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Summary: Professional and Commendable
Review: For serious musicians/vocalists this is really very worth getting. At its best, the book has very accurate chords, piano reductions of the scores, and Portugese lyrics. A case in point is Passarim, one of Jobim's more complex, airtight, and difficult pieces. The transcription here really nails it. Corcovado has the orchestral introduction from "Elis & Tom". A few chords are different than that arrangement (for example, Fmaj7 in the 7th bar of the tune instead of Gb7b5, and some in the intro). Maybe they wanted to go with the more accepted practices, or maybe they worked from different lead sheets or Jobim provided one with changes. Who knows? They don't list their sources or transcribers. But the fact that they even published this definitive version rather than any number of embarrasing American covers is an indication of what a class act this book is. Anos Dourados is also very good. Agua de Beber has all the important inner voice leading and the right intro. Voice leading is everything in Jobim. The rhythms are also pretty accurate and in the true cut time Brazilians think in. In some cases there are inconsistencies or versions not quite up to the level of the above, making me wonder which version they were gotten from (a discography would've helped. For example, Inutil Paisagem (Useless Landscape)has the right chords, but leaves out those wonderful piano background figures that Jobim plays on "Elis & Tom", and on the recording with Sinatra, and that Jobim interpreters in the know always use. That's a real shame. It's an Americanized version, as is Desifinado (English lyric only), written in smaller type for some reason and with chords also not as accurate as other tunes here. Again, my thought is that different transcribers were used for different tunes---the only explanation for some of the disparities. But this is still a very good book---wonderful at its best. It's best to look at scores (there are some available on the "Clube do Tom" website----a few in Jobim's hand). As masterful and prolific a composer as Jobim needs and deserves an accurate collection of transcriptions. But "until the real thing comes along" this is well worth the attention of serious musicians and Jobim lovers.
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Summary: Anthony Carlos Jobim Anthology
Review: The book is very useful , especially in my country (Indonesia). We have very limited publications which we should read for our reference to establish our professionalism. In fact, my very best friends are musicians, latin specialist, and they encourage themselves to be the number one latino group band called Flamingo Band, in my big city, Jakarta. I believe that this publication may help them, and please don't hesitate to keep us informed for any developments. Do you think, we, Indonesian, can do better for Indonesian-Latin songs .....? Come and visit us in Jakarta, ..... I should thank for Jobim's for the book ...... and look for other best ones. But please, not so expensive. We earned Rupiahs only ..... Bravo, and wish us luck ......
Rating:
Summary: Anthony Carlos Jobim Anthology
Review: The book is very useful , especially in my country (Indonesia). We have very limited publications which we should read for our reference to establish our professionalism. In fact, my very best friends are musicians, latin specialist, and they encourage themselves to be the number one latino group band called Flamingo Band, in my big city, Jakarta. I believe that this publication may help them, and please don't hesitate to keep us informed for any developments. Do you think, we, Indonesian, can do better for Indonesian-Latin songs .....? Come and visit us in Jakarta, ..... I should thank for Jobim's for the book ...... and look for other best ones. But please, not so expensive. We earned Rupiahs only ..... Bravo, and wish us luck ......
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Summary: Good introduction
Review: There's another book of Jobim songs out there, but I decided to choose this particular collection because it boasts favorites "Agua de Beber" and "One Note Samba" in addition to "Ipanema", "Corcovado", etc. Overall, I happily found the transcriptions to be a little less complex than expected, which was great for me (an average pianist). The book is also very helpful in introducing a degree of improvisation; once I got the basic rhythm down, I found that I could use the chord transcriptions to create some nifty left-hand arrangements (which aided in eventual memorization), and eventually add melodic improvisations with the free hand - with varying degrees of success, of course. The publishers were kind enough to provide most all the Portuguese and English lyrics. My personal favorite arragement is "Wave" - it's amazingly fun to play. The opening to "Insensatez" was a little different than what I expected from the recording, though.
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Summary: Good introduction
Review: There's another book of Jobim songs out there, but I decided to choose this particular collection because it boasts favorites "Agua de Beber" and "One Note Samba" in addition to "Ipanema", "Corcovado", etc. Overall, I happily found the transcriptions to be a little less complex than expected, which was great for me (an average pianist). The book is also very helpful in introducing a degree of improvisation; once I got the basic rhythm down, I found that I could use the chord transcriptions to create some nifty left-hand arrangements (which aided in eventual memorization), and eventually add melodic improvisations with the free hand - with varying degrees of success, of course. The publishers were kind enough to provide most all the Portuguese and English lyrics. My personal favorite arragement is "Wave" - it's amazingly fun to play. The opening to "Insensatez" was a little different than what I expected from the recording, though.
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