Music According to Tom Jobim(2012)

70

1h 24m

  • Documentary,
  • Music

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.

Cast

  • Antônio Carlos Jobim

    Antônio Carlos Jobim

    Self (archive footage)

  • Gal Costa

    Gal Costa

    Self (archive footage)

  • Sarah Vaughan

    Sarah Vaughan

    Self (archive footage)

  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Ella Fitzgerald

    Self (archive footage)

  • Caetano Veloso

    Caetano Veloso

    Self (archive footage)

  • Judy Garland

    Judy Garland

    Self (archive footage)

  • Chico Buarque

    Chico Buarque

    Self (archive footage)

  • Sammy Davis Jr.

    Sammy Davis Jr.

    Self (archive footage)

  • Oscar Peterson

    Oscar Peterson

    Self (archive footage)

  • Diana Krall

    Diana Krall

    Self (archive footage)

  • Lio

    Lio

    Self (archive footage)

  • Dizzy Gillespie

    Dizzy Gillespie

    Self (archive footage)

  • Birgit Brüel

    Birgit Brüel

    Self (archive footage)

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    Status

    Released (May 20, 2012)

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