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"'S Dano Samba'" (aka "'Jazz 'n' Samba'") is a bossa nova song composed in 1962 by Antnio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. English lyrics were later written by Norman Gimbel. On occasion, it has also been known as "Jazz Samba" and "I Only Dance Samba", an English translation of the original Portuguese title.

In 'Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World', author Ruy Castro suggests that the song was part of a failed movement to invent a bossa nova dance. "Jobim, who had never danced in his life, had just finished writing 'S dano samba' [Jazz 'n' Samba] with Vinicius, but it was without much conviction. So much so, in fact, that on hearing 'S dano samba' for the first time, Joo Gilberto asked him, 'What's this Tomzinho? A boogie-woogie?'"Castro, Ruy, 'Bossa nova: the story of the Brazilian music that seduced the world', A Cappella Books, Chicago, IL, 2000.

The song was first performed by Joo Gilberto and Os Cariocas in August 1962 at the Au Bon Gourmet restaurant in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, at what Castro calls "the bossa nova show to end all bossa nova shows", as it featured Jobim, Gilberto, Vincius de Moraes and Os Cariocas on stage together for the first and last time.

A few months later, Gilberto and Os Cariocas performed the song again in the Italian film, 'Copacabana Palace' (1962),[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056020/combined IMDB Copacabana Palace (1962)] in which they are briefly shown singing together.

Elza Laranjeira released the first recording of "S dano samba" in October 1962.[https://secondhandsongs.com/work/64651 SecondHandSongs - S Dano Samba]

Recorded versions



* Elza Laranjeira "S Dano Samba" single (October 1962)

* Joo Donato 'A Bossa Muito Moderna' (1963)

* Herb Ellis & Charlie Byrd 'Guitar/Guitar' (1963)

* Stan Getz & Luiz Bonf 'Jazz Samba Encore!' (1963) as "S Dano Samba (I Only Dance Samba)"

* Antnio Carlos Jobim 'The Composer of Desafinado, Plays' (1963) and 'Antonio Brasileiro' (1994)

* Roberto Menescal E Seu Conjunto 'A Bossa Nova' (1963)

* Os Cariocas 'A Bossa Dos Cariocas' (1963)

* Elza Soares "S Dano Samba" single (1963)

* Tamba Trio 'Avano' (1963)

* Walter Wanderley 'Samba No Esquema De Walter Wanderley' (1963)

* Clare Fischer 'So Dano Samba' (1964)

* Stan Getz & Joo Gilberto 'Getz/Gilberto' (1964)

* Milt Jackson 'Jazz 'n' Samba' (1964)

* Charlie Byrd 'Brazilian Byrd' (1965) and 'My Inspiration: Music of Brazil' (1999)

* The Sergio Mendes Trio 'The Swinger from Rio' (1965) with Antnio Carlos Jobim, Hubert Laws, Art Farmer & Phil Woods

* Wanda De Sah (Wanda S) - 'Softly!' (1965)

* Ella Fitzgerald 'The Stockholm Concert, 1966' (rec. 1966, released 1984) and 'Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur' (1967)

* Dick Hyman 'Brasilian Impressions' (1967)

* Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 'Equinox' (1967)

* Helen Merrill 'Bossa Nova in Tokyo' (1967)

* Baden Powell 'Live in Hamburg' (rec. 1983, released 1995)

* Karrin Allyson 'Daydream' (1997)

* Eliane Elias 'Eliane Elias Sings Jobim' (1998)

* Rosa Passos 'Curare' (1991) and 'Me and My Heart' (2001)

* Yo-Yo Ma 'Obrigado Brazil Live In Concert ' (2004)

* John Pizzarelli 'Bossa Nova' (2004)

* Emilie-Claire Barlow 'Like a Lover' (2005)

* Vanessa da Mata 'Vanessa da Mata canta Tom Jobim' (2013)

* Vinicius Canturia 'Vincius canta Antonio Carlos Jobim' (2015)

* Caroll Vanwelden 'Portraits of Brazil' (2016)

* Martini Kings 'Palm Springs Serenade' (2019)

References



Category:Songs with music by Antnio Carlos Jobim

Category:Songs with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes

Category:1962 songs

Category:Bossa nova songs

Category:Brazilian songs

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