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Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Cast: Ant么nio Carlos Jobim, Gal Costa, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald
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.
Why you might like this:
Fans of bossa nova and Brazilian music will appreciate this immersive musical collage that showcases the influential work of composer Antonio Carlos 'Tom' Jobim, as directed by Nelson Pereira dos Santos in this 2012 documentary.