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Music According to Tom Jobim (2012)

Genre : Documentary, Music

Runtime : 1H 24M

Director : Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Dora Jobim

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Antônio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Self (archive footage)
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage)
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Veloso
Self (archive footage)
Gal Costa
Gal Costa
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland
Judy Garland
Self (archive footage)
Chico Buarque
Chico Buarque
Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Self (archive footage)
Diana Krall
Diana Krall
Self (archive footage)
Lio
Lio
Self (archive footage)
Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
Self (archive footage)
Birgit Brüel
Birgit Brüel
Self (archive footage)

Crews

Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Director
Dora Jobim
Dora Jobim
Director

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