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 ...

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 ...

A bronze statue was inaugurated Monday (Dec 8) on Ipanema Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, as a tribute to singer and songwriter Tom Jobim. The ceremony was held on his 20th death anniversary, and gathered ...

It’s been said poetry is that which is lost in translation. Not so with the songs of Antonio Carlos “Tom” Jobim. Aside from such wonderful wordplay on The Girl from Ipanema as “But each day when she ...

Rio de Janeiro, Dec 8 (EFE).Rio de Janeiro, Dec 8 (EFE). — A statue of musician and composer Antonio Carlos Jobim was inaugurated Monday, the 20th anniversary of his death, on a boardwalk overlooking ...

Two of Brazil’s greatest stars – singer Elis Regina and composer Tom Jobim – came together for a project saved by a whisker They were two of Brazil’s biggest stars – the singer Elis Regina and the ...

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 ...

Bossa nova music has a cool, light feeling, with delicate melodies drifting on gentle rhythms. It floated out of Brazil in the 1960s, spearheaded by Joao Gilberto, Vinicius de Moreas and, of course, ...

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 ...

61 Years of Bossa Nova: The Music of Tom Jobim will be a night of music while empowering women and diversity in Houston. In addition to her original music, Paula Maya with guest Beth Galiger will ...