The Music According to Tom Jobim

Overview

Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The Girl from Ipanema." This relaxed, cool, sensuous music blended jazz and samba. After recording an album of songs by his friend Jobim, Frank Sinatra is reported to have said, "I haven't sung so quietly since I had laryngitis." Naturally, "The Girl from Ipanema" and Frank Sinatra are featured in this musical collage of countless seamlessly edited excerpts of concert footage that cover decades of events all over the world: from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, Paris, Copenhagen, Jerusalem, Tokyo, Montreal, New York and back to Rio.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 20, 2012

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken languages

Portuguese

Countries

Brazil

Production

Regina Filmes,Natura,Instituto Antonio Carlos Jobim

Cast

Antônio Carlos Jobim,Dizzy Gillespie,Ella Fitzgerald,Diana Krall,Sarah Vaughan,Sammy Davis Jr.,Oscar Peterson,Lio,Birgit Brüel,Caetano Velosoand 3 more

Director

Dora Jobim,Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Writer

Miúcha,Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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