The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim
The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1965 | |||
Recorded | 1965 | |||
Genre | Latin jazz, bossa nova | |||
Length | 29:11 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Jimmy Hillard | |||
Antônio Carlos Jobim chronology | ||||
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The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim is the second studio album by Antônio Carlos Jobim with arrangements by Nelson Riddle. It was released in 1965 and was number 57 on the US Albums 1965 year-end chart.[citation needed]
Reception
Nelson Riddle’s biographer, Peter J. Levinson, said, "[T]he most beautiful album that Nelson ever arranged in his entire career was The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim, recorded in 1965. It is really the inner workings of the Jobim/Riddle combination—the tenderness and sensuality that predominated throughout this recording—that revealed how much Nelson and 'Tom' Jobim were soulmates.... Nelson used a mixture of flutes, trombones, and strings to perfectly convey the romanticism of the samba. Jobim's Portuguese and heavily accented English vocals and guitar blended seamlessly with Nelson's arrangements."[1]
John Bush in an AllMusic review was more critical of the album, saying the promising duo was limited by Riddle's "surprisingly safe" arrangements and Jobim's "quavering vocals." Still, Bush commended Jobim's subtle interpretation on songs like "Dindi" and "A Felicidade" and called "She's a Carioca" a cheerful sequel to "The Girl from Ipanema."[2]
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Track listing
All music composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, lyricists indicated
- "She's a Carioca" (Vinicius de Moraes, Ray Gilbert) –2:38
- "Água de Beber" (de Moraes, Gimbel) –2:29
- "Surfboard" –2:24
- "Useless Landscape" (Gilbert, Aloísio de Oliveira) –2:18
- "Só Tinha de Ser Com Você" (Oliveira) –2:29
- "A Felicidade" (de Moraes) –2:07
- "Bonita" (Gene Lees) –2:09
- "Favela" (de Moraes) –2:37
- "Valsa de Pôrto das Caixas" –3:22
- "Samba do Avião" –2:13
- "Por Toda a Minha Vida" (de Moraes) –1:51
- "Dindi" (Gilbert, Oliveira) –2:35
Personnel
- Antônio Carlos Jobim — piano, guitar
- Nelson Riddle — arranger/conductor
References
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- The Composer of Desafinado Plays (1963)
- The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim (1965)
- A Certain Mr. Jobim (1967)
- Wave (1967)
- Tide (1970)
- Stone Flower (1970)
- Jobim (1973)
- Urubu (1976)
- Terra Brasilis (1980)
- Inédito (1995)
- Antônio Brasileiro (1995)
- Jazzvisions (1986)
- Sinatra–Jobim Sessions (1979)
- Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (2010)
- Lost Highway (1997)
- Getz/Gilberto (1963, Stan Getz)
- Jazz Samba Encore! (1963, Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfá)
- Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1963, Stan Getz)
- Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim (1967, Frank Sinatra)
- Sinatra & Company (1971, Frank Sinatra)
- Elis & Tom (1974, Elis Regina)
- "Fly Me to the Moon" (1994, Frank Sinatra)
- "A felicidade"
- "Água de Beber" (Drinking Water)
- "Waters of March"
- "Chega de Saudade" (No More Blues)
- "Corcovado" (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
- "Desafinado"
- "Dindi"
- "The Girl from Ipanema"
- "How Insensitive"
- "Inútil Paisagem" (If You Never Come to Me)
- "Meditation"
- "O Morro Não Tem Vez" (Favela)
- "One Note Samba"
- "Só Danço Samba"
- "Someone to Light Up My Life"
- "Triste
- "Wave"
- Canção do Amor Demais (1958, Elizete Cardoso)
- Black Orpheus (1959, Luiz Bonfá)
- Chega de Saudade (1959, João Gilberto)
- Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann, Latin Fever (1962, Herbie Mann)
- The Swinger from Rio (1965, Sérgio Mendes)
- Love, Strings and Jobim (1966, various)
- Abandoned Garden (1995, Michael Franks)