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Ella Abraça Jobim or Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook is a 1981 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
, devoted to the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Jobim

Ant?nio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim, was a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist....
.

It was reissued on CD in 1991, although the CD version does not include the songs "Don't Ever Go Away" and "Song of the Jet".

Though it is subtitled as such, this album is not usually considered part of Fitzgerald's 'Songbook' series, the last of the 'Songbook' albums having been recorded in 1964.

It was Fitzgerald's first album of music devoted to a single composer since 1972's Ella Loves Cole
Ella Loves Cole

'Ella Loves Cole' is a 1972 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald.This was Fitzgerald's first album of songs dedicated to a single composer since 1964's Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook, and her second collection of songs by Cole Porter, her first being the memorable 1956 album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songb...
, and it was her only album recorded entirely in the Bossa Nova
Bossa nova

Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music popularized by Ant?nio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and Jo?o Gilberto. Bossa nova acquired a large following, initially by young musicians and college students....
 style, though she had been singing Jobim's songs since the mid 1960's.

Fitzgerald never worked with Antonio Carlos Jobim, though she appeared alongside Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an United States singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers"....
 for a 1967 television special that also featured Jobim.

Ella Abraça Jobim translates (with a pun
Pun

A pun, or paronomasia, is a form of word play that deliberately exploits ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humour or rhetorical effect....
) as 'She Hugs Jobim' (Ela Abraça Jobim) in Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
.







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Ella Abraça Jobim or Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook is a 1981 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
, devoted to the songs of Antonio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Jobim

Ant?nio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim, was a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist....
.

It was reissued on CD in 1991, although the CD version does not include the songs "Don't Ever Go Away" and "Song of the Jet".

Though it is subtitled as such, this album is not usually considered part of Fitzgerald's 'Songbook' series, the last of the 'Songbook' albums having been recorded in 1964.

It was Fitzgerald's first album of music devoted to a single composer since 1972's Ella Loves Cole
Ella Loves Cole

'Ella Loves Cole' is a 1972 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald.This was Fitzgerald's first album of songs dedicated to a single composer since 1964's Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Johnny Mercer Songbook, and her second collection of songs by Cole Porter, her first being the memorable 1956 album, Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songb...
, and it was her only album recorded entirely in the Bossa Nova
Bossa nova

Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music popularized by Ant?nio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes and Jo?o Gilberto. Bossa nova acquired a large following, initially by young musicians and college students....
 style, though she had been singing Jobim's songs since the mid 1960's.

Fitzgerald never worked with Antonio Carlos Jobim, though she appeared alongside Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an United States singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to mid-1940s, being the idol of the "bobby soxers"....
 for a 1967 television special that also featured Jobim.

Ella Abraça Jobim translates (with a pun
Pun

A pun, or paronomasia, is a form of word play that deliberately exploits ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humour or rhetorical effect....
) as 'She Hugs Jobim' (Ela Abraça Jobim) in Portuguese
Portuguese language

Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
.

Track listing

  1. "Somewhere in the Hills" (Favela) (Vinícius de Moraes
    Vinicius de Moraes

    Vinicius de Moraes, nicknamed O Poetinha , born Marcus Vinicius da Cruz de Mello Moraes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, son of Lydia Cruz de Moraes and Clodoaldo Pereira da Silva Moraes....
    , Ray Gilbert
    Ray Gilbert

    Ray Gilbert was a lyricist.Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the Academy Award for Best Song winning song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah from the film Song of the South, which he wrote with Allie Wrubel in 1947....
    ) – 3:56
  2. "The Girl from Ipanema
    The Girl from Ipanema

    "The Girl from Ipanema" is a well-known bossa nova song, a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s that won a Grammy Award for Grammy Awards of 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes with English language lyrics written later by Norman Gimbel....
    " (de Moraes, Norman Gimbel
    Norman Gimbel

    Norman Gimbel is an United States lyricist of pop songs and movie themes whose nearly-sixty-year career includes such titles as "Sway ", "Canadian Sunset", "Summer Samba", "The Girl from Ipanema", "Meditation " and "I Will Wait for You", along with Academy Award and Grammy Award wins....
    ) – 3:50
  3. "Dindi
    Dindi

    "Dindi" is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveria. English lyrics were added by Ray Gilbert....
    " (Ray Gilbert
    Ray Gilbert

    Ray Gilbert was a lyricist.Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the Academy Award for Best Song winning song Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah from the film Song of the South, which he wrote with Allie Wrubel in 1947....
    , Aloysio Oliveira) – 6:37
  4. "Desafinado" (Off Key) (Jesse Cavanaugh, Jon Hendricks
    Jon Hendricks

    | Name = Jon Hendricks| Img = Jon_Hendricks_0157.jpg| Img_capt = Jazz singer Jon Hendricks| Background = solo_singer| Born = Newark, Ohio| Genre = Jazz...
    , Newton Mendonça
    Newton Mendonça

    Newton Ferreira de Mendon?a was a pianist and lyricist. He began in music as a pianist in 1950. In 1953 he started working with Antonio Carlos Jobim, something for which he is best known....
    ) – 3:41
  5. "Water to Drink" (de Moraes, Gimbel) – 2:44
  6. "Dreamer (Vivo Sonhando)" (George Lees
    George Lees

    George Charles Lees was an England amateur Football Defender who played for the Denmark side Boldklubben Frem for nine years, making 163 first-team appearances, scoring two goals....
    ) – 4:55
  7. "Corcovado" (Lees) – 5:40
  8. "Bonita" (Gilbert, Lees) – 2:50
  9. "One Note Samba" (Mendonça, Hendricks) – 3:51
  10. "Don't Ever Go Away (Por Causa de Voce)" (Gilbert, Dolores Duran
    Dolores Duran

    Dolores Duran was a Brazil Singing and composer.Ella Fitzgerald said once that the best interpretation she had heard of My Funny Valentine was sung by Dolores Duran....
    ) - 2:52
  11. "Triste" – 4:07
  12. "How Insensitive" (de Moraes, Gimbel) – 3:00
  13. "He's a Carioca (Ele É Carioca)" (de Moraes, Gilbert) – 5:14
  14. "This Love That I've Found (Só Tinha de Ser Com Você)" (Oliveira) – 5:17
  15. "A Felicidade" (de Moraes) – 2:19
  16. "Wave
    Wave (song)

    "Wave" is a song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Recorded as an instrumental on Jobim's Wave , English lyrics were added by Jobim for a November 11, 1969 recording by Frank Sinatra, released on his 1970 album Sinatra & Company ....
    " – 5:22
  17. "Song of the Jet (Samba Do Avião)" (Lees) – 3:40
  18. "Photograph" (Fotografia) (Gilbert) – 3:49
  19. "Useless Landscape (Inútil Paisagem)" (Gilbert, Oliveira) – 7:59


All songs composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Antônio Carlos Jobim

Ant?nio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim , also known as Tom Jobim, was a Grammy Award-winning Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist....
, with lyricists indicated.

Personnel

Recorded September 17-19, 1980, March 18-20, 1981 Hollywood, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
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  • Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald

    Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
     - Vocals
  • Clark Terry
    Clark Terry

    Clark Terry , is an American swing music and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, and NEA Jazz Masters inductee....
     - Trumpet
  • Zoot Sims
    Zoot Sims

    John Haley "Zoot" Sims was an United States jazz tenor saxophonist and soprano saxophonist.He was born in Inglewood, California, California. Growing up in a vaudeville family, Sims learned to play both Drum kit and clarinet at an early age....
     - Tenor Saxophone
  • Toots Thielemans
    Toots Thielemans

    Jean-Baptiste Fr?d?ric Isidor, Baron Thielemans , known as Toots Thielemans, is a Belgium jazz musician well known for his guitar and harmonica playing as well as his highly accomplished Puccalo....
     - Harmonica
  • Henry Trotter
    Henry Trotter

    Henry Trotter may refer to:*Edward Henry Trotter , a British Army officer*Henry Trotter , a British Army general*Henry Trotter , , a film and television producer...
     - Keyboard
  • Mike Lang
  • Clarence McDonald
  • Joe Pass
    Joe Pass

    Joe Pass January 13, 1929 ? May 23, 1994) was a jazz guitarist. His extensive use of walking basslines, melodic counterpoint during improvisation, and use of a chord-melody style of play opened up new possibilities for jazz guitar and had a profound influence on future guitarists....
     - Guitar
  • Oscar Castro-Neves
    Oscar Castro-Neves

    Oscar Castro-Neves is a Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer who is considered a founding figure in Bossa nova. He was born as one of triplets and formed a band with his brothers in his youth....
  • Paul Jackson
    Paul Jackson

    Paul Jackson may refer to:*Paul Jackson , British television producer*Paul Jackson , rugby league player*Paul Jackson , English professional poker player, aka "ActionJack"...
  • Mitch Holder
  • Ronald Bautiste
  • Abraham Laboriel
    Abraham Laboriel

    Abraham Laboriel, Sr. is a Mexico bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. Guitar Player Magazine described him as: "the most widely used session bassist of our time"....
     - Double Bass
  • Alex Acuña
    Alex Acuña

    Alejandro Neciosup Acu?a aka Alex Acu?a is a Peruvian Afro-Cuban jazz drummer and percussionist.Born in Pativilca, Peru, Acu?a played in local bands from the age of ten, and moved to Lima as a teenager....
     - Drums
  • Paulinho da Costa
    Paulinho Da Costa

    Paulinho da Costa is a Brazilian percussion instrument born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times. Playing over two hundred percussion instruments, he has participated in thousands of recording sessions, Grammy Award-winning albums, hit songs, soundtracks, radio and television commercials....
     - Percussion


Credits

  • Mastering - Bernie Grundman (US) & Greg Fulginiti
    Greg Fulginiti

    Gregory Fulginiti is an American recording and mastering engineer. He spent his childhood in Wildwood, New Jersey. With Bob Heimall's recommendation, Greg began his career in the mailroom at Elektra Records in 1969....
     (International)