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'"Once I Loved"' ('"O Amor Em Paz"') is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed in 1960 by Antnio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Vincius de Moraes.Severiano, Jairo, and Zuza Homem de Mello 'A cano no tempo: 85 anos de msicas brasileiras, vol. 2', Editora 34, So Paulo, 1997. Words in English were later added by Ray Gilbert. In a few early cases, the song was also known as ('"Love in Peace"'), a translation into English of the original Portuguese title.
The first recording was in 1961 by Joo Gilberto on his self-titled album 'Joo Gilberto' (Brasil, Odeon 3202).[http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/joao-gilberto/5685-the-warm-world-of-joao-gilberto-the-man-who-invented-bossa-nova-complete-recordings-1958-1961.html The Warm World of Joo Gilberto] Jobim recorded an instrumental version of the song in 1963 on his debut album, 'The Composer of Desafinado Plays'.
In 'The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire', jazz critic Ted Gioia credits Frank Sinatra for the popularity of the song. "Even during the height of the bossa nova craze, which peaked around 1964-65, 'Once I Loved' was not widely known and it is conspicuously missing from most of the bossa nova theme albums of the day. But after Sinatra's 1967 recording, the song became one of Jobim's best-known and most-covered compositions."Gioia, Ted, 'The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire', Oxford University Press, Oxford ; New York, 2012.
Describing the uniqueness of the song, Gioia writes, "[T]here are a handful of songs in the standard repertoire that convey a sense of introspection and quiet soul-searching. For the most part, they are slow pieces, delicate ballads that sacrifice rhythmic drive in exchange for a ruminative self-questioning. But 'Once I Loved' is that rarity--a melancholy soliloquy that shouldn't be played too slowly. The composition works best at a medium tempo, almost as if the lingering nostalgia of the lyrics needs to tussle with the forward momentum of the bossa nova beat."
Recorded versions
* Cannonball Adderley 'Cannonball's Bossa Nova' (1962)
* Gene Ammons 'Brasswind' (1974)
* Chet Baker & Steve Houben 'Chet Baker Steve Houben' (1980)
* Charlie Byrd 'Brazilian Byrd' (1965)
* Luz Casal 'Alma' (2013)
* Rosemary Clooney 'Brazil' (2000)
* Perry Como 'Lightly Latin' (1966)
* Chick Corea & Gary Burton 'Hot House' (2012)
* Gal Costa 'Gal Bossa Tropical' (2002)
* Eumir Deodato 'Intil Paisagem As Maiores Composies de Antonio Carlos Jobim' (1964)
* Eliane Elias 'Eliane Elias Sings Jobim' (1998)
* Herb Ellis 'Roll Call' (1991)
* Clare Fischer 'S Dano Samba' (1964)
* Jacob Fischer 'Black Orpheus' (2014)
* Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass 'Take Love Easy' (1973)
* Hal Galper 'Dreamsville' (1987)
* Astrud Gilberto 'The Astrud Gilberto Album' (1965)
* Joo Gilberto 'The Legendary Joo Gilberto' (1961)
* Eddie Gmez, Alberto Medina & Pablo Prieto 'Trilogy' (2016)
* Stphane Grappelli & Baden Powell ' La Grande Reunion' (1974)
* Vince Guaraldi 'An Afternoon with the Vince Guaraldi Quartet' (1967), 'The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi' (1969)
* Joe Henderson 'The Kicker' (1967)
* Joe Henderson with Oscar Castro-Neves, 'Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim' (1995)
* Jon Hendricks 'Salud! Joo Gilberto, Originator of the Bossa Nova' (1961) as "Love in Peace (O Amor em Paz)"
* Shirley Horn 'Close Enough for Love' (1989)
* Toninho Horta 'Once I Loved' (1992)
* Milt Jackson 'Soul Fusion' (1977)
* Antnio Carlos Jobim 'The Composer of Desafinado Plays' (1963)
* Elvin Jones 'The Prime Element' (rec. 1969 released in 1976)
* Karin Krog/Jacob Young 'Where Flamingo Fly' (2002)
* Patrizia Laquidara 'Cara!' (2013)
* Ivan Lins 'Olha Que Coisa Mais Linda: Uma Homenagem a Tom Jobim' (2001)
* Yo-Yo Ma 'Obrigado Brazil' (2003)
* Herbie Mann 'Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann' (1963)
* Pat Martino 'El Hombre' (1967)
* Ronnie Mathews, Ray Drummond, Kenny Washington 'Song For Leslie' (1980)
* Mina 'L'allieva' (2005)
* Wes Montgomery 'Goin' Out of My Head' (1966)
* Jaques Morelenbaum, Paula Morelenbaum, and Ryuichi Sakamoto 'Casa' (2001)
* Frank Morgan 'Love, Lost & Found' (1995)
* Gerry Mulligan, with Jane Duboc 'Paraiso' (1993)
* Nara Leo 'Dez Anos Depois' (1971)
* Os Cariocas 'A Bossa Dos Cariocas' (1963)
* Horace Parlan 'Hi-Fly' (1978)
* Duke Pearson 'I Don't Care Who Knows It' (rec. 1969 released in 1996)
* Bill Perkins 'Bossa Nova With Strings Attached: The Tenor of Bill Perkins' (1963)
* Dianne Reeves 'When You Know' (2008)
* Frank Sinatra & Antnio Carlos Jobim 'Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim' (1967)
* Sylvia Telles 'Bossa, Balano, Balada' (1963)
* Jim Tomlinson 'Brazilian Sketches' (2003)
* McCoy Tyner 'Trident' (1975)
* Cedar Walton 'The Trio 3' (1985)
* The Tony Williams Lifetime ' Turn It Over' (1970)
* Kai Winding 'Penny Lane & Time' (1967)
* Chrissie Hynde - Valve Bone Woe (2019)
* Shigeharu Mukai 'Hip Cruiser' (1979)
References
Category:1960 songs
Category:1960s jazz standards
Category:Bossa nova jazz standards
Category:Frank Sinatra songs
Category:Songs with music by Antnio Carlos Jobim
Category:Songs with lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes
Category:Brazilian songs
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