Latin Jazz Pianists - Antonio Carlos Jobim, Arturo O'Farrill, Chano Dominguez, Chucho Valdes, Eddie Cano, Eliane Elias, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, H (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 18. Chapters: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Arturo O'Farrill, Chano Dominguez, Chucho Valdes, Eddie Cano, Eliane Elias, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Hermeto Pascoal, Hilario Duran, Hilton Ruiz, Jorge Dalto, Lannie Battistini, Manfredo Fest, Michel Camilo, Raul di Blasio, Sergio Mendes, Sonny Bravo, Tania Maria, Tete Montoliu. Excerpt: Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927 - December 8, 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (Portuguese pronunciation: ), was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. 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. Widely known as the composer of "The Girl from Ipanema" (Garota de Ipanema), one of the most recorded songs of all time, Jobim has left a large number of songs that are today included in the standard Jazz and Pop repertoires. Antonio Carlos Jobim was born in the middle-class district of Tijuca, in Rio de Janeiro. His father Jorge de Oliveira Jobim (Sao Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, April 23, 1889 - July 19, 1935) was a writer, diplomat, professor and journalist. He came from a prominent family, being the great-grand nephew of Jose Martins da Cruz Jobim, senator, privy councillor and physician of Emperor Dom Pedro II. While studying medicine in Europe, Jose Martins added Jobim to his last name, paying homage to the village where his family came from in Portugal, the parish of Santa Cruz de Jovim, Porto. When Antonio was still an infant, his parents separated and his mother, Nilza Brasileiro de Almeida (c. 1910 - November 17, 1989), moved with her children (Antonio Carlos and his sister Helena Isaura, born February 23, 1931) to Ipanema, the beachside neighborhood the composer would later celebrate in his songs. In 1935, when...