In the history of music, Antônio Carlos Jobim is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Antônio Carlos Jobim as Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist (1927–1994).
Antônio Carlos Jobim was born at Rio de Janeiro in 1927. His recorded nationality is Brazil.
Broadcast radio, the LP and the touring circuit made this the first era in which a musician could reach a mass audience without ever meeting it.
He worked as composer, singer and pianist.
The instruments recorded are guitar, piano and voice.
His work is classed as jazz, bossa nova and latin jazz.
He performed with Antonio Carlos Jobim Orchestra.
Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
Recognition followed: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2012), Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2007), Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album (1996) and International Latin Music Hall of Fame (2001).
That the work came out of Brazil shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Antônio Carlos Jobim died in 1994, aged 67. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award — 2012
- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) — 2007
- Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album — 1996
- International Latin Music Hall of Fame — 2001
- Latin Grammy Hall of Fame — 2007
- Instruments: guitar, piano and voice
- Genres: jazz, bossa nova and Latin jazz
