As it is Olympics season in Rio de Janeiro, we thought there would be no better time than to celebrate a Brazilian composer. Antônio Carlos Jobim himself was born in Rio in 1927 and was instrumental in developing the "bossa nova" style of Brazlian music in the 1950s and 1960s. Jobim's music is very popular in Jazz repetoires, and the "bossa nova" style draws upon Jazz and Samba.
One of his most famous songs all over the world is "The Girl from Ipanema" (or "Garota de Ipanema" in Portuguese), which you may have heard during the Olympic opening ceremony. Frank Sinatra also recorded this song, along with others by Jobim.
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