The arranger Cesar Camargo Mariano (married to Elis at the time) and Elis herself were both big fans of this record. The inspiration for the project was an LP of songs by Tom and Vinicius de Moraes, released in 1959 on the Festa label ‘ ‘Por Toda a Minha Vida’, performed by Lenita Bruno (1926-1987), which featured arrangements by her husband Leo Peracchi (1911-1993), ex-professor of Tom. ‘Record an album of music by Tom Jobim… with Tom Jobim’. Having had massive success with such songs as ‘Casa no Campo’ and ‘Aguas de Marco’ over the previous years, Midani asked Elis if there was anything she really wanted. After having commemorated 10 years with Jorge Ben and Jair Rodrigues as part of the cast of artists in 1973, the director of Philips Brazil, Andre Midani, verified that the following year Elis Regina would be celebrating 10 years with the label. One of his best known works was the classic Elis & Tom album. The lyrics for his most popular songs were written by de Moraes. Jobim found prominence when he teamed up with writer and poet Vinicius de Moraes in providing part of the music for the play Orfeu de Carnaval (1956), that later gained wide recognition in the film Black Orpheus. He was also influenced by the music of French composer Claude Debussy and by jazz.

Jobim’s compositions, many performed by Joao Gilberto, gave birth to the genre in the early 1960s.Īntonio Carlos Jobim’s roots were planted firmly in the works of Pixinguinha, a legendary musician and composer who, in the 1930s, began the development of modern Brazilian music. Jobim was a Brazilian composer, arranger, singer, pianist and perhaps the greatest legend of bossa nova. Your Connection to traditional and contemporary World Music, including folk, roots, global music, ethno and crosscultural fusionsĪntonio Carlos Jobim was born Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, Januin the Tijuca neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.

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