The Music According to Tom Jobim

The story

Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The Girl from Ipanema." This relaxed, cool, sensuous music blended jazz and samba. After recording an album of songs by his friend Jobim, Frank Sinatra is reported to have said, "I haven't sung so quietly since I had laryngitis." Naturally, "The Girl from Ipanema" and Frank Sinatra are featured in this musical collage of countless seamlessly edited excerpts of concert footage that cover decades of events all over the world: from Rio de Janeiro to Lisbon, Paris, Copenhagen, Jerusalem, Tokyo, Montreal, New York and back to Rio.

Cast & crew

Antônio Carlos JobimSelf (archive footage)

Gal CostaSelf (archive footage)

Sarah VaughanSelf (archive footage)

Ella FitzgeraldSelf (archive footage)

Caetano VelosoSelf (archive footage)

Judy GarlandSelf (archive footage)

Chico BuarqueSelf (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.Self (archive footage)

Oscar PetersonSelf (archive footage)

Diana KrallSelf (archive footage)

LioSelf (archive footage)

Dizzy GillespieSelf (archive footage)