Antônio Carlos Jobim

Acting

Born January 25, 1927 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Died December 8, 1994

Also known as Tom Jobim · Carlos Jobim

Biography

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, also known as Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger and singer. Jobim is considered a great exponent of Brazilian music and one of the fathers of bossa nova for having merged samba with cool jazz in the 1960s as a pioneer of the genre. He is also regarded as one of the most celebrated songwriters of the 20th century, and his compositions have been played and recorded by many singers and instrumentalists internationally since the early 1960s.

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