Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim album)

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Wave
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Studio album by Antônio Carlos Jobim
Released October 1967 (1967-10)
Recorded May 22–24 and June 15, 1967
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz, bossa nova
Length31:38
Label A&M
Producer Creed Taylor
Antônio Carlos Jobim chronology
The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim
(1966) The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim1966		Wave
(1967)		 A Certain Mr. Jobim
(1967) A Certain Mr. Jobim1967
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Wave is a studio album by Antônio Carlos Jobim, released in 1967 on A&M Records. It peaked at number 114 on the Billboard 200 chart, [2] as well as number 5 on the Jazz Albums chart. [3]

Antônio Carlos Jobim Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist

Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, also known as Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer. Widely considered as one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim is the artist who internationalized bossa nova and, with the help of important American artists, merged it with jazz in the 1960s to create a new sound with remarkable popular success.

A&M Records American historical record label

A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distributing releases from Polydor Ltd. from the UK. Throughout its operations, A&M housed well-known acts such as Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, Captain & Tennille, Sting, Sergio Mendes, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Supertramp, Bryan Adams, Burt Bacharach, Liza Minnelli, The Carpenters, Paul Williams, Janet Jackson, Cat Stevens, Peter Frampton, Elkie Brooks, Carole King, Styx, Extreme, Amy Grant, Joan Baez, the Human League, The Police, CeCe Peniston, Blues Traveler, Soundgarden, Duffy and Sheryl Crow.

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 in May 1967, and acquired its present title in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–72), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–84), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–85) and Billboard Top Pop Albums.

Contents

Reception

In a contemporary review, Richard S. Ginell of AllMusic praised the album for "Wave" and "Triste" (deeming them two "instant standards") and its "absolutely first-rate tunes -- actually miniature tone poems -- that escaped overexposure and thus sound fresh today." He concluded, "one only wishes that this album were longer; 31:45 is not enough." [3] Chris May, in a review on All About Jazz, said Claus Ogerman's simple string arrangements added to the "modern appeal" through "vivid evocation of a long-gone time and place." He added, "as jazz, Wave has no more authenticity than its cover shot suggesting an African giraffe traversing a Brazilian beach, but it remains an elegant and delightful album." [4]

<i>All About Jazz</i> comprehensive American website for jazz enthusiasts and professionals, based in Philadelphia

All About Jazz is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, Jazz Near You, about local concerts and events.

Claus Ogerman German composer

Claus Ogerman was a German arranger, conductor, and composer best known for his work with Billie Holiday, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra, and Diana Krall.

In 2007, Rolling Stone Brasil magazine ranked Wave number 92 in "Os 100 Maiores Discos da Música Brasileira" (The 100 greatest Brazilian music records). [5] Guitar Player magazine included it on their list of The 40 Greatest Guitar Albums Of 1967. [6]

Track listing

All tracks written by Antônio Carlos Jobim.

No.TitleLength
1."Wave"2:56
2."The Red Blouse"5:09
3."Look to the Sky"2:20
4."Batidinha"3:17
5."Triste"2:09
6."Mojave"2:27
7."Diálogo"2:55
8."Lamento"2:46
9."Antigua"3:10
10."Captain Bacardi"4:29

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Urbie Green American jazz trombonist

Urban Clifford "Urbie" Green was an American jazz trombonist who toured with Woody Herman, Gene Krupa, Jan Savitt, and Frankie Carle.

Jimmy Cleveland American jazz trombonist

James Milton Cleveland was an American jazz trombonist born in Wartrace, Tennessee.

Jerome Richardson was an American jazz musician, tenor saxophonist, and flute player, who also played soprano sax, alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute and piccolo. He played with Charles Mingus, Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, Kenny Burrell, and later with Earl Hines' small band.

Strings

Harry Lookofsky was an American jazz violinist. He was also the father of keyboardist-songwriter Michael Brown, who most notably was a founding member of The Left Banke and Stories.

Production

Donald Peter Turner was an American photographer.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 114
US Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [3] 5

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References

  1. ↑ Ginell, Richard S. "Wave - Antônio Carlos Jobim". AllMusic . Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Antonio Carlos Jobim - Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Wave - Antônio Carlos Jobim - Awards". AllMusic . Archived from the original on June 21, 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ May, Chris (December 8, 2011). "Antonio Carlos Jobim: Antonio Carlos Jobim: Wave". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Listas - Os 100 Maiores Discos da Música Brasileira - Wave - Tom Jobim (1967 A&M, Records) - Rolling Stone Brasil" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  6. ↑ GP Staff (April 11, 2007). "The 40 Greatest Guitar Albums Of 1967". GuitarPlayer.com. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
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