Desafinado

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Desafinado (Portuguese for out of tune ) is a bossa nova title by the Brazilian composer Antônio Carlos Jobim from 1958; the text was written by the poet and pianist Newton Mendonça . The Americans Jon Hendricks and Jesse Cavanagh translated the text into English, with the title Slightly out of Tune .

History of origin

The piece was Jobim's ironic response to the music critics who, after hearing the single Chega de Saudade in the summer of 1958, were of the opinion that the bossa nova was generally "out of tune" and not an issue for noisy crooners . In the original, the piece was performed very intimately and quietly. It was released on single by João Gilberto in November 1958 (then on his album Chega de Saudade in 1959). The text contains the word “Bossa-Nova” for the first time.

Impact history

Desafinado was recorded by Herbie Mann and Herb Ellis in 1961 . In 1962, Desafinado quickly became a hit with the recording of Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd on their album Jazz Samba , also became internationally known and contributed to the global triumph of Bossa Nova. Pat Thomas and Ella Fitzgerald presented the first English vowel versions in the same year; In 1962 there were also recordings by Herb Alpert , Dizzy Gillespie (with Lalo Schifrin , Dizzy on the French Riviera ), Coleman Hawkins and Quincy Jones . For his version with Byrd's group, Getz received the award for best jazz instrumental performance - soloist or small group at the 1963 Grammy Awards . Since then the piece has been interpreted by numerous musicians. In December 1962, Peter Kraus published a German version of the song. The word Desafinado is not sung literally, but a slightly out of tune love that threatens to disintegrate is reported to the out of tune music. The 1969 recorded duo version of Jobim with crooner Frank Sinatra was initially not released.

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  1. ↑ See Chris McGowan, Ricardo Pessanha Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova and the Popular Music of Brazil 1998, p. 55
  2. ↑ See Michael Kennedy, Joyce Bourne The Oxford Dictionary of Music , 1994, p. 109
  3. ↑ Cf. Give the Drummer Some (genesis of Jazz Samba ) ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 3.80 MB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.adlermusic.com
  4. ↑ It made it to the top 20 in the United States . Cf. Chris McGowan, Ricardo Pessanha Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova and the Popular Music of Brazil 1998, p. 66. On the B-side of the single, which was published solely under the name of Getz, there was no other Bossa Title with Byrd, but the theme from ›Dr. Kildare Show , which Getz recorded with a studio orchestra in June 1962. See Stan Getz's discography
  5. ↑ Cf. Is the Bossa Nova the New Twist? Billboard , Oct. 13, 1962, p. 4
  6. ↑ republished in November 2012: audio samples
  7. ↑ The reasons for the withdrawal of the LP co-produced with Jobim and their initially only partial publication are not entirely clear. See Will Friedwald Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art 1997, p. 430