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It’s been said that Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim was the George Gershwin of Brazil, and there’s a sound band of truth for the reason that, for both contributed large body of tunes towards the jazz repertoire, both expanded their reach in to the concert hall, and both have …

b. Antonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, 25 January 1927, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, d. 8 Dec 1994, NY, USA. Jobim can rightfully state to have began the bossa nova motion when, as movie director of Odeon Information, he gave his friend João Gilberto his very own structure ‘Chega De …