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Antônio Carlos Jobim – Wave (1967/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 31:08 minutes | 682 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M Records, CTI Records

Expectations run high when a successful producer resigns his post to join a rival company. Things were no different in the case of Creed Taylor who left Verve for A&M, taking along the bossa guru Jobim. This liaison resulted in the album Wave, which Latin specialists regard as one of the most artistic ever, perhaps because Jobim rides the gentlest of waves in this particular recording. While the large instrumental ensemble might lead one to suspect that sensationalism was the aim here, listening to the music proves that Jobim has remained true to his clear melodies and his simple, sensitive style. A relaxed carpet of sound is rolled out which enhances and refines the essence of Jobim’s musical roots, turning them into miniature tone poems.
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Antonio Carlos Jobim – Urubu (1976/2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 37:23 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino – Warner Records

Urubu is the album that MCA’s Jobim probably aspired to be, a total break away from the bossa nova past that is both ambitious and strikingly original. The shock of dissonant strings, percussive and wind sounds from the Brazilian interior greet us on the first track “Bôto,” the first of four songs in which a defiant Jobim throws structural complexities at us and sings in Portuguese only. The second four tracks are an even more radical departure; all are classical orchestral pieces, melancholy and even anguished in tone, owing little or nothing to anyone, streaked with imaginative, even avant-garde orchestral touches from Claus Ogerman. Clearly we are not on the Ipanema beach anymore, and although this may be rough going for jazz-minded Jobim fans, the pay-off is a glimpse into the depths of Jobim’s soul.
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Antônio Carlos Jobim – Tide (1970/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 35:09 minutes | 1,42 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © A&M Records / The Verve Music Group

One of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s best-known albums, 1970’s „Tide“ is a companion piece to 1967’s „Wave“, a similarly lush and smooth collection for producer Creed Taylor’s CTI Records. In fact, this album’s lengthy title track is a theme-and-variations exploration of the main melodic line from WAVE’s title track.

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Antonio Carlos Jobim – The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays (1963/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 35:31 minutes | 1,30 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

Brazilian composer and pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote two of the biggest bossa nova hits ever recorded, Desafinado and The Girl From Ipanema. Most people, however, had no idea of his name or reputation as an architect of bossa nova, hence the cumbersome title of this debut. The album contains instrumental versions of Jobim’s well-known classics including, of course, Desafinado, The Girl From Ipanema, One Note Samba, Chega de Saudade and others, performed by Jobim and a host of American jazz musicians. The arrangements are by Claus Ogerman, who would go on to work with Jobim for decades.
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Antônio Carlos Jobim – The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays (1963/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:31 minutes | 739 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

The Composer of Desafinado, Plays is Antonio Carlos Jobim’s debut album originally released in 1963. The Brazilian musician and composer was known as one of the primary influences behind the creation of the bossa nova musical style. The record features all original compositions, including “The Girl from Ipanema” one of the most widely recorded songs of all time.

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Antonio Carlos Jobim – The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:05:43 minutes | 595 MB | Genre: Bossa Nova
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Brasileiro de Almeida and the second or paternal family name is Jobim.Antnio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927 – December 8, 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (Portuguese pronunciation: [t ob]), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer. Widely considered as one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim is the artist who internationalized bossa nova and, with the help of important American artists, merged it with jazz in the 1960s to create a new sound with remarkable popular success.He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within Brazil and internationally.In 1965 his album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz album to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It also won for Best Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group and for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The album’s single “Garota de Ipanema” (“The Girl from Ipanema”), one of the most recorded songs of all time, won the Record of the Year. Jobim has left a large number of songs that are now included in jazz and pop standard repertoires. The song “Garota de Ipanema” has been recorded over 240 times by other artists. His 1967 album with Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antnio Carlos Jobim, was nominated for Album of the Year in 1968.
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Antonio Carlos Jobim – Stone Flower (1970/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:29 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © CTI Records

Stone Flower is the fifth album by Antônio Carlos Jobim. Recorded in March, April, and May 1970 by Rudy Van Gelder at Van Gelder Studios and produced by Creed Taylor, the album was released in 1970 on CTI Records.
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Antonio Carlos Jobim – Sinfonia Do Rio De Janeiro (1954/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 27:34 minutes | 197 MB | Genre: Samba, Latin
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (Portuguese pronunciation: [tõ ʒoˈbĩ]), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim internationalized bossa nova and, with the help of important American artists, merged it with jazz in the 1960s to create a new sound with popular success. As such he is sometimes known as the “father of bossa nova”.

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.
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Antonio Carlos Jobim – Birth Of The Bossa! (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:45:40 minutes | 1,77 GB | Genre: Bossa Nova
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © RevOla

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (Portuguese pronunciation: [tõ ʒoˈbĩ]), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim internationalized bossa nova and, with the help of important American artists, merged it with jazz in the 1960s to create a new sound with popular success. As such he is sometimes known as the “father of bossa nova”.

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.
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