Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim

Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim
Studio album by Joe Henderson
Released	1995
Recorded	September 19–20 & November 5–6, 1994
Genre	Jazz
Length	62:25
Label	Verve
Producer	Oscar Castro-Neves & Richard Seidel
Joe Henderson chronology
So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles) (1993) Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1995) Big Band (1996)

Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim is a 1995 album by jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson, released on Verve Records. It contains Henderson's arrangements of music by Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. ^[1]

The album was originally intended to be a collaboration between Henderson and Jobim, but the plan was changed following Jobim's death. ^[1] Musicians include pianists Eliane Elias and Herbie Hancock, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Jack DeJohnette.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Like his previous two albums for Verve Records, Double Rainbow received excellent reviews and relatively good sales for a jazz album in 1995. Reviewer Scott Yanow called the album "very accessible yet unpredictable". ^[1] ThePenguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album three stars and described it as "essentially high-calibre light-jazz". ^[2]

Track listing

All compositions are by Antonio Carlos Jobim.

1. "Felicidade" – 4:45
2. "Dreamer" – 5:24
3. "Boto" – 6:35
4. "Ligia" – 4:31
5. "Once I Loved" – 5:22
6. "Triste" – 5:28
7. "Photograph" – 5:01
8. "Portrait in Black and White (A.K.A. Zingaro)" – 5:17
9. "No More Blues" – 6:39
10. "Happy Madness" – 3:12
11. "Passarim" – 5:38
12. "Modinha" – 4:33

Personnel

• Joe Henderson – tenor saxophone
• Eliane Elias – piano (tracks 1–4)
• Herbie Hancock – piano (tracks 6–11)
• Oscar Castro-Neves – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 5)
• Nico Assumpção – bass (tracks 1–4)
• Christian McBride – bass (tracks 6–9, 11, 12)
• Paulo Braga – drums (tracks 1–4)
• Jack DeJohnette – drums (tracks 6–7, 9, 11)

References

1. Yanow, Scott (2011). "Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim – Joe Henderson | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
2. Cook, R. & Morton, B., The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD Seventh Edition, 2004