Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer. Considered as one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim merged

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with

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in the 1960s to create bossa nova, with worldwide success. As a result, he is regarded as one of the fathers of bossa nova, and as one of the most-celebrated songwriters of the 20th century. Jobim was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists internationally since the early 1960s. In 1965, the album '' Getz/Gilberto'' was the first jazz record to win the

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for Album of the Year. It also won Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The album's single " Garota de Ipanema (The Girl from Ipanema)", composed by Jobim, has become one of the most recorded songs of all time, and the album won the

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. Jobim composed many songs that are now included in

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and pop standard repertoires. "Garota de Ipanema" has been recorded over 240 times by other artists. His 1967 album with

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, '' Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim'', was nominated for Album of the Year in 1968 and album Antônio Brasileiro was awarded the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.

Early life

Antônio Carlos Jobim was born at 23:15 BRT on 25 January 1927 in the middle-class district of

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. His father, Jorge de Oliveira Jobim ( São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul; 1889–1935), was a writer, diplomat, professor and journalist. He came from a prominent family, being the great-nephew of ,

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, privy councillor and physician of Emperor

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. While studying medicine in Europe, José Martins added ''Jobim'' to his last name, paying homage to the village where his family came from in Portugal, the parish of Santa Cruz de Jovim,

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. Antônio's mother, Nilza Brasileiro de Almeida ( 1910–1989), was of partly indigenous descent from northeastern Brazil. Brasileiro de Almeida was only 16 years old when she gave birth to Antônio Carlos Jobim at their home in Tijuca on Rua Conde de Bonfim. When Antônio was still an infant, his parents separated and his mother moved with her children (Antônio Carlos and his sister Helena Isaura, born 23 February 1931) to

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, the beachside neighborhood the composer would later celebrate in his songs. In 1935, when the elder Jobim died, Nilza married Celso da Frota Pessoa (died 2 February 1979), who would encourage his stepson's career; it was he who gave Jobim his first piano. Jobim credits his stepfather with encouraging him to pursue music. In an interview with Roberto d'Ávila in 1981, he said, "I hated the piano, I thought it was a girly thing, I liked to play soccer...I had a great stepfather who really helped me get involved with music and convinced me that the piano was not a girly thing." As a young man of limited means, Jobim earned his living by playing in nightclubs and bars and later as an arranger for a recording label before starting to achieve success as a composer. Later on in the interview with Roberto d'Ávila, Jobim talks about his feelings toward his upbringing. He notes a conversation he had with a friend of his father's, Erico Verissimo, where Verissimo said that Tom Jobim should be sombre due to the absence of his father from a young age. Jobim told d'Ávila, "I was left without a father, clinging to my mother's skirts…some enhave 'excessive' fathers, the excessive presence of their fathers is a problem, but the absence of a father is also a problem." Jobim continued with d'Ávila, sharing that it takes something of great influence to bring someone to dedicate their life to music. He said that "people who play the piano well are all handicapped". He mentions the health struggles of both Sergio Mendes who had

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and Luiz Eça who had

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. "It takes something really strong to make you leave reality behind and begin to write songs," Jobim shared. With d'Ávila he alludes to his sadness as a young man as being the driving force that motivated him to further his pursuit in music, that he needed to be sad in order to play the piano and write. He concludes on the topic with d'Ávila that, at that point in his life (the interview having taken place in 1981) that he no longer needed to be sad to create music, that he was no longer sad as he was at the beginning of his career.

Musical influences

Jobim's musical roots were planted firmly in the work of

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, the legendary musician and composer who began modern Brazilian music in the 1930s. Among his teachers were Lúcia Branco and, from 1941 on, Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, a German composer who lived in Brazil and introduced

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and twelve-tone composition in the country. Jobim's mother established a school where Jobim would begin taking lessons on the piano; this is when he would meet Koellreutter. Jobim was also influenced by the French composers

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and

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, and by the Brazilian composers Ary Barroso who has been described as Jobim's "most important musical influence". Among many themes, his lyrics talked about love, self-discovery, betrayal, joy and especially about the birds and natural wonders of Brazil, like the " Mata Atlântica" forest, characters of Brazilian folklore and his home city of

. In a segment with the NBC ''Today'' show in 1986, hosted by

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, Jobim spoke about his music's origins of inspiration, saying "My music comes from this environment here, you know, the rain, the sun, the trees, the birds, the fish."

Career

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In the 1940s Jobim started to play piano in bars and nightclubs of Rio de Janeiro, and in the first years of the 1950s he worked as an arranger in the Continental Studio, where in April 1953 he had his first composition recorded, when the Brazilian singer Mauricy Moura recorded Jobim's composition "Incerteza", with lyrics by Newton Mendonça. Jobim became prominent in Brazil when he teamed up with poet and diplomat

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to write the music for the play '' Orfeu da Conceição'' (1956). The most popular song from the show was "Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Você" ("If Everyone Were Like You"). Later, when the play was adapted into a film, producer Sacha Gordine did not want to use any of the existing music from the play. Gordine asked de Moraes and Jobim for a new score for the film ''Orfeu Negro'', or '' Black Orpheus'' (1959). Moraes was at the time away in

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, Uruguay, working for the Itamaraty (the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and so he and Jobim were only able to write three songs, primarily over the telephone (" A felicidade", "Frevo" and "O nosso amor"). This collaboration proved successful, and de Moraes went on to pen the lyrics to some of Jobim's most popular songs. In 1958 the Brazilian singer and guitarist

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recorded his first album with two of Jobim's most famous songs, "Desafinado" and "Chega de Saudade". This album inaugurated the Bossa Nova movement in Brazil. The sophisticated harmonies of his songs caught the attention of jazz musicians in the United States, principally after his first performance at

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, in 1962. A key event in making Jobim's music known in the English-speaking world was his collaboration with the American jazz saxophonist

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, the Brazilian singer

, and Gilberto's wife at the time,

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, which resulted in two albums, '' Getz/Gilberto'' (1963) and '' Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2'' (1964). The release of ''Getz/Gilberto'' created a bossa nova craze in the United States and subsequently internationally. Getz had previously recorded '' Jazz Samba'' with Charlie Byrd (1962), and '' Jazz Samba Encore!'' with

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(1964). Jobim wrote many of the songs on ''Getz/Gilberto'', which became one of the best-selling

albums of all time, and turned Astrud Gilberto, who sang on "Garota de Ipanema" ("

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") and "

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" ("Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars"), into an international sensation. At the

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''Getz/Gilberto'' won the

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, the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group and the

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. "The Girl from Ipanema" won the

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. Among his later hits is "Águas de Março" (" Waters of March", 1972), for which he wrote both the Portuguese and English lyrics, and which was then translated into French by

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(as "Les Eaux de Mars", 1973). In talking about his creative process when writing and creating " Girl From Ipanema", Jobim told Roberto d’Ávila in 1981, "It comes to me in a way, then it changes one or two times and all of the sudden, it becomes something that makes sense…it's like the profile of a woman…the profile of a woman, something very discernible, then you say: ‘hey, this is really beautiful…’ then you stare and as soon as you stare, it's gone, I mean it becomes part of the past." Jobim continues, "I mean, every time you draw something it turns into, it's something static… that portrait remains forever."

Collaboration with Elis Regina c. 1974–1982

Jobim and

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first met in 1974 in Los Angeles, when Regina was only 29 years old and still a fresh face in the Brazilian music industry. Regina was a force to be reckoned with, being referred to as ''furacão'' ("hurricane" in English) by those who worked with and around her. The two artists came together to create the album '' Elis & Tom'' which would unexpectedly become tremendously popular in the United States as well as across the globe. Regina and Jobim had a special creative chemistry between them that was noted by those who were present to witness the collaborative process first hand during that era in both of their careers. Oscar Castro-Neves, a guitarist-producer who worked with Regina and Jobim on the ''Elis & Tom'' album in the mid-1970s, recalled in an article with the ''

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'' that "There was a very fine line between ‘rehearsal’ and ‘hanging out,’ ‘just talking’...it was all that seamless." Due to the nature of their work relationship, Regina and Jobim grew close and had a symbiosis that is reflected in the result of their work together. ''Aguas de Março'' represents this, with the lyrics simulating a banter of finishing each other's sentences.

Personal life

Jobim was married to Thereza Otero Hermanny on 15 October 1949 and had two children with her: Paulo Jobim (1950–2022), an architect and musician, (father of Daniel Jobim (born 1973) and Dora Jobim (born 1976)); and Elizabeth "Beth" Jobim (born 1957), a painter. Jobim and Thereza divorced in 1978. On 30 April 1986, he married 29-year-old photographer Ana Beatriz Lontra, with whom he had two more children: João Francisco Jobim (1979–1998) and Maria Luiza Helena Jobim (born 1987). Daniel, Paulo's son, followed his grandfather to become a pianist and composer, and performed "The Girl from Ipanema" during the

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of the

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Death

In early 1994, after finishing his album '' Antonio Brasileiro'', Jobim complained to his doctor, Roberto Hugo Costa Lima, of urinary problems. Jobim was diagnosed with

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and underwent treatment, although he postponed surgery. He underwent an operation at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City on 2 December 1994. At 7:00 EST on 8 December, while recovering from surgery, he had a

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caused by a

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, and two hours later, another cardiac arrest, from which he died. He was survived by his children and grandchildren. His last album, ''Antonio Brasileiro'', was released posthumously, just days after his death. His body lay in state until given a proper burial on 20 December 1994. He is buried in the Cemitério São João Batista in Rio de Janeiro.

Legacy

Jobim is widely regarded as one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century. Many of his songs are

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. American jazz singers

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and

prominently featured Jobim's songs on their albums '' Ella Abraça Jobim'' (1981) and '' Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim'' (1967), respectively. The 1996 CD ''Wave: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook'' included performances of Jobim tunes by

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and

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. Jobim was an innovator in the use of sophisticated harmonic structures in popular song. Some of his melodic twists, like the melody insisting on the major seventh of the chord. The Brazilian collaborators and interpreters of Jobim's music include

(often credited as a co-creator or creator of bossa nova),

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, Edu Lobo,

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and Flora Purim. Significant arrangements of Jobim's compositions were written by Eumir Deodato,

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, and especially the conductor/composer Claus Ogerman. He won a

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at the

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in 2012. As a posthumous homage, on 5 January 1999, the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro changed the name of Rio's Galeão International Airport, located on Governador Island, to bear the composer's name. Galeão Airport is explicitly mentioned in his composition " Samba do Avião". In 2014, Jobim was posthumously inducted to the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2015, ''

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'' named Jobim as one of The 30 Most Influential Latin Artists of All Time. He was nominated for five Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist at the 7th Grammy Awards, where he lost to the Beatles. He won Best Latin Jazz Performance for the album titled Antonio Brasileiro at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards. Written by

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, the ninth track on Oregon alternative rock band

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's 1994 album '' Cop and Speeder'' is entitled "Antonio Carlos Jobim". American contemporary jazz singer Michael Franks dedicated his 1995 album '' Abandoned Garden'' to the memory of Jobim. English singer/songwriter

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frequently acknowledged Jobim's influence. His 1996 album '' Older'' was dedicated to Jobim, and he recorded " Desafinado" on ''

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'' (1996) with Astrud Gilberto. Following a public vote, the official mascot of the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Tom, was named after him. In 2015, a

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on the planet Mercury was named in his honor by the

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Discography and compositions

::Studio albums * 1963: '' The Composer of Desafinado, Plays'' ( Verve) * 1965: '' The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim'' (

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) * 1967: '' A Certain Mr. Jobim'' (Warner Bros.) * 1967: ''

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'' ( CTI/ A&M) * 1970: '' Stone Flower'' (CTI) * 1970: ''

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'' (A&M) * 1973: '' Jobim'' ( MCA) * 1976: '' Urubu'' (Warner Bros.) * 1980: '' Terra Brasilis'' (Warner Bros.) * 1987: '' Passarim'' (Verve) * 1995: '' Antônio Brasileiro'' ( Columbia) * 1995: '' Inédito'' (

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) * 1997: ''Minha Alma Canta'' (Lumiar) ::Collaborations * 1954: ''Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro'' (Continental), with Billy Blanco * 1956: '' Orfeu da Conceição'' (Odeon), with

* 1957: "O Pequeno Príncipe" (Festa), an audiobook, whose soundtrack Jobim composed * 1961: ''Brasília – Sinfonia Da Alvorada'' (Columbia), with Vinicius de Moraes * 1964: '' Getz/Gilberto'' (Verve) * 1964: '' Caymmi visita Tom'' (Elenco/Polygram/

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), with Dorival Caymmi * 1967: '' Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim'' (Reprise) * 1974: '' Elis & Tom'' (

), with

* 1977: ''Miúcha & Antônio Carlos Jobim'' (

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), with Miúcha * 1979: ''Miúcha & Tom Jobim'' (

), with Miúcha * 1981: ''Edu & Tom'' (

), with Edu Lobo * 1983: Gabriela (

), original soundtrack from the movie "Gabriela, Cravo e Canela"

References

Sources

* * * De Stefano, Gildo, ''Il popolo del

, La vicenda e i protagonisti della storia della musica popolare brasiliana'', preface by Chico Buarque de Hollanda, introduction by Gianni Minà, RAI-ERI, Rome 2005, * De Stefano, Gildo, ''Saudade Bossa Nova: musiche, contaminazioni e ritmi del Brasile'', preface by Chico Buarque, introduction by Gianni Minà, Logisma Editore, Florence 2017, * *

External links

Antônio Carlos Jobim
– tribute site

– remembrance site * *

at The Brazilian Sound

– "Clube do Tom"
Antônio Carlos Jobim
– behind the scenes of the legendary bossa nova concert at

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