Co-directors Nelson Pereira Dos Santos and Dora Jobim create a lively musical memorial to Brazil’s ambassador of bossa nova. By Stephen Dalton Cannes Musica Segundo Tom Jobim Still - P 2012 This ...

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. After enchanting ...

Now, at last, jazz is back in its old slot, albeit labeled “world music” and with a different function than before. While in the past, jazz acts were patched into the fest as just another piece in a ...

Yet we’re long past the point where pop can’t include all that. Just consider Steely Dan’s “Aja,” an album of luminous jazz modalities that also happens to be the purest pop. Jobim, though he wrote in ...

A project is taking place that will allow musicians, researchers and fans throughout the whole e world to enter into contact with the intimate and musical universe of Brazilian composer who was the ...

If you’ve heard any Brazilian music in the past few years, it’s a fair bet that you’ve experienced the work of Jacques Morelenbaum, as either a cellist, an arranger-orchestrator or a producer. A ...

Really, is there anyone who does not like Antonio Carlos Jobim (Tom)? Antonio Adolfo, the pianist, arranger, and producer behind this wonderful recording, seems to have lived in a parallel universe to ...

It would be difficult to overestimate the melodic grace, harmonic allure and lasting eloquence of the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. Universally loved songs such as “Girl from Ipanema,” “Desafinado” ...

Apart from his more widely known accomplishments as a founder of bossa nova and the writer of standards such as "The Girl From Ipanema, "Corcovado, and "Desafinado, Antonio Carlos Jobim harbored an ...

The upcoming "Sinatra & Jobim @ 50 album" celebrates the anniversary of the two musical greats' collaboration By Judy Cantor-Navas In one of the classiest acts in musical history, Frank Sinatra and ...

The family of the late legendary Brazilian bossa nova guitarist Antonio Carlos Jobim has filed a breach of contract and royalties lawsuit alleging that the rights to many of his famous songs have… By ...