Antonio Carlos Jobim

The Composer of Desafinado, Plays [IMPORT]

Antonio Carlos Jobim, Piano, Electric Piano, Vocal, Guitar
Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone
George Duvivier, Bass
Leo Wright, Alto Saxophone, Flute

Produced by

Recorded at A & R Studios
New York, NY
Phil Ramone, Engineer
Recorded May 1963

Catalog Number: 314 521 431-2i
UPC: 731452143129
Format: CD
Label: Verve/Polygram

So Achingly Cool
It was 1975. Medical school – interminable hours buried in the belly of the library, surrounded by dry books and drier company. It couldn't help but suck the cool right out of you. And then, like a fresh Brazilian breeze off the Atlantic, I heard these so sweet melodies flowing from my roommate's stereo. I was hooked instantly. These tunes are so phenominally beautiful that your mellowness meter and cool quotient will zoom. By the end of "Desafinado," you'll wish it were 1960 so Bossa Nova could start all over again

If You Like Bossa Nova then this CD is the Mother for Ya !!!
A few years go I worked in a record/CD store. My colleague was about 42 years old (by that time I was about 23 years old) and already into Bossa Nova music. So he played Jobim´s records over and over again. I started liking it a bit because it was relaxing. Then I saw David Lynch´s "Lost Highway" flick and heard "Insenzatez." That just blew me away so that I started running ´round and looking for the original album. And I found this remaster...! Bang !! Every song is a classic which makes me fantasize about a cool Brazilian place in the 60s with cocktails or just relaxing and listen to the playing or both or doing everything that is chilling on me. This is a must-have for all people who got style.