So, what's not to like? Educator, arranger and trombonist Phil Wilson leads his Panamerican All-Stars to celebrate the music of Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim. This music is timeless. If you're wondering ...
A “matinee birthday tribute” to Brazilian bossa nova composer Antonio Carlos Jobim is set for Feb. 1 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St. Tickets are sliding scale, $15 to $30, ...
Yet we’re long past the point where pop can’t include all that. Just consider Steely Dan’s “Aja,” an album of luminous jazz modalities that also happens to be the purest pop. Jobim, though he wrote in ...
This is a trip into the world of bossa nova. Or the worlds of bossa nova. For the style that made Brazilian music so respected and famous all over the world has some subdivisions that coexist among ...
This music special pairs Frank Sinatra with Ella Fitzgerald and Antonio Carlos Jobim. A truly historic and memorable event, this special showcases iconic performances from Frank Sinatra and the ...
In early 1960 a new Brazilian movie called “Black Orpheus” opened at the Capri Theater on Huntington Avenue. The theater would be torn down two years later, but America’s love affair with the gentle ...
Richmond musical giant Doug Richards’s take on Antônio Carlos Jobim reinterprets the Brazilian composer’s gently flowing bossa nova music in his own idiosyncratic musical concept. The result is at ...