Jobim: Dead of Alive.
CRC, The Chip Slinger
that he died recently. He is most known for writing The Girl From
Ipanema, but also wrote a ton of other great songs. Thought I might have
heard that he had died, but wasn't sure. Just saw a web site for him
that said he was retired, but still writing songs occasionally, and he
was in his 70s. But it didn't say he had passed away.
Now that someone mentioned it, I remember hearing that he died, but not
sure.
Anyone know?
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In his last recorded concert appearance, Antonio Carlos Jobim is joined in
Brazil by an
international delegation of jazz giants to create his classic
melodies: Girl from Ipanema, No More Blues, Wave,
and many more. Features Herbie Hancock, Shirley Horn and more.
I think he is dead....
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On Fri, 26 Mar 1999 01:36:48 -0800 "CRC, The Chip Slinger"
<chps...@sirius.com> wrote:
> Antonio Carlos Jobim came up in a conversation today, but someone said
> that he died recently. He is most known for writing The Girl From
> Ipanema, but also wrote a ton of other great songs. Thought I might have
> heard that he had died, but wasn't sure. Just saw a web site for him
> that said he was retired, but still writing songs occasionally, and he
> was in his 70s. But it didn't say he had passed away.
>
> Now that someone mentioned it, I remember hearing that he died, but not
> sure.
>
> Anyone know?
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<chps...@sirius.com> wrote:
>Antonio Carlos Jobim came up in a conversation today, but someone said
>that he died recently. He is most known for writing The Girl From
>Ipanema, but also wrote a ton of other great songs. Thought I might have
>heard that he had died, but wasn't sure. Just saw a web site for him
>that said he was retired, but still writing songs occasionally, and he
>was in his 70s. But it didn't say he had passed away.
>
>Now that someone mentioned it, I remember hearing that he died, but not
>sure.
>
>Anyone know?
Antonio Carlos Jobim (25 Jan 1927 - 8 Dec 1994)
( according to The Obituary Page at
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Obituary/1994/music.html )
Celebrity Obits at
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/names/19980723obits.html confirms this
and tells of his son's death in 1998:
July 23, 1998
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Joao Francisco Lontra Jobim, son of the late
bossa nova composer Antonio Carlos Jobim, was killed in a car accident
Wednesday. He was 19.
Police said Jobim apparently lost control of his car as he was rounding a
curve in Rio's upscale Flamengo neighborhood. Witnesses said the car smashed
into three trees and flipped over.
Antonio Carlos Jobim -- who penned such bossa nova classics as, "One Note
Samba," and "The Girl From Ipanema" -- died in 1994 at age 67.
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CRC, The Chip Slinger
Thanks for the official confirmation that A.C. Jobim is dead. And that
other article about the death of his son in 1998 must have been what I
read, because it seemed like I remembered hearing something about a year
ago. That must have been it.
Anyway, I played at a party today, and did several Jobim songs. I really
liked his "How Insensative." Another time I was practicing in the park,
and I played just a few notes of "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet
Stars) and a passerby started whistling it, and shouted out "Quiet
Nights!" Incredible that he could regognize a melody, especially one
that only uses two notes for the whole first part. Yet, it is
immediately recognizable. I like his composing because he finds a simple
melody like that, but then uses it to connect interesting chords. He has
a genius for finding a smooth connection between seemingly disconnected
chords.
I guess that was his concious philosophy about composing because he
wrote "One Note Samba" which goes: "There's so many people who can talk
and talk and talk and just say nothing, or merely nothing. I have used
up all the words I know and at the end I come to nothing, I mean nada,
so I come right back to my one note, as I must come back to you, I will
pour into that one note, all the love I feel for you, anyone who wants
the whole show, do re me fa sol la do, he may find himself with no show,
better play the note you know!"
So, rest in peace, A.C. Jobim. You really gave this world a lot of
beautiful songs.