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Wave (Antônio Carlos Jobim song)

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Released
  
1967

Writer(s)
  
Antônio Carlos Jobim

Producer(s)
  
Creed Taylor

Length
  
02:58

Language
  
Portuguese

"Wave" (1)
  
"The Red Blouse" (2)

"Wave" (also known as "Vou Te Contar" in Portuguese) is a bossa nova song written by Antônio Carlos Jobim. Recorded as an instrumental on his 1967 album of the same name, its English lyrics were written by Jobim himself later that year.

The English lyrics were used on the November 11, 1969 recording by Frank Sinatra, on his 1970 album Sinatra & Company. The english lyrics were also used by Johnny Mathis in his 1970 Close to You album.

The song was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone to be the 73rd greatest Brazilian song.

Notable recordings

  • Antônio Carlos Jobim - Wave (1967) and Terra Brasilis (1980)
  • Sérgio Mendes - Equinox - Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1967)
  • Walter Wanderley - Batucada (1967)
  • Nancy Wilson - Easy (1968)
  • Stanley Turrentine - Ain't No Way (1969)
  • Oscar Peterson - Motions and Emotions (1969)
  • Sandpipers - The Wonder of You (1969)
  • Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim - Sinatra & Company (Recorded 11 November 1969 ; released 1970)
  • Ahmad Jamal - The Awakening (1970)
  • Billy Butler - Night Life (1971)
  • Buddy Rich - Stick It (1972)
  • Sarah Vaughan - With Michel Legrand (1972)
  • Paul Desmond - Pure Desmond (1974)
  • Joe Pass - Joe Pass & Ella Fitzgerald - Duets In Hanover (1975)
  • João Gilberto - Amoroso (1976)
  • Joe Pass and Paulinho Da Costa - Tudo Bem! (1978)
  • Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim (1980)
  • Miki Matsubara - Blue Eyes (1984)
  • Kevin Eubanks - Face To Face (1986)
  • Mel Tormé - Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990 (1990)
  • Rosemary Clooney - Girl Singer (1992)
  • Michael Weiss – Milestones (1998)
  • Susannah McCorkle - From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies (1999)
  • Merv Griffin - It's Like a Dream (2000)
  • Rosa Passos - Amorosa (2004)
  • Roseanna Vitro - Tropical Postcards (2004)
  • Anton Schwartz - Radiant Blue (2006)
  • Daniel Jobim and Luiza Jobim - Soundtrack - Brazil Telenovela Páginas da Vida (2006-2007)
  • Beegie Adair (guest of Jack Jezzro) - Love Letters (2011)
  • Johnny Mathis - Close to You (1970)

    • References

    Wave (Antônio Carlos Jobim song) Wikipedia
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