Corcovado (song)
Corcovado is a bossa nova piece by the Brazilian Antônio Carlos Jobim from 1960, which refers to the mountain of the same name in Rio de Janeiro . It has been interpreted by Elis Regina and Sérgio Mendes , among others . The song entitled Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars was translated into English . The English text is from Gene Lees .
The piece has become a jazz standard . Miles Davis recorded a version of the piece with the Gil Evans Orchestra on his album Quiet Nights as early as 1962 . The most famous version comes from Stan Getz , who recorded it with Astrud and João Gilberto in 1964 for the album Getz / Gilberto . Astrud Gilberto sings the first sentences in English , as in The Girl from Ipanema . Her husband continues the text in Portuguese and Getz plays a solo.
Recordings
Corcovado has been recorded by other artists including:
- Cannonball Adderley (with Sérgio Mendes)
- Caterina Valente
- Charlie Byrd
- Doris Day
- Everything But The Girl
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Mina
- Frank Sinatra (with Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1967)
- Andy Williams