The Music According to Tom Jobim

The Music According to Tom Jobim

Actors:  Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gal Costa, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Caetano Veloso, Judy Garland Directors:  Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Dora Jobim

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...