Tom Jobim Raros Compassos [Import]

Antonio Carlos Jobim | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 17, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Import
• Label: Revivendo Musicas Br
• ASIN: B00004TVZB
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725,761 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce

2. Maria Da Graca

3. Chuva Caiu

4. Agua De Beber

5. Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar

6. Insensatez

7. Esquecendo Voce

8. Corcovado

9. Coffee Delight

10. Por Causa De Voce

11. So Tinha De Ser Com Voce

12. Magoa

13. Isto Eu Nao Fco Nao

14. Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce

15. Brigas Nunca Mais

16. Felcidade

17. E Preciso Dizer Adeus

18. Chega De Saudade

19. Flor Do Mato

20. Porque Tinha De Ser

See all 76 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The real roots of Tom Jobim..., December 24, 2001

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This review is from: Tom Jobim Raros Compassos (Audio CD)

To really get a feel for how revolutionary Jobim's compositions were, we should look at what a tough time his contemporaries had when they tried to take on the new style Jobim pioneered. This phenomenal 3-CD set collects dozens of rarities from the mid-1950s and early '60s (along with a handful of later recordings) and lays bare the stylistic limitations of the Brazilian pop establishment at the time when bossa nova became king. This collection includes many songs written well before the "official" start of the bossa nova, with performances by artists as diverse as Vicente Celestino, Albertinho Fortuna, Isaura Garcia, Sylvia Telles, Dick Farney, Claudete Soares, and others - some who have faded from history's glance, and others who are still well-known. By now, these melodies are etched in our minds, mainly through the effortless style of performers such as Joao and Astrud Gilberto, and the suave bossa performers that came in their wake. It's instructive, then, to hear the relatively awkward fashion with which the pre-bossa crowd tackled this material, and the surprising stiffness of their performances. Hammy baritones, barbershop-ish vocal groups, chirpy, operatic European-styled female singers populated the landscape, and while they were drawn to the new music, they could not summon the graceful elan that the bossa crowd possessed. Jobim, along with contemporaries such as Carlos Lyra and Vinicius de Moraes, liberated Brazil from the bland anglophilia that had taken root in the postwar era, eradicating the attraction of tepid, safe Edmundo Ros-style pop with one gentle, samba-tinged sweep of bossa's magic wand. Anyone seeking to understand the history of Brazilian pop in general and bossa nova in particular should seek this collection out. The Revivendo label also has an amazing assortment of historical, pre-bossa samba recordings, well worth checking out.