Jobim and special guest Gal Costa recorded live in Los Angeles in 1987
Bossa nova and Brazilian songbook favorites on an imported Mind Control LP
For fans of: João Gilberto, Elis Regina, Astrud Gilberto
Antonio Carlos Jobim’s songs can feel familiar enough to disappear into the background, but hearing them in performance brings the small shifts in rhythm and phrasing back into focus. This Wiltern Theatre recording places the composer alongside Gal Costa, whose clear, expressive singing gives the material another voice without crowding its relaxed swing.
The program draws on songs including “Desafinado,” “Água de Beber,” “Wave,” “Águas de Março” and “Corcovado.” It is a meeting between one of bossa nova’s central writers and a singer whose work helped shape Brazilian popular music across several decades. This is the Mind Control import edition.
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