Imagina is said to have been Jobim's first composition, from 1947. It was a homework assignment from his teacher, originally written for solo piano; a few years later Chico Buarque wrote the lyrics. Since this is essentially a classical piece - sounding a little like a late romantic or an impressionist piece - I thought I'd make our string quartet the main sonic force here. I added harp and celeste to emphasize the dreamy quality of this arrangement and the voices are done here by Gretchen Parlato and myself as they were originally sung by Chico Buarque and Paula Morelenbaum.

06 Imagina

I Fall in Love Too Easily was featured in our set because of Jobim's love for Jazz music. Originally written by Jule Styne with lyrics by Sammy Cahn in 1944, this tune made it to the 1956 release "Chet Baker Sings;" a record that was a huge influence on the Bossa Nova crew in the late 50's. Here we have Gretchen Parlato singing it as a duet with myself on the guitar. We thought this was a nice contrast to the other tunes on the EP because of the sparse instrumentation and because this is mostly an improvised interpretation whereas the other pieces on this record are very planned out and arranged.

05 I Fall In Love Too Easily

Prelude/How Insensitive is a medley of sorts, here I arranged Jobim's How Insensitive but using Frédéric Chopin's Prelude nº4 in E minor (Opus 28) as an introduction. Jobim's piece is clearly based on the Chopin prelude and I thought it would be fun to listen to them together. The original Chopin piece was written for solo piano as part of a collection of preludes first published in 1839, here I transcribed that piece for string quartet and made it resolve into my arrangement of How Insensitive. Once again, we feature Gretchen Parlato on voice.

04 Insensatez

03 Chopin's E Minor Prelude

Lamento is one of the great Choros by the perhaps most influential composer of Choro music, Pixinguinha (aka. Alfredo da Rocha Viana, Jr.). When this tune was released in 1928 it was labelled by critic Cruz Cordeiro an Americanization of the typical Brazilian style in both melody and rhythm. Mr. Cordeiro seemed offended by it on his article for the magazine Phono-Art. But we love this piece and we think Jobim loved it too. I thought I'd twist this Choro even further with some different harmonies and rhythms that, while still referencing the older style, make the tune seem modern.

02 Lamento

Lamentos do Morro was originally written for solo guitar by the great Brazilian guitarist Garoto (aka. Anibal Augusto Sardinha), probably between 1948 and 1950. I had played this piece before the show and love Garoto's music in general, but I thought that re-orchestrating this one might bring it closer to the hearts of non-guitar players. I also felt that the main melody of the piece has something in common with Jobim's Samba do Avião…I know Jobim loved Garoto as well and thought perhapsLamentos do Morro might have been of special importance to Jobim.

01 Lamentos Do Morro

Thanks for visiting this page! During Grammy voting season I'm temporarily making our record streamable in its entirety here. If you are a voting member of the recording academy thank you for taking the time to consider us! We are running for the following categories under Artist name Marcel Camargo and The Brazil You Never Heard:

Title: Behind Jobim (album)
Category #77: Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Title: Prelude/Insensatez (song)
Category #4: Best New Artist

Title: Behind Jobim
Category #35: Best Latin Jazz Album

Title: Prelude/Insensatez (song)
Category #63: Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

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