Published video “Agua de beber”.
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Antônio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, also known as Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger and singer. Jobim is considered a great exponent of Brazilian music and one of the fathers of bossa nova for having merged samba with cool jazz in the 1960s as a pioneer of the genre. He is also regarded as one of the most celebrated songwriters of the 20th centur…
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entertainment · Brazilian composer and musician (1927–1994) · composer · singer · pianist · guitarist · jazz musician · jazz guitarist · songwriter · record producer · recording artist · music arranger · also Antônio Carlos Jobim, Tom Jobim, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Antonio Jobim, Jobim, Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim
Born 25 January 1927 · Died 8 December 1994 · Q200131
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2026· 10 entries
Published video “The Red Blouse”.
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Published video “Samba De Uma Nota Só”.
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Published video “Triste”.
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Published video “Sue Ann”.
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Published video “Corcovado”.
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Published video “Once I Loved”.
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Published video “Wave”.
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Published video “Caribe”.
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Published video “Tide (Alternate Take)”.
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2024· 1 entry
Released album “Essential Classics, Vol. 541: Antônio Carlos Jobim”.
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2023· 1 entry
The Boston Globe: Seu Jorge goes back to bossa nova with Antônio Carlos Jobim’s grandson
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2020· 1 entry
Released album “Work From Home with Antônio Carlos Jobim”.
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2019· 1 entry
Released album “Deluxe Edition”.
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2018· 1 entry
Released album “The Story Of… Antonio Carlos Jobim”.
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2017· 2 entries
Capital Public Radio: Celebrating 30 Years Of 'Fresh Air': Brazilian Composer Antônio Carlos Jobim
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Released album “Caminhos Cruzados”.
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2015· 4 entries
Released album “Simplesmente Jobim”.
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Billboard named Jobim as one of The 30 Most Influential Latin Artists of All Time
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A crater on the planet Mercury was named in his honor by the IAU
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Released album “Um Encontro no Au Bon Gourmet (Live 1962)”.
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2014· 1 entry
Jobim was posthumously inducted to the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame
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2012· 2 entries
KCRW: Antonio Carlos Jobim's Song "Surfboard": Inspired by Malibu's Surfrider Beach
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Awarded Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2012).
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “Original Album Series”.
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2010· 2 entries
Jazz: Jazz news: Frank Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim Reissue Coming On Concord
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Released album “Birth Of The Bossa!”.
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2009· 1 entry
Released album “Minha alma canta”.
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2008· 4 entries
Released album “Coleção Folha 50 anos de bossa nova, volume 1: Antonio Carlos Jobim”.
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Released album “Tom pra dois”.
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Released album “Tom Masculino”.
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Released album “Brasileiro”.
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2007· 8 entries
Awarded Latin Grammy Hall of Fame for Elis & Tom (2007).
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Awarded Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2007).
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Released album “Coffee & Bossa: The Chillout Sound of Antonio Carlos Jobim”.
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Released album “Their Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “For Lovers”.
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Released album “Perfil, Volume 2”.
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Released album “The Very Best of Antonio Carlos Jabim”.
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Released album “Perfil, Volume 1”.
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2006· 2 entries
NPR: Shrift, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hank Williams III
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Released album “One Note Samba”.
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2005· 4 entries
Released album “Samba e bossa nova: Saudaçoes do Rio”.
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Released album “20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Antonio Carlos Jobim”.
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Released album “Fotografia: Os anos dourados de Tom Jobim”.
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Released album “20 músicas para uma nova era.”.
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2004· 3 entries
Released album “A arte de Tom Jobim”.
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Released album “Sun Sea and Sand Favourites”.
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Released album “Antologia 63/93”.
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2003· 1 entry
Released album “Aquarela do Brasil”.
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2002· 3 entries
Jazz: Antonio Carlos Jobim: Wave
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Released album “Brazila kolekto”.
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Released album “Gold”.
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2001· 5 entries
Released album “Les Incontournables”.
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Awarded Latin Grammy Hall of Fame for The Composer of Desafinado, Plays (2001).
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Awarded International Latin Music Hall of Fame (2001).
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Released album “e-Collection: Sucessos + Raridades”.
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Released album “Sem limite”.
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2000· 2 entries
Released album “Antônio Carlos Jobim's Finest Hour”.
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Released album “Acervo Especial”.
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1999· 2 entries
Released album “Quiet Now: Nights Of Quiet Stars”.
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Has a drawer full of tapes gifted to him by Jobim
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1998· 1 entry
Released album “Jazz 'round Midnight”.
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1997· 3 entries
Released album “Rio de Janiero: Anni '60-'70”.
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Released album “Meus Primeiros Passos e Compassos”.
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Released album “O melhor de Tom Jobim”.
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1996· 8 entries
Released album “Composer”.
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Released album “Antônio Carlos Jobim Songbook, Volume 3”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for Antonio Brasileiro (1996).
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Released album “Antônio Carlos Jobim, Um Homem Iluminado”.
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Released album “The Girl From Ipanema (A Retrospective)”.
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Released album “Antônio Carlos Jobim Songbook, Volume 5”.
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Released album “Coleção obras-primas”.
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Released album “Wave: the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook”.
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1995· 2 entries
Released album “The Man From Ipanema”.
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Released album “The Girl From Ipanema: The Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook”.
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1994· 9 entries
Died 1994-12-08.
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Released album “Verve Jazz Masters 13”.
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Released album “Minha Historia”.
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Released album “Tom - Série Grandes Nomes”.
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“Tom Jobim, sobre o Rei Roberto Carlos.”
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Released album “Antonio Brasileiro”.
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“Minha vida sempre foi compor. Para deixar de fazê-lo, só se trocasse a composição pela felicidade.”
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“Certamente, se Sinatra pertencesse à Máfia, não me diria. Particularmente, eu acho que não.”
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“Quando foi perguntado sobre posição política, já que nunca fizera música de protesto como os seus colegas.”
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1993· 2 entries
Released album “Personalidade”.
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Released album “The Girl From Ipanema”.
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1992· 1 entry
Released album “Tom Jobim - Mestres da MPB”.
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1991· 2 entries
Released album “Encontro”.
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Released album “Leurs plus belles chansons”.
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1990· 4 entries
Released album “Compact Jazz: Antônio Carlos Jobim”.
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Released album “Tom Jobim e Convidados”.
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Released album “Triste”.
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Released album “Les plus belles chansons de Antônio Carlos Jobim & Vinícius de Moraes”.
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1989· 1 entry
Released album “Echoes of Rio”.
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1987· 2 entries
Released album “Passarim”.
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Released album “Inédito”.
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1986· 2 entries
Hosted by Jane Pauley, Jobim spoke about his music's origins of inspiration, saying "My music comes from this environment here, you know, the rain, the sun, the trees, the birds, the fish
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“Tom Jobim, após cantar Estrada Do Sol com Roberto Carlos numa gravação em sua casa no Roberto Carlos Especial 1986.”
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1981· 4 entries
Released album “Edu & Tom”.
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Said, "I hated the piano, I thought it was a girly thing, I liked to play soccer
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"It comes to me in a way, then it changes one or two times and all of the sudden, it becomes something that makes sense…it's like the profile of a woman…the profile of a woman, something very discernible, then you say: ‘
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“It comes to me in a way, then it changes one or two times and all of the sudden, it becomes something that makes sense…it”
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1980· 1 entry
Released album “Terra Brasilis”.
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1979· 2 entries
Released album “Miucha & Tom Jobim”.
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Released album “Sinatra-Jobim Sessions”.
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1977· 1 entry
Released album “Miucha & Antonio Carlos Jobim”.
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1976· 1 entry
Released album “Urubu”.
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1975· 1 entry
Released album “Braziliana”.
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1974· 2 entries
Released album “Elis & Tom”.
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In Los Angeles, when Regina was only 29 years old and still a fresh face in the Brazilian music industry
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1973· 2 entries
Released album “Matita Perê”.
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Released album “Jobim”.
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1970· 3 entries
Released album “Stone Flower”.
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Released album “Tide”.
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Released album “Brazil”.
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1968· 1 entry
And album Antônio Brasileiro was awarded the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album
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1967· 5 entries
Released album “Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim”.
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Released album “Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings”.
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Released album “A Certain Mr. Jobim”.
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Released album “Wave”.
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Released album “Antonio Carlos Jobim & Sérgio Mendes”.
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1966· 1 entry
Released album “Tom Jobim apresenta”.
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1965· 3 entries
Released album “The Swinger From Rio”.
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Released album “The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim”.
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Released album “Recorded in Rio de Janeiro”.
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1964· 2 entries
Released album “Getz / Gilberto”.
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Released album “Caymmi visita Tom”.
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1963· 1 entry
Released album “The Composer of Desafinado, Plays”.
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1961· 1 entry
Released album “Brasília: Sinfonia da Alvorada”.
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1958· 1 entry
The Brazilian singer and guitarist João Gilberto recorded his first album with two of Jobim's most famous songs, "Desafinado" and "Chega de Saudade"
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1954· 1 entry
Released album “Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro”.
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1935· 1 entry
When the elder Jobim died, Nilza married Celso da Frota Pessoa (died 2 February 1979), who would encourage his stepson's career; he gave Jobim his first piano
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1927· 1 entry
Born 1927-01-25.
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