Composer

by Antonio Carlos Jobim

Overview

This is a very useful anthology for Antonio Carlos Jobim collectors, who can now acquire on one CD the entire contents of the Warner Bros. albums The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim and A Certain Mr. Jobim, plus four unreleased tracks from the latter session and the two Jobim-penned songs from Love, Strings and Jobim. These sessions, however, do not represent the best of '60s Jobim; they sound like attempts to commercialize the great man by presenting him mainly as an English-language vocalist who thus might sell his songs to American easy listening consumers. In the Wonderful World sessions, Nelson Riddle takes the reins of the orchestra, but the man who could brilliantly reveal Frank Sinatra's soul doesn't quite mesh with Jobim's; the backings are too bright for the composer's dark, yearning undercurrents. The two cuts from Love, Strings and Jobim are too brash and vulgar for words (could this really be the work of Eumir Deodato?) but with A Certain Mr. Jobim, Jobim is back in the more delicate hands of Claus Ogerman, who lays on the elusive saudade shadings most effectively in the four lovely Portuguese-language outtakes. There are generous quotas of Jobim classics here, several forgettable songs too, but also some instrumental sleepers like the tone poem "Surfboard" (heard twice) and the stunningly beautiful "Estrada de Sol." Jobim nuts will want this, of course, but the Creed Taylor-produced albums from this era are far more musically and emotionally right. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	10/29/1996
Label:	Warner Bros.
UPC:	0093624611424

Tracks

1. She's a Carioca
2. Agua de Beber
3. Surfboard
4. Useless Landscape
5. S¿¿ Tinha de Ser Com Voc¿¿
6. A Felicidade
7. Bonita
8. Favela
9. Valso de P¿¿rto Das Caixas
10. Samba Do Avi¿¿o
11. Por Toda a Mimha Vida
12. Dindi
13. Hurry Up and Love Me
14. Pardon My English
15. Bonita
16. Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Voc¿¿ (Someone to Light Up My Life)
17. Off-Key
18. Photograph
19. Surfboard
20. Outra Vez
21. I Was Just One More for You (Esperanca Perdida)
22. Estrada Do Sol
23. Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa de Voc¿¿)
24. Zingaro
25. Esperan¿¿a Perdida (I Was Just One More for You)
26. Fotografia
27. Por Causa de Voc¿¿
28. Desafinado

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Antonio Carlos Jobim   Primary Artist,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards
Claus Ogerman   Guest Artist,Conductor
Nelson Riddle   Guest Artist,Conductor
Dick Hyman   Guest Artist
Eumir Deodato   Conductor
Claus Ogermann   Conductor
Bob Cranshaw   Guitar (Bass)
Deodato   Conductor
Rubens Bassini   Percussion
Michael Moore   Guitar (Bass)
Gaya   Conductor
Pascoal Meirelles   Drums
Lindolfo Gaya   Conductor

Technical Credits

Eumir Deodato   Arranger
Claus Ogermann   Arranger
Bob Blumenthal   Liner Notes
Billy Blanco   Composer
Claus Ogerman   Arranger
Frank Laico   Engineer
Dolores Duran   Composer
Deodato   Arranger
Vinicius de Moraes   Composer,Lyricist
Louis Oliveira   Composer,Producer
Nelson Riddle   Arranger
Matt Pierson   Compilation Producer
Aloysio de Oliveira   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Ray Gilbert   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Anne Rachel   Composer,Lyricist
George Lee   Producer,Producer
Gaya   Arranger
Andre Salvet   Composer,Lyricist
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer,Lyricist
Gene Lees   Composer
Lee Herschberg   Digital Mastering
Lowell Frank   Engineer
Jimmy Hilliard   Producer
Norman Gimbel   Lyricist
Lindolfo Gaya   Arranger
Gene Gees   Composer
Newton Mendonca   Composer