Music According to Tom Jobim

One of Brazil’s most popular and respected musicians and composers, Antonio Carlos “Tom” Jobim found himself the face (or at least the sound) of a new Brazil when his songs such as “The Girl from Ipanema” and “Desafinado” seduced the world with their clear, cool, sensual style. (“I haven’t sung this quietly since I had laryngitis,” quipped Frank Sinatra after trying out the songbook.) Dos Santos and codirector Dora Jobim (Tom’s granddaughter) offer a catchy musical memorial to the master of bossa nova with this seamless blend of older archival performances (featuring Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Sinatra, et al.) and more contemporary interpretations.