Song No. 206 — Bim Bom | João Gilberto (1958)

Bim Bom was introduced by João Gilberto in August 1958 as the B-side to Chega de Saudade. Recorded on 10 July and arranged and conducted by Antônio Carlos Jobim, Bim Bom was Gilberto’s only original composition apart from Hô-bá-lá-lá on his debut album Chega de Saudade, released in March 1959.

Bim Bom was written as early as 1955 or 1956 in João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira’s hometown of Juazeiro, inspired, so the legend goes, by the rhythmic walk with which the laundresses on the banks of the São Francisco River balanced their laundry on their heads.

Although it was recorded only a few times in Brazil in the 1960s, Bim Bom enjoyed considerable popularity in the USA from 1962 onwards, fuelled by Stan Getz’s recording on his Big Band Bossa Nova album, arranged by Gary McFarland. Arranged by Gil Evans, Bim Bom became one of Astrud Gilberto’s best-known interpretations in 1966.

Selected recordings of Bim Bom:

1. João Gilberto from the single Chega de Saudade b/w Bim Bom (1958, Odeon14.360)  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. Oscar Castro Neves from the album Bossa Nova Mesmo (1960, Philips P 630.424 L)

   

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

   

4. Stan Getz from the EP Big Band Bossa Nova (1962, Verve/Copacabana VMLP 14017)

Artwork for Big Band Bossa Nova with painting by Olga Albizu

5. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil ’66 from the album Equinox (1967, A&M Records [USA] SP 4122 and Fermata [BRA] FB-184)

   
Artwork for Equinox by Peter Whorf Graphics

6. Milton Banana from the album Todo Dia é Dia (1968, Odeon MOFB 3524)

   
Artwork for Todo Dia é Dia by Studio Maitry

Selected medleys including Bim Bom:

1. Lennie Dale e Bossa Três from the album Um Show de Bossa (1964, Elenco ME-12)

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

Selected recordings of Bim Bom originally not issued in Brazil:

1. João Gilberto from the album Getz/Gilberto #2 (1965, Verve Records [USA] V6-8623)

Artwork for Getz/Gilberto #2 by Acy Lehman  with painting by Olga Albizu

2. Astrud Gilberto from the album Look to the Rainbow (1966, Verve Records [USA] V6-8643)

   
Artwork for Look to the Rainbow by Acy Lehman with photograph by Joel Elkins

3. Ornella Vanoni from the album Ai Miei Amici Cantautori (1968, Ariston Records [Italy] AR/LP 10020)

   

4. Sadao Watanabe from the album Sadao Meets Brazilian Friends (1968, Columbia [Japan] XMS-10003-CT)

BIM BOM

Bim bom bim bim bom bom • Bim bom bim bim bom bim bom • Bim bom bim bim bom bom • Bim bom bim bim bom bim bim

É só isso o meu baião • E não tem mais nada, não • O meu coração pediu assim, só

Bim bom bim bim bom bom • Bim bom bim bim bom bim bom • Bim bom bim bim bom bom • Bim bom bim bim bom bim bim

É só isso o meu baião • E não tem mais nada, não • O meu coração pediu assim, só

Bim bom bim bim bom bom • Bim bom bim bim bom bom • Só tem bom bim bom bim bim

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. 167 — Você e Eu | Carlos Lyra & Vinícius de Moraes (1961)

Você e Eu was introduced in 1961 by Carlos Lyra on his self-titled second solo album with a recording that is just one minute long. On 7”, the song was released only in 1964 on his EP Coleção Bossa Nova, also including Chora Tua Tristeza, his hit song from 1960, penned by Oscar Castro Neves and Luvercy Fiorini, as well as Depois do Carnaval and Influência do Jazz, two of Lyra’s best known compositions from his third album in 1963.

In 1961, after some successful collaborations with Ronaldo Bôscoli and Geraldo Vandré, Lyra was looking for a new lyricist to pair up with. He had fallen out with Bôscoli and was trying to work with several others when he decided to visit Moraes in his flat in Rio de Janeiro’s Parque Guinle to present him two compositions that he hoped Moraes would write lyrics for. Moraes, who liked Lyra’s Maria Ninguém, introduced by João Gilberto in 1959, agreed instantly, and the two new songs they completed together on that occasion: Coisas Mais Linda and Você e Eu. About 25 more songs followed including Primavera, Maria Moita, Sabe Você and Minha Namorada. In 1962, they also wrote a musical titled Pobre Menina Rica, which premiered in 1963 at the nightclub Au Bon Gourmet in Rio de Janeiro with musical direction by Eumir Deodato.

Although it was only a moderate commercial hit at the time, Você e Eu became an instant bossa nova classic that is continously recorded until today.

Internationally, Você e Eu was recorded as You and I with adapted lyrics by Jon Hendricks, but some instrumental versions are also titled You and Me and Only You and I.

Selected recordings of Você e Eu:

1. Carlos Lyra from the album Carlos Lyra (1961, Philips P 630.430 L)

  

2. Maysa from the album Barquinho (1961, Columbia LPCB 37161)

   

3. João Gilberto from the album João Gilberto (1961, Odeon MOFB 3202)

   
Artwork for João Gilberto with photograph by Francisco Pereira

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

  
Artwork forO Samba é Mais Samba with photograph by Nagib Allit

5. Bossa Três & Jo Basile from the album Bossa Três & Jo Basile (1963, Audio Fidelity AFLP 1989)

   

6. Dóris Monteiro from the album Gostoso é Sambar (1963, Philips P 632.130 L)

   
Artwork for Gostoso é Sambar by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

7. Julinho from the album 100% Bossa – Julinho, Seu Piston e Seu Conjunto (1963, Masterplay MDL 13025)

   
Artwork for 100% Bossa with photograph by Mafra

8. Sylvia Telles from the album Bossa, Balanço, Balada (1963, Elenco ME-5)

  
Artwork for Bossa, Balanço, Balada by César G. Villela with photograph by Francisco Pereira

9. Manfredo Fest from the album Bossa Nova Nova Bossa (1963, RGE XRLP 5209)

   

10. Os Infernais da Bossa from the album É Balanço (1963, Grandes Espetáculos Exitos GEELP.13004)

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

   

12. Os Saxsambistas Brasileiros from the album Bossa Nova Espetacular (1963, Plaza PZ 7013)

  

13. Aécio Flávio from the album O Melhor da Noite (1964, Polydor LPNG 4087)

  
Artwork for O Melhor da Noite by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

14. Carmélia Alves from the album Vamos Dançar (1964, Mocambo LP 40187)

  

15. Os Azes da Bossa from the album Sambas em Duas Bossas (1964, MUSIPLAY ‎LPM 1.111)

   

16. Corisco & Os Sambaloucos from the album Outro Show de Bossa (1964, Philips P 632.190 L)

   
Artwork for Outro Show de Bossa by Paulo Brèves

17. Raul de Souza and Sambalanço Trio from the album À Vontade Mesmo (1965, RCA VictorBBL 1307)

  
Artwork for À Vontade Mesmo by Tide Hellmeister with photograph by Mafra

18. Sylvia Telles e Tamba Trio from the album Reencontro (1966, Elenco ME-31)

  
Artwork for Reencontro  by Eddie Moyna with uncredited photographs

19. Walter Wanderley from the album Chegança (1966, Verve Records [USA] V6-8676 and Copacabana VMLP 14089)

  
Artwork for Chegança  by Ary Lehman with photograph by Jay Maisel

20. Rosa Maria Colin from the album Uma Rosa com Bossa (1966, Odeon MOFB 3453)

   
Artwork for Uma Rosa com Bossa by Moacyr Rocha with photograph by Mafra

21. Carlos Lyra from the album Gravado no México (1968, Capitol T-30.005)

22. Nara Leão from the album Dez Anos Depois (1971, Polydor LPNG 44.059)

Selected recordings of Você e Eu originally not issued in Brazil:

1. The Paul Winter Sextet from the album Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova (1962, Columbia ‎[USA] CS 8725)

   
Artwork for Jazz Meets the Bossa Nova with photograph by Gene Lees

2. Charlie Byrd from the album Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros (1962, Riverside Records ‎[USA] RM 436)

   

3. Lalo Schifrin from the album Piano, Strings and Bossa Nova (1963, MGM Records ‎[USA] E 4110)

   

4. Jon Hendricks from the album ¡Salud! João Gilberto (1963, Reprise Records ‎[USA] R-6089)

5. Franco Cerri from the album Bossa Nova (1963, Columbia [Italy] 33QPX 8043)

  

6. Stan Getz and João Gilberto with Astrud Gilberto from the album Getz/Gilberto #2 (1966, Verve Records [USA] V-8623, recorded 1964, not included in the original release)

Artwork for Getz/Gilberto #2 by Acy Lehman with painting by Olga Albizu

7. Paul Winter with Carlos Lyra from the album The Sound of Ipanema (1965, Columbia ‎‎[USA] CS 9072)

   

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

9. Claus Ogerman from the album Saxes Mexicanos (1966, RCA Victor ‎[USA] LPM-3640)

  

10. Howard Roberts from the album Guilty!! (1967, Capitol Records ‎‎[USA] ST-2824)

   
Artwork for Guilty!! with photographs by Ed Simpson

10. Milton DeLugg from the album Accordion My Way-Olé! (1967, RCA Victor ‎‎[USA] LPM 3861)

  

Caterina Valente performing You and I on the Perry Como Show, 1966.

VOCÊ E EU

Podem me chamar e me pedir e me rogar • E podem mesmo falar mal • Ficar de mal que não faz mal • Podem preparar milhões de festas ao luar • Que eu não vou ir, melhor nem pedir • Eu não vou ir, não quero ir

E também podem me intrigar • Até sorrir, até chorar • E podem mesmo imaginar o que melhor lhes parecer • Podem espalhar que eu estou cansado de viver • E que é uma pena para quem me conheceu • Eu sou mais você e eu

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. 151 — Barquinho | Roberto Menescal & Ronaldo Bôscoli (1961)

Barquinho was introduced in 1961 by Maysa on her single Barquinho b/w Dois Meninos and as the title track on her album accompanied by ‘Conjunto de Roberto Menescal’ consisting of Roberto Menescal on guitar and Luiz Carlos Vinhas on piano with Tamba Trio’s Bebeto Castilho on bass, Hélcio Milito on drums and pianist Luis Eça as arranger along with Menescal.

The buoyant song about a boat sailing along on a calm summer day as the evening falls developed from a rather serious incident. During a sea trip near the city of Cabo Frio, Menescal, Bôscoli and some friends experienced problems with the boat and drifted into the ocean. After several unsuccessful attempts to restart the boat, Menescal began to play a melody on his guitar to pass the time, inspired by the noise made by the engine that would not start. By the time another boat came and towed them to the shore, the main parts of the song were created with the crew humming, “The boat goes … The evening falls.”

In 1961, bossa nova was well established as the innovative new style and already had become a promotional brand in marketing but it was yet limited in popularity since it was not played by all radio stations as it was still considered controversial. Menescal and Bôscoli wrote Barquinho for the yet unknown Nara Leão, Bôscoli’s fiancée at the time. However, they offered Maysa the song, who was eager to record some genuine bossa nova after previous flirts with the new style. After ten albums which established her as one of the leading torch singers she, like so many singers of the 1950’s, feared the risk of becoming out-of-date.

While touring South America, Maysa began a much publicised affair with Bôscoli which led not only to a break between Maysa and Bôscoli as well as Bôscoli and Leão but to a fracture in the young bossa nova movement with Leão and others developing in a more politicised direction instead of continuing the airiness of early bossa nova. As catalyst, Maysa became objectionable for both parties. Regardless of that, the album Barquinho became the smash Maysa had hoped for before her career faltered, not least because her depression and addictions continued to increase.

Barquinho, often titled O Barquinho with the prefixed article, became an instant classic with about 70 recordings in its first decade. However, when Menescal and Bôscoli performed Barquinho at the Carnegie Hall concert in late 1962, Menescal floundered the lyrics so badly that he refused to sing ever again.

Despite its title Agostinho no Carnegie Hall, Agostinho dos Santos’s EP did not feature his live performances from that venue but studio recordings arranged and directed by Erlon Chaves, sailing on the wave of success after that legendary concert. The next year, the arrangement for Barquinho was adapted by Ruben Perez ‘Pocho’ for Héctor Costita’s version on his alias album Don Júnior e Seu Sax Maravilhoso – Sambas N^o. 2.

The adapted English lyrices titled Little Boat were written by the songwriter, musician and producer Buddy Kaye in 1963 and were possibly first recorded by Johnny Alf. Although Billboard stated in March 1963 that he had recorded Brazil’s first bossa nova album sung entirely in English, Johnny Alf Sings in English was shelved and published only decades later. So, the first published vocal recording of Little Boat might be the one by Peggy Lee.

Also originally shelved was Perry Como’s version which was probably recorded with the Ray Charles Singers in 1966 during his sessions for Lightly Latin.

On the album Bobo’s Heat by jazz percussionist Willie Bobo the song title is mispelled ‘Boroquinho’.

Selected recordings of Barquinho:

1. Maysa from the single O Barquinho b/w Dois Meninos (1961, Columbia 3.160) album Barquinho (1961, Columbia LPCB 37161)

   

2. Erlon Chaves from the album Em Tempo de Samba (1961, RCA Victor BBL 1157)

  

3. João Gilberto from the album João Gilberto (1961, Odeon MOFB 3202)

  
Artwork for João Gilberto with photograph by Francisco Pereira

4. Walter Wanderley from the album Samba é Samba com Walter Wanderley (1961, Odeon MOFB 3248)

  

5. Pery Ribeiro from the single Na Casa de Antônio Job b/w O Barquinho (1961, Odeon 14.754)

6. João Leal Brito ‘Britinho’ from the album Quiero Que Me Beses (1961, Continental LPP 3185)

   
Artwork for Quiero Que Me Beses by Joselito with photograph by Mafra

7. Carioca from the album Sambas em Brasa (1961, Musidisc Hi-Fi 2047)

8. Rubens Bassini from the album Ritmo Fantástico (1961, Pawal P-20.008)

9. Sônia Delfino from the album Alô Broto! N^o. 2 (1961, Philips P 630.464 L)

10. Os Saxsambistas Brasileiros from the album Bossa Nova Espetacular (1961, Plaza PZ 7013)

   

11. Henrique Simonetti from the album Samba 990 (1962, RGE XRLP 5167)

  

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

13. Paulinho e Seus Night Boys from the album Certinho Para Dançar N^o. 2 (1962, RCA Camden CALB 5039)

  

14. Conjunto Sete de Ouros from the album 7 de Ouros (1962, Odeon MOFB 3259)

   
Artwork for 7 de Ouros with photograph by Mafra

15. Breno Sauer Sexteto from the album Viva o Ritmo (1962, Columbia LPCB 37205)

16. Altamiro Carrilho e Aloísio Figueiredo from the album O Melhor Para Dançar – Flauta e Orgão (1962, Copacabana CLP 11240)

   

17. Conjunto Flamingo from the album Apresentando o Conjunto Flamingo (1962, Audio Fidelity AFLP 1990)

   

18. Paulinho Nogueira from the album Sambas de Ontem e de Hoje (1962, RGE XRLP 5118)

   

19. Os Bossais from the EP Os Bossais (1962, Audio Fidelity AFC-1097)

20. Sexteto Guanabara from the album Sorvete Dançante (1963, Musiplay LPM 1001)

   

21. Renato Mendes from the album Renato Mendes e Seu Órgão (1962, Mocambo LP 40082)

  

22. Roberto Menescal and Oscar Castro Neves Quartet from the album Bossa Nova at Carnegie Hall (1963, Audio Fidelity AFLP 2101)

   

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

   

24. Lúcio Alves from the album Balançamba (1963, Elenco ME-2)

  
Artwork for Balançamba is by César G. Villela with photograph by Francisco Pereira

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

   

26. Carlos Lacerda from the album Um Piano da Bahia (1963, Audio Fidelity AFLP 1998)

  

27. Johnny Alf from the album Johnny Alf Sings in English (1963, originally unreleased RCA recording)

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

   

29. Os Infernais da Bossa from the album É Balanço (1963, Exitos ‎GEELP.13004)

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

   

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

   

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

   

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. Tamba Trio from the album Tamba Trio (1963, Philips P 632.129 L)

   

36. Os Cinco-Pados from the album Os Cinco-Pados (1964, Chantecler CMG 2300)

   

37. Trio Irakitan from the album A Bossa Que Gostamos de Cantar (1964, Odeon MOFB 3387)

38. Carmélia Alves from the album Bossa Nova com Carmélia Alves (1964, Mocambo LP 40187)

39. João Donato from the album The New Sound of Brazil (1965, RCA Victor LSP 3473)

   

40. Meirelles e Os Copa 5 (1966, originally unrelased recording made during a tour in Germany)

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

   
Artwork for Some Nove by Joselito with photographs by Mafra

42. Roberto Menescal from the album O Conjunto de Roberto Menescal (1969, Forma VDL 109)

  

43. Elis Regina from the album Elis Regina in London (1972, Philips 6349 042)

  

44. Baden Powell from the album L’Âme de Baden Powell (1973, Disques Festival [FRA] FLD 618 and Imagem ‎[BRA] IMS-5047)

  

45. Nelson Gonçalves from the album Passado e Presente (1975, RCA Camden 107.0170)

   

Selected medleys including Barquinho:

1. Orquestra Moderna de Câmara from the album Brasil Bossa Nova (1963, Nilser NS 1006)

   

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

Selected recordings of Barquinho originally not issued in Brazil:

1. Paul Winter Sextet from the album Jazz Meets Bossa Nova (1962, Columbia [USA] CS 8725)

  
Artwork for Jazz Meets Bossa Nova with photograph by Gene Lees

2. Laurindo Almeida and The Bossa Nova Allstars from the album Ole! Bossa Nova! (1963, Capitol Records ‎[USA] ST 1872)

   

3. Peggy Lee from the single The Alley Cat Song b/w Little Boat (1963, Capitol Records [USA] 4942)

4. Willie Bobo from the album Bobo’s Beat (1963, Roulette ‎[USA] R 52097)

  

5. Lorez Alexandria from the album More of the Great Lorez Alexandria (1964, Impulse [USA] A-76)

Artwork for More of the Great Lorez Alexandria by Robert Flynn

6. Cleo Laine from the album Woman Talk (1966, Fontana [UK] STL 5316) aka Woman to Woman (Fontana [USA] SRF 67552)

   

7. Perry Como (1966, originally unreleased RCA recording, probably from the sessions for the album Lightly Latin)

8. Howard Roberts from the album Guilty!! (1967, Capitol Records ‎[USA] ST-2824)

  

BARQUINHO

Dia de luz, festa de sol • E o barquinho a navegar • No macio azul do mar, tudo é verão o amor se faz • Num barquinho pelo mar • Que desliza sem parar • Sem intenção nossa canção vai saindo • Deste mar e o sol • Beija o barco e luz, dias tão azuis

Festa do mar, desmaia o sol • E o barquinho a deslizar • E a vontade de cantar, céu tão azul, ilhas do sul • E o barquinho coração, deslizando na canção • Tudo isso é paz, tudo isso traz • Uma calma de verão e então

O barquinho vai, a tardinha cai

LITTLE BOAT

My little boat is like a note • Bouncin’ merrily along • Hear it splashing up a song • The sails are white • The sky is bright • Headin’ out into the blue • With a crew of only two • Where we can share • Love’s salty air • On a little paradise that’s afloat • Not a care have we • In my little boat

The wind is still • We feel the thrill • Of a voyage heaven-bound • Though we only drift around • Warmed by the sun • Two hearts as one • Beating with enchanted bliss • Melting in each other’s kiss • When daylight ends and slyly sends • Little stars that twinkle brightly above • It’s goodbye to my little boat of love

Goodbye little boat • Goodbye little boat

[English lyrics by Buddy Kaye]

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. 119 — Hô-bá-lá-lá | João Gilberto (1958)

Hô-bá-lá-lá was introduced in 1958 by Bené Nunes as the opening track on his album Bené Nunes e Seu Piano, featuring arrangements by Radamés Gnattali, Antônio Carlos Jobim and Severino Filho. Also in 1958, Waldir Calmon was the first to pick up the song on his album Para Ouvir Amando N^o. 2, also issuing Hô-bá-lá-lá the following year as B-side to Mercado Persa (In a Persian Market).

Composed in 1957 when he had no recording contract, Gilberto recorded Hô-bá-lá-lá in November 1958 along with Desafinado. Both songs were arranged and conducted by Antônio Carlos Jobim and released in February 1959 as his follow-up single to Chega de Saudade b/w Bim Bom, recorded in July and released in August 1958. Later in 1959, all four recordings were included on Gilberto’s debut album Chega de Saudade. Interestingly and unlike other of his compositions, Gilberto apparently never re-recorded Hô-bá-lá-lá.

The first English lyrics were written by Aloysio de Oliveira for Sylvia Telles in 1960. Five years later, Norman Gimbel wrote his lyrics that were first recorded by Wanda de Sah.

Originally a beguine, later mostly performed as a bolero and sometimes spelt Obá-lá-lá or in English Ho-Ba-La-La, the dreamy song became an instant favourite among musicians with about 50 recordings to date.

Selected recordings of Hô-bá-lá-lá:

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

2. 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

3. Norma Benguell from the album Ooooooh! Norma (1959, MOFB 3112)

   
Artwork for Ooooooh! Norma by César G Villela with photographs by Francisco Pereira

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

   

5. Walter Wanderley from the album Feito Sob Medida (1959, Odeon MOFB 3109)

   
Artwork for Feito Sob Medida by César G Villela with photographs by Francisco Pereira

6. Edú da Gaita from the album Uma Gaita Para Milhões (1959, Copacabana CLP 11114)

   

7. Luis Arruda Paes from the album Brasil em Tempo de Samba (1959, Odeon MOFB 3121)

   

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

  

9. Biriba Boys from the album Biriba Alegra a Brasil (1960, Chantecler CMG 2072)

   

10. Fafá Lemos from the album Dó-Ré-Mi Fafá Lemos (1960, RCA Victor BBL 1145)

11. Sérgio Mendes from the album Dance Moderno (1961, Philips P 630.491 L)

   

12. Os Saxsambistas Brasileiros from the album Bossa Nova Espetacular (1962, Plaza PZ 7013)

  

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

   

14. Jorge Ben from the album Ben é Samba Bom (1964, Philips P 632.727 L)

   
Artwork for Ben é Samba Bom by Paulo Brèves with photograph by Mafra

15. Sivuca from the album Rendez-vous a Rio (1965, EBRAU EBLP 920105)

16. O Quarteto from the album Antologia da Bossa Nova 20 Anos Depois (1977, Philips 6349 301)

  
Artwork for Antologia da Bossa Nova 20 Anos Depois by Aldo Luiz with photographs by Penna Prearo

Selected medleys including Hô-bá-lá-lá:

1. Zito Righi aka Bob Fleming from the album Bob Fleming (1961, Musidisc XPL-6)

   

2. Orquestra Los Danseros from the album Los Danseros en Bolero (1962, Equipe EQ 801)

   
Artwork for Los Danseros en Bolero by Maurício

3. Orquestra Românticos de Cuba from the album Recuerdos (1969, Musidisc 777.7013)

   

Selected recordings of Hô-bá-lá-lá originally not issued in Brazil:

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

   

2. Charlie Byrd from the album Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros (1963, Riverside Records ‎[USA] RM 436)

   

3. Martin Denny from the album Latin Village (1964, Liberty [USA] LST-7378)

   

4. Mel Tormé from the album A Lush, Romantic Album, That’s All (1965, Columbia [USA] CL2318)

   

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

HÔ-BÁ-LÁ-LÁ

É amor • O hô-bá-lá-lá, hô-bá-lá-lá • Uma canção

Quem ouvir o hô-bá-lá-lá • Terá feliz o coração • O amor encontrará ouvindo esta canção • Alguém compreenderá seu coração

Vem ouvir • O hô-bá-lá-lá, hô-bá-lá-lá • Uma canção

É amor • O hô-bá-lá-lá, hô-bá-lá-lá • Uma canção

Quem ouvir o hô-bá-lá-lá • Terá feliz o coração • O amor encontrará ouvindo esta canção • Alguém compreenderá seu coração

Vem ouvir • O hô-bá-lá-lá, hô-bá-lá-lá • Esta canção bá-lá-lá, hô-bá-lá-lá

Song No. 104 — Manhã de Carnaval | Luiz Bonfá & Antônio Maria (1959)

Manhã de Carnaval was introduced in Marcel Camus’ film Orfeu Negro in June 1959. Although Camus initially refused to use the song, it eventually served as the musical love theme for Orfeu and Euridice, appearing several times as an instrumental version as well as sung or hummed.

Orfeu Negro is based on the play Orfeu da Conceição, written by Vinícius de Moraes in 1954 and premiered in 1956, which sets the Greek legend of Orpheus and Euridice against the backdrop of carnival in a Rio de Janeiro favela. Manhã de Carnaval was not part of the setting of Orfeu da Conceição by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes, recorded in 1956 with Luiz Bonfá and singer Roberto Paiva. Like A Felicidade by Jobim and de Moraes and Samba do Orfeu by Luiz Bonfá and Antônio Maria, Manhã de Carnaval was only written for the 1958 film version.

Since the former football player Breno Mello as the main character Orfeu was not a singer, a dubbing voice was needed.Although João Gilberto tried for it, his voice was not considered “black” enough. So Agostinho dos Santos rreceived an invitation from the composers to sing both A Felicidade and Manhã de Carnaval in the film, strangely without being credited for his performance.

In Brazil, João Gilberto was apparently the first to record his own version of Manhã de Carnaval, which he released in July 1959 under the musical direction of Antônio Carlos Jobim, along with the other main songs of the film, A Felicidade, O Nosso Amor and Frevo. Agostinho dos Santos’ studio version was recorded in August, interestingly titled Canção do Amor, and released on his album Inimitável, arranged and conducted by Henrique Simonetti. Also among the first were Pery Ribeiro, Maysa, Bill Farr and Carlos Galhardo. However, Gilberto’s Manhã de Carnaval became the most successful version, reaching number 73 in the 1959 Brazilian annual charts. Undoubtedly one of Brazil’s most iconic songs, Manhã de Carnaval contributed to the worldwide popularity of bossa nova, although it was recorded in a variety of styles. With notable versions by Cal Tjader, Vince Guaraldi, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer and Paul Desmond, the song also became a jazz standard.

Manhã de Carnaval, certainly one of Brazil’s most iconic songs, helped to boost the worldwide popularity of bossa nova although recorded in various styles ranging from boleros such as by Dalida and Alexandra to even the exotic beats by Miriam Makeba. It also became an instant jazz standard with noteworthy versions such as by Cal Tjader, Vince Guaraldi, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer and Paul Desmond.

Outside Brazil, the song was recorded mainly in France, Italy and Germany by Dalida, Johnny Dorelli and Caterina Valente, with French lyrics by François Llenas as La Chanson d’Orphée and Italian lyrics by Mario Panzeri as La Canzone di Orfeu. Carl Sigman wrote an English text titled A Day in the Life of a Fool, while George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore wrote an English text titled Carnival. Carmen McRae recorded the song as Where Did it Go with lyrics by Ruth Batchelor.

Sinatra’s version was recorded in 1969 as part of the second session with Antônio Carlos Jobim, which never saw the light of day as the follow-up to 1967’s Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. Sinatra’s A Day in the Life of a Fool was in fact the only recording from this session to be released on his album My Way in the year it was made, while a few were compiled as the A-side of Sinatra & Company in 1971 and some not until 1979 when both sessions were finally released in full.

The late Alexandra, who once worked with Antônio Carlos Jobim in Brazil and allegedly had an affair with him, recorded the song with German lyrics by Ernst Bader and Hans Ewer entitled Das Glück kam zu mir wie ein Traum. The recording was made shortly before her death in a car accident at the age of 27 and was released posthumously.

Interestingly, the Orfeu Negro film score was apparently not released in Brazil until 1990. In 1959, soundtrack albums were only released in Europe and the USA.

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Selected recordings of Manhã de Carnaval:

1. Agostinho dos Santos from the movie Orfeu Negro (1959)

   

2. João Gilberto from the single Manhã de Carnaval b/w Frevo (1959, Odeon 14.495) and the EP João Gilberto Cantando as Musicás do Filme Orfeu do Carnaval (1959, Odeon BWB 1092)

   

3. Agostinho dos Santos from the single Canção do Amor b/w A Felicidade (1959, RGE-10173) and the album Inimitável (1959, RGE XRLP 5057)

   

4. Maysa from the single A Felicidade b/w Manhã de Carnaval (1959, RGE RGE 10.193-a) and the album Maysa é Maysa… é Maysa, é Maysa (1959, RGE XRLP 5068)

   

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

   

6. Carlos Galhardo from the single Manhã de Carnaval b/w Cachopa (1959, RCA Victor 80-2148-a)

7. Bill Farr from the single Manhã de Carnaval b/w Balada Do Sublime Amor (1959, Continental 17.726-a)

8. Edu da Gaita from the single Manhã de Carnaval b/w Samba de Orfeu (1959, Copacabana 6.045-a) and the album Uma Gaita Para Milhões (1959, Copacabana CLP 11114)

   

9. Lucienne Franco from the album Samba de Orfeu b/w Manhã de Carnaval (1959, Copacabana 6.046-b) and the album A Notável (1959, Copacabana CLP 11108)

   

10. Pery Ribeiro from the single Manhã de Carnaval b/w Samba de Orfeu (1959, Odeon 14.502 ) and the album Eu Gosto da Vida (1961, Odeon MOFB 3213)

11. Luiz Bonfá from the album A Voz e o Violão – Luiz Bonfá e Norma Suely (1960, Odeon MOFB 3144)

   

12. Roberto Yanés from the album Cinelândia (1960, Columbia LPCB 37093)

   

13. Orquestra Brasileira de Danças from the album Uma Orquestra em Ritmo de Samba (1960, Philips P 630.403 L)

   

14. Waldir Azevedo from the album Um Cavaquinho no “Society” (1960, Continental LPP 3094)

   

15. Sylvia Telles from the album Sylvia Telles U.S.A. (1961, Philips P 630.453 L)

    

16. Radamés Gnattali from the album Radamés na Europa com Seu Sexteto e Edu – N^o. 2 (1961, Odeon MOFB 3200)

   

17. Luiz Bonfá +
18. Agostino dos Santos, Luiz Bonfá and Oscar Castro Neves from the album Bossa Nova at Carnegie Hall (1962, Audio Fidelity AFLP 2101)

   

19. Stan Getz from the album Big Band Bossa Nova (1962, Verve/Copacabana VMLP 14017)

Art work for Big Band Bossa Nova with painting by Olga Abizu

20. Mr. Samba & Seus Skindôs Rítmicos from the album Mr. Samba’s Authentic Brazilian Bossa Nova (1963, RGE XRLP 5197) aka This is Bossa Nova (1963, RGE LP3-1090)

   

21. Herbie Mann from the album Jazz e Bossa Nova (1963, Right Now, Atlantic [USA] SD 1384, issued in Brazil as Atlantic/Fermata LPAT 5017)

   
Art work forRight Now by Loring Euteney with photograph by Lee Friedlander

22. Sílvio Caldas from the album O Seresteiro (1965, Mocambo LP 40235)

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

   

24. Paulinho Nogueira from the album Paulinho Nogueira (1965, RGE XRLP 5274)

   

25. Cido Bianchi from the album Show de Órgão (1965, Farroupilha LPFA-406)

   
Art work for Show de Órgão by Franklin França

26. João Donato from the album The New Sound of Brazil (1965, RCA Victor LSP 3473)

   

27. Baden Powell from the album Tristeza on Guitar (1966, Saba [GER] SB 15090 ST), issued in Brazil as Baden (1968, Elenco ME-48)

   

   

28. Neco & The Ipanema Strings from the album Velvet Bossa Nova (1966, London/Odeon LLB 1006)

29. Rogério Duprat from the album Dedicado a Você (1967, Penthon РРLРD-104)

   

30. Luiz Sergio from the album As Revelações da Grande Chance N^o. 2 (1968, Ritmos Codil CDL 13012)

   

31. Claudine Longet from the album The Look of Love (1968, A&M Records ‎[USA] SP-4129, issued in BRazil as Fermata FB 205)

   
Art work for The Look of Love by Peter Whorf Graphics

32. Agostinho dos Santos from the album Agostinho dos Santos (1969, Continental PPL 12415)

   

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

34. Quarteto Forma from the album Quarteto Forma (1970, Odeon MOFB 3631)

   

35. MPB-4 from the album 10 Anos Depois (1975, Philips 6349 144)

   

Selected medleys including Manhã de Carnaval:

1. Orquestra Românticos de Cuba from the album Românticos de Cuba no Cinema (1961, Musidisc XPL-17)

   

2. Orquestra Moderna de Câmara from the album Brasil Bossa Nova (1962, Nilser NS 1006)

3. Sérgio Mendes & Brasil’ 65 with Rosinha de Valença and Wanda Sá from the album In Person at El Matador (1966, Atlantic/Fermata LPAT-5037)

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

   

5. Tião Motorista from the album Meu Interior (1977, CBS 138017)

Selected recordings of Manhã de Carnaval originally not issued in Brazil:

1. Luiz Bonfá from the album O Violão de Luiz Bonfá (1959, Cook [USA] 1134)

   

2. Dalida from the single Love in Portofino (A San Cristina) b/w La Chanson d’Orphée (1959, Barclay ‎[FRA] 60163)

   

3. Johnny Dorelli from the album We Like Johnny (1959, CGD [ITA] FG 5002)

   

4. Caterina Valente ‎from the single Felicitá b/w La Canzone di Orfeo (1959, Decca [GER] D 19 013)

5. Tino Rossi from the EP Vénus (1959, Columbia [FRA] ESVF 1039)

   

6. Bob Azzam from the album Bob Azzam (1959, Disques Festival ‎[FRA] FLD 226 S)

7. Bola Sete from the album Bossa Nova (1962, Fantasy [USA] 3349)

8. Miriam Makeba from the album The Many Voices of Miriam Makeba (1962, Kapp Records ‎[USA] KS 3274)

   

9. Bob Brookmeyer from the album Trombone Jazz Samba (1962, Verve [USA] V6-8498)

   

10. Vince Guaraldi Trio from the album Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962, Fantasy [USA] 8089)

   

11. Cal Tjader from the album Soña Libré (1963, Verve Records [USA] V6 8531)

   

12. Paul Desmond from the album Take Ten (1963, RCA Victor [USA] LSP-2569)

   

13. Billy Eckstein from the album Now Singing in 10 Great Movies (1963, Mercury [USA] WC 16334

   

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

   

15. Chris Connor from the album Now! (1966, ABC Records ‎[USA] ABC-S-585

   
Art work forNow! by Byron Goto and Henry Epstein

16. Gerry Mulligan from the album Night Lights (1963, Philips ‎[USA] PHM 200-108)

   

17. Luiz Bonfá from the album Luiz Bonfá plays and sings Bossa Nova (1963, Verve Records [USA] V6-8522)

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

   

19. Harry James from the album Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Album (1964, MGM Records ‎[CAN] E-4214)

   

20. Carmen McRae from the album Second to None (1964, Mainstream Records [USA] S/6028)

   
Art work forSecond to None by Jack Lonshein

21. Laurindo Almeida from the album Guitar from Ipanema (1964, Capitol [USA] ST-2197)

   

22. Astrud Gilberto from the album The Shadow of Your Smile (1965, Verve Records [USA] V6-8629)

   

23. Primo Quinteto from the album Bailando Bossa Nova En El Camichin (1967, R.V.V. [MEX] VR-35)

   

24. Dick Hyman from the album Brasilian Impressions (1967, Command [USA] RS 911 SD)

   

25. Eric Kloss from the album Grits & Gravy (1967, Prestige ‎[USA] PR 7486)

26. Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme and Luiz Bonfá from the album Steve & Eydie, Bonfa & Brazil (1967, Columbia [USA] CS 9530)

   

27. Richard “Grooves” Holmes from the album Spicy (1967, Prestige [USA] PRST 7493)

   

28. Chér from the album Backstage (1968, Liberty [USA] LP-12373)

   

29. Maria Helena Toledo & Luiz Bonfá from the album Black Orpheus Impressions (1968, Dot Records [USA] USLP 6245)

   

30. Henry Mancini from the album A Warm Shade of Ivory (1969, RCA Victor ‎[USA] LSP-4140)

   

31. Frank Sinatra from the album My Way (1969, Reprise Records ‎[USA] 1029)

   

32. Alexandra from the single Das Glück kam zu mir wie ein Traum b/w Dunkles Wolkenmeer (1970, Philips ‎[GER] 6003 050)

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

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

   

35. Marisa Sannia from the single La Sirena b/w La Canzone di Orfeo (1970, CGD [ITA] N 9803)

   

Manhã de Carnaval performed by Caterina Valente and Luiz Bonfá on the TV show The Hollywood Palace (1965)

MANHÃ DE CARNAVAL

Manhã, tão bonita manhã • Na vida, uma nova canção • Cantando só teus olhos • Teu riso, tuas mãos • Pois há de haver um dia • Em que virás

Das cordas do meu violão • Que só teu amor procurou • Vem uma voz • Falar dos beijos perdidos • Nos lábios teus

Canta o meu coração • Alegria voltou • Tão feliz a manhã • Deste amor

CHANSON D’ORPHÉE

Le ciel a choisi mon pays • Pour faire un nouveau paradis • Où loin des tourments • Danse un éternel printemps • Pour les amants

Chante chante mon cœur • La chanson du matin • Dans la joie de la vie qui reviens

Matin, fais lever le soleil • Matin, à l’instant du réveil • Mets dans le cœur battant • De celui que j’attends • Un doux rayon d’amour • Beau comme le jour

Chante chante mon cœur • La chanson du matin • Dans la joie de la vie qui reviens

[French lyrics by François Llenas]

LA CANZONE DI ORFEU

Il sole ogni dì risplenderà • Il cuore ogni di canterà • Per dedicare a te • Mille sentieri in fior • Per confidare a te • Tutto il mio cuor

Il sole ogni dì splenderà • Il mondo ogni dì sentirà • Un canto d’amore • Perché tu sarai con me • Sempre con me

Tutto posso sognar • Tutto posso sperar • Dal momento che tu sei con me

[Italian lyrics by Mario Panzeri]

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FOOL

A day in the life of a fool • A sad and a long lonely day • I walk the avenue and hope I’ll run into • The welcome sight of you coming my way

I stop just across from your door • But you’re never home any more • So back to my room and there in the gloom • I cry tears of goodbye

(That’s the way it will be every day in the life of fool)

[English lyrics by Carl Sigman]

CARNIVAL

I’ll sing to the sun in the sky • I’ll sing till the sun rises high • Carnival time is here • Magical time of year • And as the time draws near • Dreams lift my heart

I’ll sing as I play my guitar • I’ll cling to a dream from afar • Will love come my way • This Carnival day • And stay here in my heart

Will true love come my way • On this Carnival day • Or will I be alone with my dream

[English lyrics by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti, and Luigi Creatore]

DAS GLÜCK KAM ZU MIR WIE EIN TRAUM

Das Glück kam zu mir wie ein Traum • Musik aus dem endlosen Raum • So wie ein Sonnenstrahl
auf zartem Blütentau • Im ersten Morgengrauen • So war dein Kuß

Noch nie war das Glück mir so nah • Noch nie war ein Herz für mich da • Die Maske zerbrach • Ich hab Dein Gesicht gesehen • Die Zeit blieb stehen

Ein vergessener Kuß • Ein verlorener Blick • Kommen nie mehr im Leben zurück.

[German lyrics by Ernst Bader and Hans Ewer]