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Music According to Tom Jobim

Music According to Tom Jobim (2012)

1h 24m | PG-13

⭐ 7 / 10

Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The Girl from Ipanema." This relaxed, cool, sensuous music blended jazz and samba. After recording an album of songs by his friend Jobim, Frank Sinatra is reported to have said, "I haven't sung so quietly since I had laryngitis." Naturally, "The Girl from Ipanema" and Frank Sinatra are featured in this musical collage of countless seamlessly edited excerpts of concert footage that cover decades of events all over the world: from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, Paris, Copenhagen, Jerusalem, Tokyo, Montreal, New York and back to Rio.

Director: Nelson Pereira dos Santos

Studio: Natura

Genre: Documentary, Music

Video: 720p

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Cast

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Antônio Carlos Jobim

as Self (archive footage)

Gal Costa

Gal Costa

as Self (archive footage)

Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Vaughan

as Self (archive footage)

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

as Self (archive footage)

Caetano Veloso

Caetano Veloso

as Self (archive footage)

Judy Garland

Judy Garland

as Self (archive footage)