JOBIM ANTONIO CARLOS, FOR SOLO FINGERSTYLE GUITAR. Sokolow. 16 Titoli. TAB.
Sixteen chord-melody arrangements by Fred Sokolow. Includes 'The Girl From Ipanema', 'How Insensitive', 'One Note Samba' and 'Desafinado'. Also includes introduction and discography.
The sixteen Antonio Carlos Jobim tunes in this book are arranged for the solo guitarist in the jazz guitar chordmelody style. The beauty of this style is that the guitar, like a piano, plays melody, rhythm, and harmony. The melody is usually the top note of each chord. Whether you use a pick or your fingers, the guitar is the perfect instrument to express these beautiful bossa nova songs. Guitar is essential to Brazilian music in general, and to bossa nova in particular, and Jobim played many of his classic hits on guitar.
Jobim will always be remembered as one of the originators of bossa nova, the melodious and rhythmic blend of Brazilian samba and cool U.S. jazz that became a pop sensation in the early '60s. His 600+ compositions include several pop hits and Grammy winners. Tunes like "The Girl from Ipanema," "Wave," and "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)" have been recorded by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, and countless other jazz-pop singers. Like George Gershwin and Duke Ellington, Jobim created a catalog of hits that will forever be reinterpreted by singers and instrumentalists.
His songs are among the "standards" that most working musicians find essential to their repertoire. Born January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jobim grew up on Rio's bucolic beach of Ipanema. He often said that the beauty of nature that surrounded him -"the sea, the forest, the mountains, the birds, the lagoon" - influenced his musical composition as much as the piano and guitar lessons he took as a child. He was fascinated by chord changes, and loved experimenting with them. Inspired by Duke Ellington and other jazz bands that came through Rio, Jobim began performing in local nightspots in his early twenties. He developed a mellow guitar and piano style uniquely suited to the expression of his original music. In 1956, Jobim and guitarist Luis Bonfa wrote a musical score for the play Black Orpheus, which, in '59, was turned into a popular French-Brazilian film. The movie's intense music drew international attention to Jobim and Bonfa. That same year, singer guitarist Joao Gilberto recorded Jobim's "Chega de Saudade" for Odeon Records, a Brazilian company for which Jobim was musical director. More than a major hit, the tune defined the budding musical form. As Jobim explained it, in Corcova, Brazil, "bossa" refers to the soft hump above a bull's shoulders, which swings gracefully when the animal walks. Bossa nova has the graceful swing of the Brazilian samba, but with subtler chord changes and more relaxed vocalizing.
Subsequent recordings by Gilberto, helped popularize the new sound, but it really took off internationally when U.S. sax player Stan Getz toured Brazil in 1961 and began cutting bossa nova albums, first with jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd, then with Bonfa, Gilberto, and Jobim. These recordings for Verve were very successful (the Getz/Byrd collaboration entitled "Jazz Samba" was 1962's number one pop album), and bossa nova entered the mainstream.
In the next few years, Jobim, Bonfa, and Gilberto recorded many hit albums and concertized at Carnegie Hall and all over the world. The bossa nova craze peaked with the 1964 release of "The Girl from Ipanema," featuring Getz, Gilberto, Jobim, and a sultry vocal by Gilberto's then-wife, Astrud. The tune went to #5 on pop charts and won a "Record of the Year" Grarnmy. It has become one of the ten most recorded songs of all time.
During the next few decades, Jobim lived in Los Angeles and continued to write hit tunes, perform, and create film scores. His concerts often featured members of his family including his son Paulo on guitar and his vocalizing second wife, Ana Lontra and daughter, Elizabeth. There was a "second wave" of interest in bossa nova in the late '80s, but Jobim was scornful of the vagaries of the pop music business. In 1989 he told and interviewer, "How boring, how annoying to be modern. I want to be eternal, not modernal." "Tom," as Jobim was called in Brazil, lived his last years in a Manhattan penthouse with his family, making music and devoting much of his time to environmental causes. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991 and received numerous other awards and honors. Since his death in December of 1994, several tribute albums have been released by jazz luminaries. There is no doubt that his music will continue to bring enjoyment to millions in the decades to come. As his colleague Oscar Neves said, "The beauty of his music is everlasting."
A Felicidade
Agua De Beber (Water To Drink)
Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)
Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune)
Dindi
How Insensitive (Insensatez)
Meditation (Meditacao)
O Morro Nao Tem Vez (Favela) (Somewhere In The Hills)
Once I Loved (Amor Em Paz) (Love In Peace)
One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)
Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
So Danco Samba (Jazz 'N' Samba)
The Girl From Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema)
Triste
Vivo Sonhando (Dreamer)
Wave
Italiano
English
