Antonio Carlos Jobim

the concert. The group directed by Dr. Routenberg played three songs on the night with respect to order: “Doodlin’” by Horace Silver, “Meditation” by Antonio Carlos Jobim, and finally “Lady Bird” by Tadd Dameron. All three songs were well rehearsed and performed smoothly. My undoubted favorite of the set was the first song, “Doodlin’,” as it seemed perfectly harmonized, and the bass solo was a surprising enhancement to the tone of the song. Also, the songs were significantly different from the ones I listened to for my first report, as no song was greater than ten minutes long. Foremost, my favorite song of the concert was the first piece to be performed, “Doodlin’” by Horace Silver. The form was AABA and sounded like a Hardbop era song. My favorite part of the song would have to be its catchy melody, which was both uplifting and especially rich when harmonized with the horn instruments, something we touched on in class. The overall tempo was moderate and the harmony was finely detailed by the horns and piano when the main theme was being performed. Another interesting aspect was the cycle of solos going from the trombone to the piano, and then the trumpet to the bass; the solos made the song stand out immediately from songs heard both in our class and in my previous report. The second tune played was “Meditation” by A.C. Jobim. The song was from the Bossa nova period of jazz history, and the form was most likely in AABA as well. While listening, I could recognize the…

Bossa Nova was a Brazilian musical movement started in 1958 with the song “Desafinado” by Tom Jobim and Newton Mendonça. This movement claims to the Brazilian Elites the art of music composition, which, since the beginning of the 20th century, had a very popular characteristic. Until then, the Samba dominated the musical scenario, and it was produced by the low class population in the rodas de samba, which were groups of musicians who would informally gather in bars to play and compose. Bossa…

American composer George Gershwin, “Bags and Trane" by Milt Jackson of the Modern Jazz Quartet fame, “Angel Eyes” by Matt Dennis and Earl Brent, and finally “One Note Samba” by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Excluding the instrumental “Bags and Trane”, each of the songs catered to complement vocalist Oriana Wisdom’s soulful singing and the call-and-response interplay of alto saxophonist Chris Suarez’s lyrical sax lines during the choruses. The combo opened the concert with Gershwin’s “Summertime”. The…

Bossa Nova is one of the most prominent styles of music in the second half of the 20th century that has come from Brazil and has influenced music, including popular music from the 2020s. Charlie Byrd, a prolific American Jazz Guitarist, called Antonio Carlos Jobim, the most famous and respected Bossa Nova songwriter “the most significant writer of popular music in the second half of the twentieth century”. Bossa Nova became a significant subsect of jazz music after its tremendous success…

Jazz concert, and I have been to more than 50 concerts in my time (Incubus, Apartment 26, Cold Chamber, econoline wine crush, Rob Zombie, chevelle, Orgy, Deadsy, Korn, Days of the new, The Chemical Brothers, just to name a few). The concert was label to be of the Jazz genre, I usually listen to Classic Rock, and Electronic, so this was a huge change for my taste, a whole new world. Each song had an individualized style to it, which was very interesting to me, it helped keep me interested in it.…

The concert I decided to attend was on Thursday, March 31st, at 8pm in Kemp Recital Hall. The concert consisted of ISU Jazz Combos. Speficaly, there were two different combos, the Marko Combo and the Nolan Combo. Within the Marko Combo, the songs of Stablemates by Benny Golson, Desfinado by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Everybody wants to be a Cat by Robert and Richard Sherman, Ballade de Papillon by Jeff Arbisi, and One for Trane by Mickey Bass were played. The Marko Combo consisted of Kevin Buck and…

Gabriel Fernandes da Trindade, composer of modinhas and the only pieces of Chamber Orchestra, and João de Deus de Castro Lobo appeared. The central figure in this difficult period was Francisco Manuel da Silva, disciple of Father José Mauricio and successor of his master in the Chapel. He was a composer of scarce resources, but deserves credit for having founded the Conservatory of Music of Rio de Janeiro, having been regent of the Teatro Lirico Fluminense, and also in the National Opera, and…