Manuel and His Music of the Mountains play a fantastic arrangement of this Jobim jazz standard. Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote more than 50 compositions of which some 25 became "world standards". It is no wonder that some musicians called him "the Gershwin of latin music". Many of his songs have been performed by well known singers and orchestras and especially Frank Sinatra (who was a close friend of Jobim) loved his tunes. (He recorded two albums together with Jobim). This Brazilian composer (who died in 1994) is seen as a legend in Brazil (and elsewhere!) - that's why the Rio de Janeiro airport is now called "Airport Antonio Carlos Jobim"
The harmony and melodic lines that appear in his music are both surprising and "simple" at the same time. This "Meditation" definitely is a good example of that. Enjoy !
@CaptainPugwash1000 It sure feels good to know there are "others" who have a similar musical taste :-) I think capability and "knowing how to handle a computer" are very much linked to "having enough time to experiment with certain programs (and make 'more than one mistake' as you go along ;-) " and all the "rest" follows nearly automatically..... Having been forced (severe health issue) to stop working I now have the time to spend much of my time on my main hobbies: music and the pc - Walter
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