Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays [33]

Title: Antonio Carlos Jobim - The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1963, Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 10/26
Matrix #: UMP 3080 (Polydor Japan, The Original Verve Jazz Classics, Stereo, with obi)
Condition: Ex (LM) | Members: Antonio C J (27' - 94') | Producer: Creed Taylor
Cultural Facts: [33]

1. Architecture Student Turned Bar Pianist: Jobim started out studying architecture before quitting to play piano in the nightclubs and bars of Copacabana. That late-night circuit is where he worked alongside lyricist Newton Mendonca, who also played piano in the clubs, and the two became one of bossa nova's first great songwriting teams.
2. A Song That Trolls Its Critics: "Desafinado" means "out of tune." Jobim and Mendonca wrote it as a comeback to critics who said bossa nova was music for singers who could not stay on pitch, poking fun at off-key club singers they had accompanied, and they packed the melody with tricky leaps that trip up anyone who sings it carelessly.
3. The Girl Walking to the Beach: "The Girl From Ipanema" opens this album. Jobim and poet Vinicius de Moraes were inspired by a teenage girl, Helo Pinheiro, who walked past their favorite bar on the way to the beach. Jobim cut this instrumental version in New York in May 1963 with Claus Ogerman arranging, before the Getz/Gilberto version made the song a worldwide hit in 1964.