ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM | GAL COSTA - Rio Revisited (1987-2008) Serie Verve Originals | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Recorded at a video taping in the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles as part of the Jazzvisions series, this was Jobim's live act shortly after he resumed touring in the mid-'80s. At the time, Jobim struck an avuncular, almost casually anti-show-business presence seated before a grand piano, presiding over a large ensemble composed of friends and family, singing in his endearingly rough, now-threadbare voice. Some of the performances here are little more than pro-forma run-throughs of standard Jobim oldies but things perk up when Jobim digs into some lesser-known compositions like his "Song of the Jet" and son Paulo's catchy "Samba do Soho." In any case, the material is always superb and the cool-voiced, always in-pitch Brazilian singer Gal Costa turns up on a few numbers. Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist :
1    One Note Samba 3:07
Jon Hendricks / Antônio Carlos Jobim / Newton Mendonça
2    Desafinado 3:00
Jesse Cavanaugh / Jon Hendricks / Antônio Carlos Jobim
3    Agua de Beber 3:48
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes
4    Dindi 4:59
Antônio Carlos Jobim
5    Wave 2:49    
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Paulo Jobim    
6    Chega de Saudade 3:48
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes    
7    Two Kites 4:53
Antônio Carlos Jobim    
8    Samba Do Soho 3:38
Ronaldo Bastos / Paul Jobim       
9    Sabiá 3:20    
Norman Gimbel / Antônio Carlos Jobim    
10    Samba Do Avião 3:23
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Vinícius de Moraes
11    Águas de Março (Waters of March) 4:08
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Paulo Jobim
12    Corcovado 3:05
Antônio Carlos Jobim / Gene Lees
Credits:
Bass – Sebastian Neto
Cello – Jaques Morelenbaum
Drums – Paulo Braga
Flute – Danilo Caymmi
Guitar, Vocals – Paulo Jobim
Piano, Voice – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Vocals – Ana Jobim, Elizabeth Jobim, Maucha Adnet, Paula Morelenbaum, Simone Caymmi
Voice – Gal Costa (tracks: 4, 5, 12)

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM - Antonio Carlos Jobim And Friends (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Jobim made his last Brazilian concert appearance -- and the penultimate one of his life -- at this warm, star-studded affair in which American jazz musicians jetted down to the Free Jazz Festival in São Paulo to pay effusive homage. The miracle is how easily the jazzers were able to capture the yearning essence of Jobim's idiom without really compromising their own distinct styles. Thus, Joe Henderson welds his trademark unpredictable flurries into the cool tenor sax bossa nova tradition, Shirley Horn does "Once I Loved" in her own inimitable manner that matches the mood of the song perfectly, Jon Hendricks' scatting fits the samba like a glove. The pianists go somewhat outside the idiom -- Herbie Hancock's modern complexity, Gonzalo Rubalcaba's technical fireworks laced with Afro-Cuban salsa -- but they stay within their orbits around the Jobim sun. The composer himself only appears on the last four tracks -- he sounds weary and ill -- yet he radiates his gentle warmth and spirit throughout the evening. by Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist:
1    Prelude 8:27
Piano – Herbie Hancock
2    Ela E Carioca 6:21
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Herbie Hancock
3    The Boy From Ipanema 2:40
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Shirley Horn
Vocals – Shirley Horn
4    Once I Loved 5:28
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves
Keyboards – Herbie Hancock
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Shirley Horn
Vocals – Shirley Horn
5    O Grande Amor 9:26
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Saxophone – Joe Henderson
6    No More Blues 5:21
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Herbie Hancock
Vocals – Jon Hendricks
7    Agua De Beber 6:02
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Keyboards – Herbie Hancock
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Gonzalo Rubalcaba
8    A Felicidade 4:55
Piano – Herbie Hancock
Vocals – Gal Costa
9    Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce 5:04
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim
Keyboards – Herbie Hancock
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Vocals – Gal Costa
10    Luiza 3:27
Piano, vocals – Antonio Carlos Jobim
11    Wave 4:23
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim
Keyboards – Herbie Hancock
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Herbie Hancock
12    Cominhos Cruzados 4:28
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Vocals – Gal Costa
13    Finale: The Girl From Ipanema 7:54
Bass – Ron Carter
Drums – Harvey Mason
Guitar – Oscar Castro-Neves, Paulo Jobim
Keyboards – Herbie Hancock
Percussion – Alex Acuña
Piano – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Saxophone – Joe Henderson
Vocals – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gal Costa, Jon Hendricks