Jobim, Antônio Carlos. (1927–1994) [Vaughan, Sarah. (1924–1990)]
Autograph Letter to Sarah Vaughan
Autograph letter from the Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer to the great jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan. On a postcard of the Municipal Theater in Rio, dated June 10, 1976, Jobim writes: "My darling Sass, I've been missing you so much. How are you & Marsh[all Fisher, Vaughan's partner and manager] & everybody? I've been looking for this card a long time. Here is your 'work' in Rio, for you to show to your friends. By the way, I guess you know you were the last show at it, before it closed to be repaired, and it'll remain closed for one more year, they say. Here everything's OK, with one bad news: now, to leave the country, one has to leave US $1,200, during one year, at the Bank of Brasil (no interests or monetary correction), and our middle class, the only ones they hit, is furious, trying to do something against it! I only wrote to tell you that I love more each day! Don't forget me! All the best! xxxx Antonio Carlos." Rare.The Brazilian composer, pianist, songwriter, arranger and singer Antonio Carlos or "Tom" Jobim is widely considered as one of the great exponents of Brazilian music. Jobim internationalized bossa nova and, with the help of important American artists, merged it with jazz to standardize in the 1960s a new sound whose popular success was very remarkable.
Vaughan, described by jazz critic Tom Moon as "arguably, the foremost interpreter of Brazilian music in jazz history," made three albums of Brazilian music, beginning with the 1977 record I Love Brazil!, recorded with Milton Nascimento, Dori Caymmi, and Jobim on piano. (16154)
Jazz Autograph Letter