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One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)
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Browse piano sheets by Antônio Carlos Jobim on Zen Virtual Piano. Of the more than 400 songs Antônio Carlos Jobim produced in the course of his musical career, “Samba de uma nota só” (“One-Note Samba”) and “Desafinado” (“Slightly Out of Tune”) are particularly popular. A title like “Desafinado,” meaning slightly out of tune, hints at a composer comfortable with a playful relationship to the rules of song. “Tom” Jobim, as he was popularly known, first began playing piano when he was 14 years old, on an instrument given to his sister by their stepfather. He subsequently performed in the clubs of Rio de Janeiro, transcribed songs for composers who could not write music, and arranged music for various recording artists. Transcribing songs for composers who could not write music and arranging for other recording artists can be read as a way of learning the trade from the inside. In 1957 Jobim and de Morais wrote “Chega de Saudade” (“No More Blues”), the first bossa nova song they created, and in 1958 he began collaborating with the singer-guitarist João Gilberto, whose recording of the song dates from that year. A song written in 1957 and a recording of it a year later show how a bossa nova tune reached listeners through a singer as well as its writers. Jobim maintained a second home in the United States. In 1974 he first met Elis Regina in Los Angeles, when she was only 29 years old and still a fresh face in the Brazilian music industry. At the 38th Annual Grammy Awards, Antonio Brasileiro won Best Latin Jazz Performance for him, and he received five Grammy nominations in all.
Browse piano sheets by Antônio Carlos Jobim on Zen Virtual Piano.
Of the more than 400 songs Antônio Carlos Jobim produced in the course of his musical career, “Samba de uma nota só” (“One-Note Samba”) and “Desafinado” (“Slightly Out of Tune”) are particularly popular. A title like “Desafinado,” meaning slightly out of tune, hints at a composer comfortable with a playful relationship to the rules of song.
“Tom” Jobim, as he was popularly known, first began playing piano when he was 14 years old, on an instrument given to his sister by their stepfather. He subsequently performed in the clubs of Rio de Janeiro, transcribed songs for composers who could not write music, and arranged music for various recording artists. Transcribing songs for composers who could not write music and arranging for other recording artists can be read as a way of learning the trade from the inside.
In 1957 Jobim and de Morais wrote “Chega de Saudade” (“No More Blues”), the first bossa nova song they created, and in 1958 he began collaborating with the singer-guitarist João Gilberto, whose recording of the song dates from that year. A song written in 1957 and a recording of it a year later show how a bossa nova tune reached listeners through a singer as well as its writers. Jobim maintained a second home in the United States. In 1974 he first met Elis Regina in Los Angeles, when she was only 29 years old and still a fresh face in the Brazilian music industry.
At the 38th Annual Grammy Awards, Antonio Brasileiro won Best Latin Jazz Performance for him, and he received five Grammy nominations in all.
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More than 400, among them “Samba de uma nota só” (“One-Note Samba”) and “Desafinado” (“Slightly Out of Tune”).
He first began playing piano at 14, on an instrument given to his sister by their stepfather, then performed in Rio de Janeiro clubs, transcribed songs for composers who could not write music and arranged for recording artists.
Jobim and de Morais wrote it in 1957 as the first bossa nova song they created; João Gilberto recorded it in 1958.