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Jan 25, 1927 Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Died on 08 Dec 1994 (aged 67)
Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist
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About Antônio Carlos Jobim
- Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927 – December 8, 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (Portuguese pronunciation: [tõ ?o'bi]), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer.
- Widely considered as one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim internationalized bossa nova and, with the help of important American artists, merged it with jazz in the 1960s to create a new sound with remarkable popular success.
- As such he is sometimes known as the "father of bossa nova".He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within Brazil and internationally. In 1965 his album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz album to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
- It also won for Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group and for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.
- The album's single "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema"), one of the most recorded songs of all time, won the Record of the Year.
- Jobim has left many songs that are now included in jazz and pop standard repertoires.
- The song "Garota de Ipanema" has been recorded over 240 times by other artists.
- His 1967 album with Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim, was nominated for Album of the Year in 1968.
