Historical recordings of the song "Desafinado": international unfoldings of the Bossa Nova

Authors

  • Liliana Harb Bollos Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Carlos Henrique Costa Universidade Federal de Goiás
  • Fernando Antônio de Alvarenga Corrêa Faculdade Santa Marcelina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36025/arj.v4i1.10002

Keywords:

Bossa Nova, Desafinado (Off-key), Popular Music, Analysis, Harmony.

Abstract

This article analyzes and compares the versions of the song "Desafinado" on the albums Chega de saudade, Jazz Samba, The Composer of Desafinado Plays, Getz/Gilberto featuring A. C. Jobim, Sinatra/Jobim and also in printed scores in the books The Real Book, The New Real Book 1, Songbook Tom Jobim and Cancioneiro Jobim. It aims developments that have taken place in the music scene from the disclosure of Bossa Nova internationally. As a result, we identified that the melodic-harmonic differences of the US album Jazz Samba interfered in the subsequent executions of this song, as numerous recordings and sheet music publications.

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Author Biographies

Liliana Harb Bollos, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Pianist and teacher, currently develops research post-doc PNPD-CAPES Harmonization in Piano in Group at EMAC-UFG. She holds a PhD in Communication and Semiotics by PUC-SP, a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in Music (performance in piano-jazz) by Kunst Universität Graz (Austria) and a Bachelor's Degree in Literature by FFLCH-USP. She is author of the books Bossa Nova e Crítica: Polifonia de Vozes na Imprensa (Annablume / Funarte, 2010) (Funarte Award for Critical Music Production 2010) and Clara na Música Popular (Ed. Som, 2011). He has taught at FACCAMP, Conservatory of Tatuí, Faculty of Music Carlos Gomes and Emesp. He is a member of Quarteto Sonoro (with Daniel Allain, Fernando Corrêa and Sérgio Schreiber), with whom released the CD SONORIDADES in 2015 and launches in 2017 the box of 3 CDs with the singer Tutti Bae.

Carlos Henrique Costa, Universidade Federal de Goiás

Pianist and conductor, born in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil, Master in Piano by YSU, DMA in Piano with a minor in Orchestral Conducting by UGA under Dr. Zimdars. Carlos is professor at the Federal University of Goiás, Brazil (UFG), coordinator of the Music Master's Program of UFG and researcher in the area of Piano Performance and Group Piano Teaching. In 2012 published the book "Piano em Grupo: Livro Didático para o Ensino Superior" and coordinated the II International Meeting of Group Piano held in Goiânia, Brazil. Has been the president of the International Music Festival of the School of Music of UFG in 2010 and 2011. Conducted the Academic Orchestra Jean Douliez of UFG, the University of Georgia Orchestra, Goiânia's Symphonic Orchestra and Wyoming University Symphonic Orchestra. As a pianist has performed in Italy, USA, Portugal and Brazil as a soloist and chamber musician collaborating with violinist Carmelo de los Santos, bassist Marcos Machado, pianist Ana Flavia Frazão, singer Joana Azevedo, clarinetist Johnson Machado, among others. Carlos always includes different styles of Brazilian music in his repertoire.

Fernando Antônio de Alvarenga Corrêa, Faculdade Santa Marcelina

Guitarist, Composer and Arranger, Master and Bachelor in Guitar Jazz by Kunst Universität Graz, Austria, Guitar player of the Jazz Symphonic Orchestra since 2000 and Guitar Teacher and Arranger at Santa Marcelina College. He is the author of numerous arrangements for the Jazz Symphony Orchestra, Tom Jobim Youth Orchestra, Bigband Soundscape, Quebra Cuia, Fernando Corrêa Combo, among other formations. He has 4 own CDs: FERNANDO CORRÊA (2002), EM CONTRASTE (Austria, 1996), MAREA (Austria, 1996) and  DEZ ARRANJOS with Fernando Corrêa Combo (2012) . In 2015 he released the CD SONORIDADES with Quarteto Sonoro, as guitarist and arranger. He has three books Improvisação para guitarra e outros instrumentos (Ed MF Music, 2004), Estudo rítmico sobre Coltrane (Ed Som, 2010) and Guitarra 1 Projeto Guri (2011), and he produced the Brazilian Play Along (Free Note, 2006).

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13-08-2017

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BOLLOS, L. H.; COSTA, C. H.; CORRÊA, F. A. de A. Historical recordings of the song "Desafinado": international unfoldings of the Bossa Nova. Art Research Journal: Revista de Pesquisa em Artes, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 1, p. 96–113, 2017. DOI: 10.36025/arj.v4i1.10002. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/artresearchjournal/article/view/10002. Acesso em: 21 dec. 2024.

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): Multidisciplinary Perspectives in the Field of Art | Articles

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