1968, Discos RVV [MEX] 111)

   

22. Duncan Lamont from the album Best of the Bossa Novas (1970, Music For Pleasure ‎[UK] MFP 1357)

  

23. Sônia Rosa from the album Sensitive Sound of Sônia Rosa (1970, Express [JAP] VSCD-606)

Doris Day and Perry Como performing a medley of Meditação and Corcovado on the TV show The Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff Special, filmed on the weekend of 11-12 April 1970, aired 14 March 1971.

CORCOVADO

Um cantinho e um violão • Este amor, uma canção • Pra fazer feliz a quem se ama

Muita calma pra pensar • E ter tempo pra sonhar

Da janela vê-se o Corcovado • O Redentor que lindo

Quero a vida sempre assim • Com você perto de mim • Até o apagar da velha chama

E eu que era triste • Descrente deste mundo • Ao encontrar você eu conheci • O que é felicidade meu amor

QUIET NIGHTS AND QUIET STARS

Quiet nights of quiet stars • Quiet chords from my guitar • Floating on the silence that surrounds us

Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams • Quiet walks by quiet streams • And a window that looks out on Corcovado • Oh, how lovely

This is where I want to be • Here with you so close to me • Until the final flicker of life’s ember

I who was lost and lonely • Believing life was only • A bitter tragic joke, have found with you • The meaning of existence, o my love

[English lyrics by Gene Lees]

QUIET NIGHTS OF QUIET STARS

Quiet nights of quiet stars • Quiet chords from my guitar • Floating on the silence that surrounds us

Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams • Quiet walks by quiet streams • Climbing hills where lovers go • To watch the world below together

We will live eternally in this mood of reverie • Away from all the earthly cares around us

My world was dull each minute  until I found you in it • And all at once the happiness I knew • Became these quiet nights of loving you

[English lyrics by Gene Lees as edited by Buddy Kaye]

Song No. 125 — Só Danço Samba | Antônio Carlos Jobim & Vinícius de Moraes (1962)

Só Danço Samba was introduced as part of the historical concert series staged by Aloysio de Oliveira during August and September of 1962 in one of Copacabana’s hippest night clubs at that time, the ‘Bon Gourmet’—although not officially issued on vinyl, recordings were bootlegged decades later as O Encontro au ‘Bon Gourmet’, documenting also Vinícius de Moraes’ first public performance as a singer.

Só Danço Samba was performed shortened as the opening number with vocals by Os Cariocas alone and in full as the penultimate number with João Gilberto joining Os Cariocas on vocals as well as part of the closing medley. The musicians were João Gilberto on the guitar, Antônio Carlos Jobim on piano, Otávio Bailly on bass and Milton Banana on drums.

On record, Só Danço Samba was introduced in October 1962 by Elza Laranjeira as A-side to Samba do Avião. The release preceded her forthcoming and final album A Música de Jobim e Vinícius. An accompaying EP featured all four sambas included on that album. The effective musical arrangement of Laranjeira’s recording by Erlon Chaves was reutilised by Héctor Costita the following year for his version on the second album under his alias Don Júnior.

In November 1962, Só Danço Samba was also featured in the release of the movie Copacabana Palace, an Italian-French-Brazilian co-production presenting Só Danço Samba as the background of a party scene performed by João Gilberto and Os Cariocas.

Só Danço Samba became in instant classic with about 30 recordings in 1963 alone, followed by hundreds over the decades. Commercially, Elza Soares enjoyed the most successful version reaching number 88 of 1963.

With English lyrics provided by Norman Gimbel the song also gained immediate international popularity titled Jazz Samba, Jazz ‘n’ Samba or occasionally I Only Dance Samba.

Selected recordings of Só Danço Samba:

1. João Gilberto & Os Cariocas at Bon Gourmet (1962)

2. Elza Laranjeira from the single Só Danço Samba b/w Samba do Avião (1962, RGE RGE 10.469-a) and the album A Música de Jobim e Vinícius (1963, RGE XRLP 5188)

   

3. Juarez Araújo from the album Bossa Nova nos ‘States’ (1962, Masterplay MDL 13020)

  

4. Célia Reis with MPB4 from the album O Samba é Célia Reis (1962, Philips P 632.112 L)

  
Art work for O Samba é Célia Reis by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

5. Conjunto Masterplay from the album O Balanço e a Bossa (1962, Masterplay MDL 13021) aka Os Infernais da Bossa from the album É Balanço (c.1963, Exitos GEE LP.13004)

   

6. Zé Maria from the album Tudo Azul (1963, Continental PPL 12079)

  

7. Héctor Costita aka Don Júnior from the album Sambas N^o. 2 – Don Júnior e Seu Sax Maravilhoso (1963, RGE XRLP 5208)

  

8. Elza Soares from the album Sambossa (1963, Odeon MOFB 3296)

9. Astor Silva from the album Samba… Só Samba! (1963, CBS 37310)

   

10. Ed Lincoln from the album Seu Piano e Seu Órgão Espetacular (1963, Musidisc XPL-27)

   
Art work for Seu Piano e Seu Órgão Espetacular by Joselito

11. Carlos Monteiro de Souza from the album Metais em Brasa na Bossa Nova (1963, Philips P 632.134 L)

   
Art work for Metais em Brasa na Bossa Nova by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

12. Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfá from the album Jazz Samba Encore! (1963, Verve Records [USA] V6-8523 and Odeon [BRA] MOFB 261)

Art work for Jazz Samba Encore! with painting by Olga Albizú

13. Os Cariocas from the album A Bossa dos Cariocas (1963, Philips P 632.152 L)

14. Orquestra Os Bossambistas from the album Só Danço Samba (1963, DIMP D-1014) aka Bossa Brass from the album Bossa Brass Apresenta a Música Maravilhosa de Antônio Carlos Jobim (1966, Plaza Hi-Fi 13002)

   

15. Celso Murilo from the album Órgão e Ritmo (1963, Pawal P-20.033) aka Convida a Dançar (1963, Masterplay Hi-Fi MDL-13.029)

  

   
Art work for Convida a Dançar with photograph by Mafra

16. Hélio Mendes from the album Weekend em Guarapari (1963, Musiplay LPM 1109)

  

17. Sylvio Vianna from the album Rio a Noite (1963, RCA Victor BBL 1228)

   

18. Conjunto Sambossa from the album Isto é Bossa Nova Mesmo (1963, Pawal P-20.026)

   

19. Trio Irakitan from the albumTrio Irakitan (1963, Odeon MOFB 3368)

  

20. Walter Wanderley from the album Samba no Esquema de Walter Wanderley (1963, Odeon MOFB 3358)

21. Ritmistas da Bossa Nova from the album Balanço & Bossa Nova (1963, Musiplay LPM 1105)

  

22. Tamba Trio from the album Avanço (1963, Philips P 632.154 L)

  
Art work for Avanço by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Francisco Perreira

23. Irmãos do Ritmo from the album Baile de Bossa (c.1963, Everest 93.001)

  
Art work for Baile de Bossa by Edison Saes

24. Exposito from the album Bossa With a Beat (1963, RCA Victor ‎BSP-14)

  

25. Nelsinho from the album Nelsinho e Seus Trombones (1963, Magisom GMLP 1.011)

  
Art work for Nelsinho e Seus Trombones with photograph by Mafra

26. Manoel da Conceição from the album Seu Violao e Muito Samba (1963, Polydor LPNG 4072)

  

27. Stan Getz & João Gilberto from the album Getz/Gilberto (1964, Verve Records [USA] V6-8545 and Verve/Odeon [BRA] MOFB 291)

   
Art work for Getz/Gilberto with painting by Olga Albizú

28. Orquestra Os Modernistas from the album Baile Moderno (1964, Chantecler CMG 2271)

   

29. Conjunto Jovem Brasa from the album Apresenta Samba Jovem (1966, RCA Victor BBL 1365)

30. Antônio Carlos Jobim & Sérgio Mendes from the album Antônio Carlos Jobim & Sérgio Mendes (1967, Elenco MEV-12)

   
Art work for Antônio Carlos Jobim & Sérgio Mendes by César G. Villela

Selected medleys including Só Danço Samba:

1. Lennie Dale & Bossa Três from the album Um Show de Bossa (1963, Elenco ME-12)

  
Art work for Um Show de Bossa by César G. Villela with photographs by Francisco Perreira

2. Fred & Richard from the album Grande Baile – Vol. 3 (1966, GED1.011)

  

Selected recordings of Só Danço Samba originally not issued in Brazil:

1. João Gilberto & Os Cariocas from the EP Copacabana Palace (1962, Festival [FRA] FY 45 2320 S)

  

2. J.T. Meirelles aka João & His Bossa Kings from the album Cool Samba (1962, Battle [USA] BM 6123)

  

3. Sérgio Mendes from the album Quiet Nights (recorded 1963, released 1966, Philips [USA] PHS 600.263)

  
Art work for Quiet Nights with photograph by Robt. Prokop

4. Wanda de Sah from the album Softly (1965, Capitol Records [USA] T-2325)

5. Charlie Byrd from the album Brazilian Byrd (1966, Columbia [USA] CS 9137)

   

6. Leny Andrade & Breno Sauer Quarteto from the album Leny Andrade (1966, Discos RVV [MEX] RVV-116)

7. Ella Fitzgerald & Jimmy Jones Trio from the album Ella & Duke at the Côte D’Azur (1966, Verve [USA] V6-4072-2)

Art work for Ella & Duke at the Côte D’Azur by Jeanne-Pierre Leloir

Só Danço Samba performed by Os Cariocas & João Gilberto in the film Copacabana Palace (1962)

SÓ DANÇO SAMBA

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai

Já dancei o twist até demais • Mas não sei, me cansei • Do calipso, ao chá chá chá

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai, vai, vai, vai, vai

Só danço samba – Só danço samba • Vai

JAZZ SAMBA

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi vi vi vi vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi vi vi vi vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

Yo do si yo twista que je mais • My no say me con se do calypso cha cha cha

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi vi vi vi vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

The jazz samba the jazz samba • How it gets to you

The jazz samba the jazz samba • The jazz samba the jazz samba • Thrills you through and through • You get that feelin’ you start a’reelin’

That crazy beat, the way they play their tunes • The brazilian beat can’t be beat • You’ll be hummin’ too

The jazz samba the jazz samba • How it gets to you • Come on get with ’em and start that rhythm

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi vi vi vi vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi vi vi vi vi

So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

Yo do si yo twista que je mais • My no say me con se do calypso cha cha cha

So danço samba so danço samba • So danço samba so danço samba • Vi

Here she comes here she comes • I can’t move tonight so I’ll have to stay right • Here she comes here, here she comes here she comes

[English lyrics by Norman Gimbel]

Song No. 106 — Fotografia | Antônio Carlos Jobim (1959)

Fotografia was introduced in 1959 by Sylvia Telles on her album Amor de Gente Moça – Músicas de Antônio Carlos Jobim, which featured nine debut recordings by the composer such as Só em Teus Braços, Dindi and Sem Você arranged by Lindolpho Gaya.

Fotografia enjoyed only moderate success in its early days. Apparently never issued as a single, it took two years after until being recorded by another artist when Lana Bittencourt, backed by Astor Silva e Seus Metais Dançantes, included the song on her album Sambas do Rio. Three Years later, in 1964, she was followed by Dick Farney who was obviously quite fond of the song as he recorded it again in 1966, again arranged by Lindolpho Gaya, 1973, 1976 and 1990.

Antônio Carlos Jobim first recorded his own version on his 1967 album A Certain Mr. Jobim, arranged by Claus Ogerman with Dom Um Romão on drums. He recorded the song both in English (as included in the US release of the album that year) and in Brazilian Portuguese (issued only in 1974 when the album was released in Brazil).

The English lyrics titled Photograph were written by Ray Gilbert in 1965 but despite some releases with that title, the first by Astrud Gilberto with Marty Paich, this lyrics were only used after Jobim’s version, inter alia by Ella Fitzgerald, when the song already had become a classic with about 100 recordings to date.

1. Sylvia Telles from the album Amor de Gente Moça – Músicas de Antônio Carlos Jobim (1959, Odeon MOFB 3084)

   
Artwork for Amor de Gente Moça – Músicas de Antônio Carlos Jobim by César G. Villela with photograph by Francisco Pereira

2. Lana Bittencourt from the album Sambas do Rio (1961, Columbia LPCB 37152)

   

3. Dick Farney from the album Dick Farney (1964, Elenco ME-15)

   
Art work forDick Farney by Eddie Moyna with photographs by Francisco Pereira

4. Astrud Gilberto from the album The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965, Verve Records [USA] V6-8608 and Elenco MEV-4)

   
Art work for The Astrud Gilberto Album by Eddie Moyna with with unidentified photograph

5. Dick Farney & Lindolpho Gaya from the album Dick Farney: Piano – Orquestra: Gaya (1966, Elenco ME-27)

   
Art work for Dick Farney: Piano – Orquestra: Gaya by Eddie Moyna with photographs by Francisco Pereira

6. Conjunto 707 from the album Fórmula 707 (1966, Chantecler CMG 2395)

   

7. Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album A Certain Mr. Jobim (1967, Warner Music [USA] WS-1699 and 1974, Continental [BRA] 3.01.404.051)

   
Art work forA Certain Mr. Jobim by Ed Thrasher with cover photograph by Sherman Weisburd

8. Wilson Simonal from the album Jóia, Jóia (1971, Odeon MOFB 3702)

   

9. Nara Leão from the album 10 Anos Depois (1971, Polydor LPNG 44.059)

10. Dick Farney from the album Dick Farney (1973, London/Odeon LLB 1089-S)

   

11. Elis Regina & Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Elis & Tom (1974, Philips 6349 112)

12. Dick Farney & Claudette Soares from the album Tudo Isto é Amor (1976, Odeon SMOFB 3904)

   

13. Nara Leão & Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Os Meus Amigos São um Barato (1977, Philips 6349 338)

   

Selected medleys including Fotografia:

1. Sylvia Telles, Tamba Trio & Quinteto Villa-Lobos from the album Reencontro (1966, Elenco ME-31)

   
Art work forReencontro by Eddie Moyna with with unidentified photographs

2. Elis Regina from the album Elis Especial (1968, Philips P 765.056 L)

   

3. Luiz Carlos Vinhas from the album Luiz Carlos Vinhas no Flag (1970, Odeon MOFB 3630)

4. Dóris Monteiro & Miltinho from the album Doris, Miltinho e Charme (1970, Odeon MOFB 3649)

   

FOTOGRAFIA

Eu, você, nós dois • Aqui neste terraço à beira-mar • O sol já vai caindo e o seu olhar • Parece acompanhar a cor do mar • Você tem que ir embora • A tarde cai • Em cores se desfaz, Escureceu • O sol caiu no mar • E aquela luz • Lá em baixo se acendeu • Você e eu

Eu, você, nós dois • Sozinhos neste bar à meia-luz • E uma grande lua saiu do mar • Parece que este bar já vai fechar • E há sempre uma canção • Para contar • Aquela velha história • De um desejo • Que todas as canções • Têm pra contar • E veio aquele beijo • Aquele beijo • Aquele beijo

PHOTOGRAPH

You and I, we two • Alone here on this terrace by the sea • The sun is going down and in your eyes • I see the changing colours of the sea • It’s time for you to go, the day is done • And shadows stretch their arms to bring the night • The sun falls in the sea and down below • A window light we see • Just you and me

You and I, we two • Alone here in this bar with dimming lights • A full and rising moon comes from the sea • And soon the bar will close for you and me • But there will always be a song to tell • A story you and I cannot dismiss • That same old simple story of desire • And suddenly that kiss • That kiss

[English lyrics by Ray Gilbert]

Song No. 95 — Children’s Games a.k.a. Chovendo na Roseira | Antônio Carlos Jobim (1970)

Chovendo na Roseira was presented in March 1970 as a short instrumental piece entitled Children’s Games, part of of twelve songs composed by Jobim and arranged by Eumir Deodato for the US film The Adventurers. The film was based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins, which retells the life of the jet-set playboy Porfirio Rubirosa. Despite the top-class cast with Charles Aznavour, Ernest Borgnine, Olivia de Havilland and opera star Anna Moffo, the best thing about the film was basically only its “airborne world premiere”, when the film was first shown on the premiere voyage of the Boeing 747 Superjet from New York to Los Angeles in the presence of the stars.

Around the time of the film’s release in March 1970, Jobim recorded a longer version of Children’s Games for his album Stone Flower, which was released in July 1970. Stone Flower was arranged and conducted by Eumir Deodato and produced by Creed Taylor in the studios of legendary jazz sound engineer Rudy van Gelder. The musicians included trombonist Urbie Green, bassist Ron Carter and drummer João Palma.

In Brazil, Children’s Games was first recorded in 1971 by either Osmar Milito or Luiz Carlos Vinhas, both with Jobim’s subsequently added lyrics entitled Chovendo na Roseira. With English lyrics by Gene Lees, titled Double Rainbow, the song was probably first recorded in 1974 by Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’77.

In the same year, Elis Regina recorded what is probably the best-known version of the song on their joint album with Jobim, entitled Elis & Tom. The album was produced by Aloysio de Oliveira and arranged by César Camargo Mariano, who also played electric piano on Chovendo na Roseira, accompanied by Oscar Castro-Neves on guitar, Luizão Maia on bass, Paulo Braga on drums and either Hubert Laws or Jerome Richardson on flute.

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Selected recordings of Chovendo na Roseira:

1. Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Stone Flower (1970, CTI Records ‎[USA] CTI 6002 and CTI Records [BRA] LPS 624.513)

   

   
Art work for Stone Flower by Tony Lane with photograph by Pete Turner

2. Luiz Carlos Vinhas and Os Kalangos from the single Capim Gordura b/w Chovendo na Roseira (1971, Tapecar CS-313)

3. Osmar Milito and Quarteto Forma from the album E Deixa o Relógio Andar! (1971, Som Livre SIG 1004)

4. Luiz Eça and Quinteto Villa-Lobos from the album Vanguarda (1972, Odeon SMOFB 3730)

   
Art work for Vanguarda by Joselito

5. Elis Regina and Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Elis & Tom (1974, Philips 6349 112)

6. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’77 from the album Vintage 74 (1974, Circa – 1305)

   

7. Dom Um Romão from the album Hotmosphere (1976, Pablo Records/Philips 2310 777)

   
Art work for Hotmosphere by Norman Granz and Gribbitt with photograph by Monica Botkay

Selected recordings of Chovendo na Roseira originally not issued in Brazil:

1. Antônio Carlos Jobim from the film The Adventurers (1970, Paramount Records [USA] SPFL 260)

   

2. Stan Getz, João Gilberto and Miúcha from the album The Best of Two Worlds – Stan Getz & João Gilberto (1976, Columbia [USA] PC 33703)

Chovendo na Roseira performed by Elis Regina and Antônio Carlos Jobim during the recording sessions in 1974

CHOVENDO NA ROSEIRA

Olha, está chovendo na roseira • Que só dá rosa, mas não cheira • A frescura das gotas úmidas • Que é de Luisa • Que é de Paulinho • Que é de João • Que é de ninguém

Pétalas de rosa carregadas pelo vento • Um amor tão puro carregou meu pensamento • Olha, um tico-tico mora ao lado • E passeando no molhado • Adivinhou a primavera

Olha que chuva boa prazenteira • Que vem molhar minha roseira • Chuva boa criadeira • Que molha a terra • Que enche o rio • Que limpa o céu • Que traz o azul

Olha o jasmineiro está florido • E o riachinho de água esperta • Se lança em vasto rio de águas calmas • Ah, você é de ninguém • Ah, você é de ninguém

DOUBLE RAINBOW

Listen • The rain is falling on the roses • The fragrance drifts across the garden • Like the scent of some forgotten melody • This melody belongs to you • Belongs to me, belongs to no one

See the way the crimson petals • Scatter when the wind blows • Ah, the secret sigh of love • That suddenly the heart knows • See how a robin’s there among the puddless • And, hopping through the misty rain drops • He’s come to tell us it is spring

Look at the double rainbow • The rain is silver in the sun light • A fleeting fox is in the garden • Rain sweet lovin’mother rain • That soaks the earth • That swells the streams • That cleans the sky • And brings the blue

See how the jasmin tree is all in flower • The little brook of clever waters • Flows into a vast river • Ah, you belong to no one • Ah, you belong to no one

Song No. 85 — Wave aka Vou Te Contar | Antônio Carlos Jobim (1967)

Wave, sometimes also titled Waves or Onda, was introduced in October 1967 by Antônio Carlos Jobim as an instrumental piece on his album of the same name, arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman. The lineup included Urbie Green and Jimmy Cleveland on trombone, Ron Carter on bass and a 17-piece string ensemble. Playing drums on some of the tracks, Dom Um Romão was the only native Brazilian apart from Jobim. The album was Jobim’s third collaboration with Ogerman in 1967 following Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim and A Certain Mr. Jobim, and his fourth including The Composer of Desafiando in 1963.

In Brazil, the first release of Wave was probably Sérgio Mendes’ version with Brasil ’66, although recorded after Jobim’s original.

Wave inspired also some notable jazz versions including from Stanley Turrentine, Ahmad Jamal, Paul Desmond and Brasil’s very own Victor Assis Brasil who recorded an epic 14 minute version. Sarah Vaughan was noted for her skilful concert renditions of the song while Frank Sinatra recorded his lowest note on Wave, a low E♭, at his second session with Jobim in November 1969.

Both the English and the Brazilian lyrics, titled Vou te Contar, were written by Jobim soon after the album release. Wave, the album, turned out to be Jobim’s most successful one while Wave, the song, became an instant classic with more than 200 recordings.

Selected recordings of Wave aka Vou Te Contar:

1. Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Wave (1967, A&M Records/Odeon A&M 2010 and CTI/A&M Records [USA] SP 3002)

Artwork for Wave by Sam Antupit with photograph by Pete Turner

2. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66 from the album Equinox (1967, A&M Records [USA] SP 4122 and A&M Records/Odeon A&M 2002)

  
Artwork for Equinox by Peter Whorf Graphics

3. Norberto Baldauf from the album Êle Gravou Parole Até 2^a Feira (1968, Philips R 765.042 L)

   

4. Quarteto 004 and Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Retrato em Branco e Prêto (1968, Ritmos/Codil CDL 13011)

   
Artwork for Retrato em Branco e Prêto by Millor Fernandes

5. Paulo Moura from the album Mensagem (1968, Equipe EQC 6001)

   
Artwork for Mensagem by Selma Knupfer

6. Os Cariocas from the single Viola Enluarada b/w Vou Te Contar (1968, RCA Victor LC-6422)

7. Som Nove from the album Som Nove (1968, Ritmos/Codil CDL 13010)

  
Artwork for Som Nove by Joselito with photographs by Mafra

8. Caçulinha from the album Caçulinha (1968, Odeon MOFB 3553)

9. Paulo Moura Hepteto + 10. Quarteto 004 and Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Show Discomunal (1968, Museu da Imagem e do Som MIS 007)

  
Artwork for Show Discomunal by Joselito

11. Conjunto Belsom from the album O Som Internacional do Belsom (c.1968, Hot/Rioson LPH 5015)

   

12. O Quarteto from the album O Quarteto (1968, Philips R 765.055 L)

   

13. Dóris Monteiro from the album Mudando de Conversa (1969, Odeon MOFB 3575)

   

14. Sebastião Tapajós from the album Sebastião Tapajós e Sua Gitarra Cósmica (1969, Forma VDL 114)

   
Artwork for Sebastião Tapajós e Sua Gitarra Cósmica by Lincoln with photographs by Gaúcho

15. Bossa Rio from the album Bossa Rio (1969, Polydor LPG 624.019)

   

16. Victor Pilla from the album Brazilian New Sound (1969, Polydor LPNG 44.027)

   

17. Papudinho from the album Papudinho Especial! (1969, PAT Records ‎LP-307)

   

18. Elis Regina and Toots Thielemans from the album Elis & Toots (1969, Philips ‎[SWE] PY 842 564), released in Brazil as Elis Regina e Toots Thielemans (1978, Fontana/Philips 6436 123) and as Honeysuckle Rose Aquarela do Brasil (1978, Elenco ME-162)

   

19. Luiz Eça from the album Luiz Eça, Piano e Cordas – Vol. 2 (1970, Elenco SE 1005)

   

20. Samba 5 from the album Moderninho (1970, Tropicana TRO 3031)

   

21. Victor Assis Brasil from the album Jobim (1970, Quartin LP RSQ 2)

22. Percy Faith from the album Black Magic Woman (1971, CBS 137756 and Columbia [USA] CQ 30800)

   
Artwork for Black Magic Woman by Joe Garnett

23. Elis Regina from the album Elis Regina in London (1972, Philips 6349 042, recorded 1969)

   

24. Oscar Castro Neves and Lee Ritenour from the album Um Encontro (1974, Evento/Odeon SE 11005)

   

25. Geraldo Vespar from the album Brasil Romântico (1975, Odeon SMOFB 3860)

   

26. João Gilberto from the album Amoroso (1977, WEA BR 36.022)

27. Antônio Carlos Jobim, from the album Tom / Vinícius / Toquinho / Miúcha – Gravado ao Vivo no Caneção (1977, Som Livre 403.6142)

   

Selected medleys of Wave aka Vou Te Contar:

1. Elis Regina from the album Elis Especial (1968, Philips P 765.056 L)

  

Selected recordings of Wave aka Vou Te Contar originally not issued in Brazil:

1. Lenita Bruno from the album Work of Love (1967, Nucleus Records)

2. Walter Wanderley and Talya Ferro from the album Batucada (1967, Verve Records [USA] V6-8706)

   

3. Nancy Wilson from the album Easy (1968, Capitol Records [USA] ST-2909)

   

4. Frank Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim from the unissued album Sinatra–Jobim (1969, Reprise [USA]), partly issued as Sinatra & Company (1971, Reprise Records [USA] FS-1033 and 1973, Reprise Records/Continental RLLP [USA] 2019)

   

5. Stanley Turrentine from the album Ain’t No Way (1981, Blue Note [USA] LT-1095, recorded 1969)

6. The Sandpipers from the album The Wonder of You (1969, A&M Records ‎[USA] SP-4180)

   

7. Oscar Peterson from the album Motions & Emotions (1969, MPS Records ‎[GER] MPS 15251 ST)

8. Ahmad Jamal from the album The Awakening (1970, Impulse! [USA] AS-9194)

   

9. Buddy Rich from the album Stick it (1972, RCA Victor [USA] LSP-4802)

   

10. Sarah Vaughan from the album Send in the Clowns (1974, Mainstream Records ‎[USA] MRL 412)

11. Paul Desmond from the album Pure Desmond (1975, CTI Records ‎[USA] CTI 6059 S1, skipped from release)

   

Wave performed by Sarah Vaughan at the XIV Festival Internazionale del Jazz in Bologna (1973)

WAVE

So close your eyes • For that’s a lovely way to be • Aware of things your heart alone was meant to see • The fundamental loneliness goes • Whenever two can dream a dream together

You can’t deny • Don ‘t try to fight the rising sea • Don’t fight the moon, the stars above and don’t fight me • The fundamental loneliness goes • Whenever two can dream a dream together

When I saw you first the time was half past three • When your eyes met mine it was eternity

By now we know • The wave is on its way to be • Just catch the wave don’t be afraid of loving me • The fundamental loneliness goes • Whenever two can dream a dream together

VOU TE CONTAR

Vou te contar, os olhos já não podem ver • Coisas que só o coração pode entender • Fundamental é mesmo o amor • É impossível ser feliz sozinho

O resto é mar, e tudo que eu não sei contar • São coisas lindas que eu tenho pra te dar • Vem de mansinho a brisa e me diz • É impossível ser feliz sozinho

Da primeira vez era a cidade • Da segunda o cais e a eternidade

Agora eu já sei, da onda que se ergueu no mar • E das estrelas que esquecemos de contar • O amor se deixa surpreender • Enquanto a noite vem nos envolver