Music
Jazz: With its tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim, the Great American Music Co. renews its love affair with Brazilian rhythm.
July 20, 1998
What gives the music of Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim its universal appeal?
April 7, 1999
Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gal Costa, Oscar Castro-Neves and Carlos Barbosa-Lima delivered old and new Brazilian tunes in an event at Avery Fisher Hall on Monday that, in many ways, was more than a concert.
Nov. 25, 1987
Entertainment & Arts
As a concept, “In Love With the Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim” sounded like an unforgettable evening -- a “one-act musical” that included nearly 20 tunes by the Brazilian who was one of the premier songwriters of the last four decades, narrated by Gavin MacLeod, no less.
April 16, 2008
Antonio Carlos Jobim, the founding father of Brazil’s bossa nova music who composed the world-famous song “The Girl From Ipanema,” died Thursday in a New York hospital.
Dec. 9, 1994
It’s almost as if the late bossa nova great had a hand in the teaming of Jacques Morelenbaum and Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Aug. 30, 2002
The unexpected death of Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim is a great loss to our world of music (“Jobim Was More Than the King of Bossa Nova,” Dec. 9).
Dec. 17, 1994
* * * 1/2 ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM “The Man From Ipanema” Verve What’s the best test of excellence for a composer?
Nov. 26, 1995
Frank Sinatra once said of Antonio Carlos Jobim, the Brazilian composer often described as the godfather of bossa nova, “Tom must compose.
The musical legacy of Antonio Carlos Jobim is one of the great musical treasure trovesof the second half of the 20th century.
Oct. 7, 2000