Not only did Jobim stay active until the end of his life, he showed virtually no signs of creative burnout, as this, his last album, wondrously displays. Surrounded again by family and friends, he delivered a brace of 13 songs and compositions (plus two songs by the veteran songwriter Dorival Caymmi), many of them relatively new, most as heartbreakingly beautiful as anything from the bossa nova years. Sometimes Jobim's voice, never impressive, is almost gone and the production has a rough-hewn finish, but it doesn't matter; Jobim's craft and his brood carry him through, and son Paulo Jobim provides thick but highly competent orchestral arrangements. An especially touching passage is the brief "Samba de Maria Luiza," a Jobim duet with his little daughter Maria Luiza, who also turns up on the succeeding ode for the environment, "Forever Green." The final tone poem, "Trem De Ferro," obviously inspired by Heitor Villa-Lobos, is also the most startling, a strange chugging simulation of a train cutting through the underbrush. There is also an idiomatic duet with Sting on the familiar "How Insensitive" (later included on the Red, Hot and Rio anthology), and Caymmi makes a guest vocal appearance on "Maricotinha." Obviously Jobim still had a lot to give, making his death later in 1994 an even more poignant blow. Issued for the Latin market only, though pressed in the U.S., the CD is not difficult to locate in well-stocked big city shops. by Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist:
1 Só Danço Samba 2:01
Lyrics By – Vinicius De Moraes
Tamborim – Duduka De Fonseca
2 Piano Na Mangueira 2:43
Horn – Edeneck Svab
Lyrics By – Chico Buarque
Percussion – Duduka De Fonseca
Trombone – Raul De Souza
Trumpet – Marcio Montarroyos
Vocals – Tom Jobim
3 Insensatez 3:46
Bass – Ron Carter
Lyrics By – Vinicius De Moraes
Vocals – Sting
4 Querida 3:32
Lyrics By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
5 Surfboard 3:09
Flugelhorn – Marcio Montarroyos
Horn – Antonio José Augusto, Edeneck Svab
6 Samba De Maria Luiza 1:14
Lyrics By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Vocals – Maria Luiza Jobim
7 Forever Green 3:15
Flugelhorn – Marcio Montarroyos
Horn – Antonio José Augusto, Edeneck Svab
Lyrics By – Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paulo Jobim
Trombone – Raul De Souza, Victor Silva Santos
Vocals – Maria Luiza Jobim
8 Maracangalha 2:41
Music By, Lyrics By, Vocals – Dorival Caymmi
9 Maricotinha 3:50
Flugelhorn – Marcio Montarroyos
Horn – Antonio José Augusto, Edeneck Svab
Music By, Lyrics By, Vocals – Dorival Caymmi
Trombone – Raul De Souza, Victor Silva Santos
10 Pato Preto 4:42
Lyrics By – Antonio Carlos Jobim
Percussion – Duduka De Fonseca
11 Meu Amigo Radamés 3:56
Clarinet – Edu Morelenbaum
Flute – Paulo Guimarães
Horn – Edeneck Svab
12 Trem Azul 5:00
Flugelhorn – Marcio Montarroyos
Lyrics By – Rolando Bastos
Music By – Lo Borges
13 Radamés Y Pelé 2:49
Flugelhorn – Marcio Montarroyos
Horn – Edeneck Svab
Trombone – Raul De Souza
14 Chora Coração 3:09
Lyrics By – Vinicius De Moraes
Vocals – Paula Morelenbaum
15 Trem De Ferro 4:34
Manuel Bandeira / Antônio Carlos Jobim
Créditos
Backing Vocals – Elizabeth Jobim, Maucha Adnet, Paula Morelenbaum, Simone Caymmi
Backing Vocals, Photography – Ana Lontra Jobim
Bass – Sebastião Neto
Cello – Jaques Morelenbaum
Drums, Percussion – Paulo Braga
Flute – Danilo Caymmi
Music By – Antonio Carlos Jobim (faixas: 1 to 7, 9, 10, 13 to 15)
Piano – Tom Jobim
Producer, Mixed By – Daniel Jobim
Producer, Mixed By, Violin – Paulo Jobim
