Sabia antonio carlos jobim biography

Born Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, January 25, 1927, in the Tijuca section of Rio de Janeiro; died December 8, 1994.

In the early sixties a new, sophisticated music redolent of 'quiet nights and quiet stars', tropical breezes, beautiful women on white sandy beaches, and clear waters reflecting blue skies came upon the scene.

The sound was recognizably Latin, a kind of slowed down samba, quieter, more sensual, and it had a name: Bossa Nova.

Soon, the sound would be known worldwide. Its success in the United States was kicked off with the classic Getz-Gilberto recordings of 1963, featuring the American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz and the Brazilian guitarist Joao Gilberto.

The album featured Gilberto's wife at the time, Astrud, who sang a song which was to become associated in the popular mind, with the music as a whole, "The Girl From Ipanema".And forever the name of Antonio Carlos Jobim, known to his Brazilian fans as Tom Jobim, is linked with Brazil's most successful