Various - Antonio Carlos Jobim & Friends (3 Parts)

Brazilian songwriter and vocalist Antonio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994) was one of the creators of the subtle, whispery, jazz-influenced popular song style known as bossa nova. He has been widely acclaimed as one of Brazil's greatest and most innovative musicians of the twentieth century.

Jobim's place in the annals of popular music was secured by a single hit song, "The Girl from Ipanema" (1964), which he co-wrote with lyricist Vinícius de Moraes. His creative contributions to jazz, however, went much deeper; many of his songs became jazz standards, and, in the words of Richard S. Ginell of the All Music Guide , "Every other set" performed in jazz clubs "seems to contain at least one bossa nova." Jobim was sometimes called the George Gershwin of Brazil, not so much because of any musical or lyric similarity Jobim's songs tended to have oblique, often poetic lyrics quite unlike the clever romantic rhymes of George Gershwin's brother Ira but because his music became the bedrock for the work of jazz musicians for decades after its creation.

Album: Antonio Carlos Jobim & Friends (Part 1)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 58:22

Size: 133.6 MB

Styles: Bossa Nova, Brazilian jazz

Year: 2015

[2:40] 1. Antônio Carlos Jobim - The Girl From Ipanema

[2:28] 2. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Agua De Beber

[5:15] 3. Dizzy Gillespie - One Note Samba

[3:36] 4. João Gilberto - Só Danço Samba

[4:17] 5. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Corcovado

[2:48] 6. Astrud Gilberto - How Insensitive

[4:13] 7. Stan Getz - Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)

[3:31] 8. Elis Regina - Águas De Março

[2:15] 9. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Wave

[2:27] 10. Caetano Veloso - Meditação

[4:55] 11. Gal Costa - A Felicidade

[4:26] 12. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Captain Bacardi

[2:40] 13. Astrud Gilberto - Dindi

[4:41] 14. Stan Getz - O Grande Amor

[3:09] 15. Elis Regina - Inútil Paisagem

[2:40] 16. Walter Wanderley - Song Of The Jet

[2:13] 17. Ella Fitzgerald - Desafinado

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Album: Antonio Carlos Jobim & Friends (Part 2)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 66:35

Size: 152.4 MB

Styles: Bossa Nova, Brazilian jazz

Year: 2015

[4:44] 1. Wes Montgomery - O Morro Nao Tem Vez

[2:10] 2. Astrud Gilberto - Amor Em Paz

[3:50] 3. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Brasil Nativo

[5:03] 4. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Para Machuchar Meu Coracao

[6:21] 5. Herbie Hancock - Ela E Carioca

[3:09] 6. Elis Regina - Retrato Em Branco E Preto

[5:48] 7. Ella Fitzgerald - Jazz Samba

[2:45] 8. Astrud Gilberto - Felicidade

[2:51] 9. João Gilberto - Vivo Sohando

[5:27] 10. Joe Henderson - Dreamer

[2:06] 11. Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - Triste

[2:32] 12. Astrud Gilberto - Eu E Voco

[2:39] 13. Elis Regina - Bonita

[5:18] 14. Joe Henderson - Portrait In Black And White

[4:34] 15. João Gilberto - Este Seu Olhar

[1:44] 16. Elis Regina - O Que Tinha De Ser

[5:26] 17. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Ana Luiza

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Album: Antonio Carlos Jobim & Friends (Part 3)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 64:12

Size: 147.0 MB

Styles: Bossa Nova, Brazilian jazz

Year: 2015

Art: Front

[6:36] 1. Joe Henderson - Boto

[3:29] 2. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Luiza

[3:59] 3. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Remember

[5:03] 4. Gal Costa - Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce

[3:18] 5. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Chansong

[8:46] 6. Lee Ritenour - Stone Flower

[2:19] 7. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Mojave

[6:39] 8. Stan Getz - Once Again (Outra Vez)

[3:09] 9. Elis Regina - Chovendo Na Roseira

[2:07] 10. Nelson Riddle - Por Toda Minha Vida

[2:27] 11. Astrud Gilberto - She's A Carioca

[2:17] 12. Astrud Gilberto - Water To Drink

[3:44] 13. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Looks Like December

[3:16] 14. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Nuvens Douradas (Golden Clouds)

[3:11] 15. Joe Henderson - Happy Madness

[3:44] 16. Antônio Carlos Jobim - Anos Dourados

Antonio Carlos Jobim & Friends (Part 1)(Part 2)(Part 3) 

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Gal Costa - Gal Bossa Tropical

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:23
Size: 106.2 MB
Styles: Latin jazz, Brazilian rhythms
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[3:43] 1. Socorro
[4:07] 2. The Fool On The Hill
[3:46] 3. Onde Deus Possa Me Ouvir
[4:38] 4. Mulher (Sexo Frágil)
[3:58] 5. Quando Eu Fecho Os Olhos
[3:44] 6. Desde Que O Samba É Samba
[3:31] 7. Epitáfio
[3:58] 8. As Times Goes Be
[4:17] 9. Ovelha Negra
[3:08] 10. Marcianita
[4:24] 11. O Amor Em Paz
[3:03] 12. Cada Macaco No Seu Galho (Cho Chuá)

Gal bossa tropical is a music album that was nominated for Best MPB Album in the 2003 Latin Grammys.

Gal Costa is an awarded singer with an extensive solo discography and international experience. A fundamental presence in the Tropicalia movement, she has been in Brazil's leading team of singers for decades. Since very young, she has been involved with music as a singer and violão player; when her mother's business broke she became a record shop attendant, where she spent long hours listening to music, especially João Gilberto. She became acquainted with Caetano Veloso in 1963, and friendly disputed him as boyfriend with her girlfriend Dedé, who would later be Caetano's wife. In 1964, Caetano was invited to organize a Brazilian popular music show at the opening of Salvador's Teatro Vila Velha. The show, called Nós, por Exemplo, brought Caetano, his sister Maria Bethânia, Gilberto Gil, and Costa (still under her name Maria da Graça). The show was a success and was re-enacted two weeks later, with the addition of Tom Zé (still presented as Antônio José). The success was even bigger, and the group (without Tom) soon presented another show, Nova Bossa Velha, Velha Bossa Nova.

Costa continued to be a viable and active artist in the 21st century, issuing new recorded material even as repackaging of her previous work hit the market. Gal Boss Tropical was released in 2002 by Abril, followed by Hoje: 2005 from Trama Records three years later. 2006 saw the appearance of Gal Costa Live at the Blue Note from DRG.

Gal Bossa Tropical

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Gal Costa - Plural

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 45:45
Size: 104.7 MB
Styles: Latin jazz
Year: 1990
Art: Front

[2:46] 1. Salvador Não Inerte Ladeira Do Pelô
[3:36] 2. A Verdadeira Baiana
[4:14] 3. Begin The Beguine
[3:01] 4. Fon-Fon
[4:15] 5. Eu Acredito
[4:11] 6. Holofotes
[3:34] 7. Cabelo
[5:03] 8. Brilho De Beleza
[3:44] 9. Alguém Me Disse
[3:01] 10. Nua Idéia (Leila Xii)
[3:31] 11. Zanzando
[4:43] 12. I Didn't Know What Time It Was

Held in very high regard in Brazilian music circles, Gal Costa has been impressively consistent over the years. And the charismatic singer was in excellent form when she greeted the 1990s with Plural. Though Costa isn't a jazz singer per se, she uses jazz influence to her advantage on caressing versions of the standards "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and "Begin the Beguine" (which was a major hit for Artie Shaw during the swing era). Costa sings mostly in Portuguese, but switches to English for those standards. While they favor the type of relaxed introspection one expects from bossa nova, Costa is much more exuberant and upbeat on the reggae-influenced "Cabelo," the Caribbean-minded "Zanzando," and the percussive "Salvador Nao Inerte" (a fine example of the Bahian school of Brazilian pop). Plural demonstrates that the dedicated following she commands is well deserved. ~Alex Henderson

Plural

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Gal Costa - Live At The Blue Note

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 61:08
Size: 140.0 MB
Styles: Bossa Nova, Brazilian jazz
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[4:47] 1. Fotografia
[4:58] 2. Desafinado
[4:45] 3. Chega De Saudade
[2:53] 4. Camisa Amarela
[3:45] 5. Pra Manchucar Meu Caracao
[3:45] 6. Ave Maria No Moro
[3:04] 7. Nada Alem
[3:28] 8. I Fall In Love Too Easily
[4:11] 9. Corcovado
[2:14] 10. Triste
[3:51] 11. Wave
[4:33] 12. Coisa Mais Linda As Time Goes By
[2:03] 13. Samba Do Aviao
[4:13] 14. A Felicidade
[3:26] 15. Aquarela Do Brasil
[4:24] 16. Sabado Em Copacabana Copacabana Riberio
[0:40] 17. Garota De Ipanema

Brazilian music legend and superstar (the Brazilians never, ever forget their heroes, they keep buying their records and attending their concerts until they drop) Gal Costa played to a very small jazz club crowd at the Blue Note in New York City in May of 2006. This recording on the DRG label is the complete recording of that performance. Costa was accompanied by a jazz quartet that included bass, drums, guitar, and reed and woodwind instruments. She performed a complete bossa nova repertoire, whose roots and popularity were a full musical generation before her own coming of age during the tumultuous and wildly creative tropicalia movement of the late 1960s and early '70s that threatened the nation's government.

Most of what's here are the classics, written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, Dorival Caymmi, Ary Barroso, and Herivelto Martins: "Corcovado," "Desafinado," "Garota de Ipanema," "Triste," "Wave," and more. And are they ever elegant. The band's playing is slippery and fluid behind her, weaving hypnotically, imparting rhythms and textures through the middle of that glorious voice, a shade lower than it used to be but with all that breezy elegance. There are a couple of surprises, however; Costa's readings of the standards "I Fall in Love Too Easily," and a beautiful medley of "Coisa Mais Linda E" and "As Time Goes By" are a bit inconsistent, but the only real problem with this set is that it seems to flit by in an instant, though its 17 cuts add up to over an hour. This is an utterly enchanting and beautiful recording. All bossa fans should have it. ~Thom Jurek

Live At The Blue Note

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