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"'Samba do Avio'" , also known as "'Song of the Jet'", is a Brazilian song composed in 1962 by Antnio Carlos Jobim, who also wrote the original Portuguese lyrics. The English-language lyrics are by Gene Lees.

In the biography 'Antonio Carlos Jobim: An Illuminated Man', Helena Jobim describes how her brother came up with the idea for the song: "Tom's many walks from Ipanema to Santos Dumont Airport yielded that ode of beauty... He would head towards the airport, following the water's edge around Guanabara's Bay. The pretext to go there was to buy foreign magazines and newspapers. From Santos Dumont Airport he could observe his passion, the airplane. Yet he still kept some distance from those machines. He was afraid of flying, but he loved their power, splendor, and aerodynamicsman's conquest over machine".Jobim, Helena, 'Antonio Carlos Jobim: An Illuminated Man', Hal Leonard, Montclair, NJ, 2011. >

In the song, Jobim writes about landing at "Galeo" in Rio de Janeiro. The airport was renamed in his honor in 1999 and is now called Rio de JaneiroAntonio Carlos Jobim International Airport.[http://www.riogaleao.com/en/institutional/the-airport RIOgaleo Tom Jobim International Airport The Airport]

Jobim wrote "Samba do Avio" for an Italian film, 'Copacabana Palace' (1962), where it was performed by Jula De Palma and I 4 + 4 di Nora Orlandi. The movie was filmed in Rio and features cameo appearances by Jobim, Joo Gilberto and Os Cariocas.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056020/combined IMDB Copacabana Palace (1962)]

The first performance of the song was by Jobim and Os Cariocas in August 1962 at the Au Bon Gourmet restaurant in Copacabana, Rio, at what music historian Ruy Castro calls "the bossa nova show to end all bossa nova shows", as it featured Jobim, Joo Gilberto, Vincius de Moraes and Os Cariocas on stage together for the only time.Castro, Ruy, 'Bossa nova: the story of the Brazilian music that seduced the world', A Cappella Books, Chicago, IL, 2000. >

The first recording of the song was released in October 1962 by Elza Laranjeira.[https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/270257 SecondHandSongs Samba do Avio] Os Cariocas had a hit with their rendition in 1963. The first English-language version was by Tony Bennett for his 1965 album 'If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set'.

Recorded versions



* Elza Laranjeira (October 1962)

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

* Sylvia Telles 'Bossa, Balano, Balada' (1963)

* Eumir Deodato 'Intil Paisagem As Maiores Composies de Antonio Carlos Jobim' (1964)

* Paul Winter, w/ Luiz Bonf, Roberto Menescal & Luiz Ea 'Rio' (1964) as "Avion (Song of the Jet)"

* Tony Bennett 'If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set' (1965)

* Charlie Byrd 'Brazilian Byrd' (1965)

* Antnio Carlos Jobim 'The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim' (1965)

* Bud Shank, with Joo Donato 'Bud Shank & His Brazilian Friends' (1965)

* Walter Wanderley 'Rain Forest' (1966)

* Dick Hyman 'Brazilian Impressions' (1967)

* Stanley Turrentine 'A Bluish Bag' (rec. 1967, released 2007)

* Gilberto Gil 'Refavela' (1977)

* Micha & Antnio Carlos Jobim 'Micha & Antonio Carlos Jobim' (1977)

* Ella Fitzgerald 'Ella Abraa Jobim' (1981) Released on the original LP but left off the 1991 CD version

* Os Mulheres Negras 'Msica e Cincia' (1988)

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

* Eliane Elias 'Paulistana' (1993) As "Jet Samba (Samba do Avio)"

* Danilo Caymmi 'Sol Moreno' (1995)

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

* Gal Costa 'Gal Costa Canta Tom Jobim ao Vivo' (1999)

* Jaques Morelenbaum, Paula Morelenbaum and Ryuichi Sakamoto 'Morelenbaum 2/Sakamoto: A Day in New York' (2003)

* Roseanna Vitro 'Tropical Postcards' (2004)

* Toquinho 'Tributo Bossa Nova' (2005)

* Milton Nascimento 'Novas Bossas' (2008)

* Lisa Ono and Micha ' - The Music of Antnio Carlos Jobim "Impanema"' (2007)

References




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