The Composer of Desafinado Plays

The Composer of Desafinado, Plays
Studio album by Antônio Carlos Jobim
Released	Late August 1963[1]
Recorded	9 and 10 May 1963
Genre	Latin jazz, Bossa Nova
Length	35:10
Label	Verve
Producer	Creed Taylor
Antônio Carlos Jobim chronology
The Composer of Desafinado, Plays (1963) The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim (1964)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

The Composer of Desafinado, Plays is the debut album by Antônio Carlos Jobim, released in 1963. The album was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001.^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Antônio Carlos Jobim, lyricists indicated. This album contains all-instrumental versions of these tunes.

1. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) — 2:42
2. "Amor em Paz" ("Once I Loved") (Vinicius de Moraes) — 3:36
3. "Agua de Beber" (Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) — 2:50
4. "Vivo Sonhando" — 2:35
5. "O Morro Não Tem Vez" (Vinicius de Moraes) — 3:20
6. "Insensatez" (Vinicius de Moraes) — 2:53
7. "Corcovado" — 2:25
8. "One Note Samba" (Jon Hendricks, Newton Mendonça) — 2:14
9. "Meditation" (Norman Gimbel, Newton Mendonça) — 3:15
10. "Só Danço Samba" (Vinicius de Moraes) — 2:21
11. "Chega de Saudade" (Vinicius de Moraes) — 4:19
12. "Desafinado" ( Newton Mendonça) — 2:44

Personnel

• Antônio Carlos Jobim - piano, guitar
• Leo Wright - flute
• George Duvivier - double bass
• Claus Ogerman - string arrangements, conducting
• Jimmy Cleveland - trombone (3,4,9,12)
• String section (1,2,4,6,7,8,9,11,12)
• Edison Machado - drums

References

1. Billboard Aug 31, 1963
2. Ginell, Richard S.. The Composer of Desafinado Plays at AllMusic
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 113. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. "Latin GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". Latin Grammy Award. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. 2001. Retrieved August 19, 2014.