He was a primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, and his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within Brazil and internationally.
In 1965 his album Getz/Gilberto was the first jazz album to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It also won for Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Individual or Group and for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The album's single "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema"), one of the most recorded songs of all time, won the Record of the Year. Jobim has left many songs that are now included in jazz and pop standard repertoires. The song "Garota de Ipanema" has been recorded over 240 times by other artists. His 1967 album with Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim, was nominated for Album of the Year in 1968.
Antônio Carlos Jobim was born in the middle-class district of Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro. His father, Jorge de Oliveira Jobim (São Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, April 23, 1889 – July 19, 1935), was a writer, diplomat, professor and journalist. He came from a prominent family, being the great nephew of José Martins da Cruz Jobim, senator, privy councillor and physician of Emperor Dom Pedro II. While studying medicine in Europe, José Martins added Jobim to his last name, paying homage to the village where his family came from in Portugal, the parish of Santa Cruz de Jovim, Porto. His mother, Nilza Brasileiro de Almeida (c. 1910 – November 17, 1989), was of Indigenous Brazilian descent from Northeastern Brazil.
When Antônio was still an infant, his parents separated and his mother moved with her children (Antônio Carlos and his sister Helena Isaura, born February 23, 1931) to Ipanema, the beachside neighborhood the composer would later celebrate in his songs. In 1935, when the elder Jobim died, Nilza married Celso da Frota Pessoa (died February 2, 1979), who would encourage his stepson's career. He was the one who gave Jobim his first piano. As a young man of limited means, Jobim earned his living by playing in nightclubs and bars and later as an arranger for a recording label, before starting to achieve success as a composer.
Jobim's musical roots were planted firmly in the work of Pixinguinha, the legendary musician and composer who began modern Brazilian music in the 1930s. Among his teachers were Lúcia Branco and, from 1941 on, Hans-Joachim Koellreutter, a German composer who lived in Brazil and introduced atonal and twelve-tone composition in the country. Jobim was also influenced by the French composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, and by the Brazilian composers Heitor Villa-Lobos and Ary Barroso. The bossa nova guitar style in Jobim's music has become firmly entrenched in jazz culture. Among many themes, his lyrics talked about love, self-discovery, betrayal, joy and especially about the birds and natural wonders of Brazil, like the "Mata Atlântica" forest, characters of Brazilian folklore and his home city of Rio de Janeiro.
In early 1994, after finishing his album Antonio Brasileiro, Jobim complained to his doctor, Roberto Hugo Costa Lima, of urinary problems. He underwent an operation at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City on December 2, 1994. On December 8, while recovering from surgery, he had a cardiac arrest caused by a pulmonary embolism, and two hours later another cardiac arrest, from which he died. He was survived by his children and grandchildren. His last album, Antonio Brasileiro, was released posthumously three days after his death.
His body lay in state until given a proper burial on December 20, 1994. He is buried in the Cemitério São João Batista in Rio de Janeiro.
Pela Luz Dos Olhos Teus
Antônio Carlos Jobim Lyrics
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E a luz dos olhos teus
Resolvem se encontrar,
Ai que bom que isso é meu Deus,
Que frio que me dá o encontro desse olhar.
Mas se a luz dos olhos teus
Resiste aos olhos meus só pra me provocar,
Meu amor, juro por Deus me sinto incendi ar.
Que a luz dos olhos meus já não pode esp erar,
Quero a luz dos olhos meus
Na luz dos olhos teus sem mais lará-lará.
Pela luz dos olhos teus
Eu acho, meu amor, que só se pode achar
Que a luz dos olhos meus precisa se casar.
These lyrics are from the song "Pela Luz dos Olhos Teus" by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Tom Jobim. The song speaks about the power of the connection between two people when their eyes meet. It describes the excitement and warmth that arises when the light in one person's eyes meets the light in the other person's eyes. The singer is overwhelmed by the encounter and feels a shiver or chill going down their spine. However, if the other person's eyes resist looking into theirs just to tease them, the singer confesses to feeling consumed by love, as if set on fire. The singer's eyes cannot wait for the light in their eyes to be united with the light in the other person's eyes, without any further delay or complications. The lyrics suggest that the union of their eyes' light is a sign that their love should deepen and they should come together as a couple.
Line by Line Meaning
Quando a luz dos olhos meus
When the light of my eyes
E a luz dos olhos teus
And the light of your eyes
Resolvem se encontrar
Decide to meet
Ai que bom que isso é meu Deus
Oh, how good that is, my God
Que frio que me dá o encontro desse olhar
The chill that this gaze encounter gives me
Mas se a luz dos olhos teus
But if the light of your eyes
Resiste aos olhos meus só pra me provocar
holds back from my eyes just to provoke me
Meu amor, juro por Deus me sinto incendi ar
My love, I swear before God I feel enflamed
Meu amor, juro por Deus
My love, I swear before God
Que a luz dos olhos meus já não pode esperar
That the light of my eyes can no longer wait
Quero a luz dos olhos meus
I want the light of my eyes
Na luz dos olhos teus sem mais lará-lará
In the light of your eyes without any fuss
Pela luz dos olhos teus
Through the light of your eyes
Eu acho, meu amor, que só se pode achar
I think, my love, that one can only find
Que a luz dos olhos meus precisa se casar
That the light of my eyes needs to get married
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Marcus Vinicius Da Cruz De M. Moraes
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Quando a luz dos olhos meus
E a luz dos olhos teus
Resolvem se encontrar
Ai, que bom que isso é, meu Deus
Que frio que me dá
O encontro desse olhar
Mas se a luz dos olhos teus
Resiste aos olhos meus
Só pra me provocar
Meu amor, juro por Deus
Me sinto incendiar
Meu amor, juro por Deus
Que a luz dos olhos meus
Já não pode esperar
Quero a luz dos olhos meus
Na luz dos olhos teus
Sem mais la ra ra ra
Pela luz dos olhos teus
Eu acho, meu amor, que só se pode achar
Que a luz dos olhos meus precisa se casar
(La ra ri ra ra ra)
(La ra ri ra ra ra)
Quando a luz dos olhos meus
E a luz dos olhos teus
Resolvem se encontrar
Ai, que bom que isso é, meu Deus
Que frio que me dá
O encontro desse olhar
Mas se a luz dos olhos teus
Resiste aos olhos meus
Só pra me provocar
Meu amor, juro por Deus
Me sinto incendiar
Meu amor, juro por Deus
Que a luz dos olhos meus
Já não pode esperar
Quero a luz dos olhos meus
Na luz dos olhos teus
Sem mais la ra ra ra
Pela luz dos olhos teus
Eu acho, meu amor, e só se pode achar
Que a luz dos olhos meus precisa se casar
Que a luz dos olhos meus precisa se casar
Que a luz dos olhos meus precisa se casar
Precisa se casar, precisa se casar
@user-cq2by7wl3m
" Como sentir falta de uma época que você nem viveu?"
@giuliamarques6706
Imbert Carneiro também me sinto assim
@alanasiellen2509
Exatamente... Nasci no século errado
@EdnaMaria-sp9de
Ne isso
@deborahliviam6321
Imbert Carneiro cara vivo isso todos os dias, como sentir saudades de uma época que vc nem viveu?
@sarah45sdh
Às vezes sinto que eu nasci na época errada pq meu Deus
@Penarol-tv1ut
Esto si que es una obra de arte imponente una joya
@lidhysilva2201
O problema atualmente do Brasil, não é a falta de bons músicos,pois estes sempre vão continuar a nascer,mas sim de um público que se acostumou ao que não presta,as coisas de péssima qualidades.
@komunasalvo
ouve Kamaitachi se curte um romance ou uma letra meio pesada
ou Zé Vitor cara ele é um poeta
@iipeps_8197
Primeiramente
Não existe "qualidade péssima"
Pois todos tem sua opinião
Então você está falando que a pessoa que gosta de algo que você não gosta de uma pessoa de mal gosto