Published in Portuguese. So far, there are no plans for an English translation.

 

ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM - a biography

 

A new biography of Tom Jobim has just been released.

Journalist and writer Sérgio Cabral told us today over the telephone that he used to meet Tom Jobim for lunch at the Antonio's, a traditional restaurant in Rio de Janeiro known as being frequented by artists and writers. Sergio would arrive to the restaurant ahead of time, and would hide a tape recorder under the table. He says that from the collection of unsuspected recordings of conversations with Tom, not much material resulted valuable. Lots of Tom's usual jokes, funny statements, and laughs. And a considerable amount of the recordings is almost impossible to understand. Later on, Sergio told Tom about the "unauthorized" recordings.

A great conoisseur of the Brazilian Music, friend of Tom's - these are just two of Sergio Cabral's atributes that make the release of this biography a very special event.

 

This is not the first time that Sérgio Cabral writes a biography of Tom Jobim. Back in 1987, as part of the comemorations of the Maestro's sixtieth anniversary, CBPO - Companhia Brasileira de Projetos e Obras - a huge constrution company oriented to projects for the Brazilian government, sponsored the production of a Long Play album for distribution only among clients and friends. A few years later, the recordings were released to the public in a package of two CDs, under the title "Tom Jobim - Inédito". The original project included also Sergio Cabral's first biography of Tom Jobim.

The first biography by Sergio Cabral, published in 1987.

  The journalist told us he considers the first book as no more than a trailer of the text that Lumiar Publishing Company is now delivering to the bookstores.

Besides the rich photographic material, the research effort of Sergio Cabral led him to details of Tom's childhood, such as performance records from his first school years.

Make shure you check it out.

Luiz Roberto Oliveira
December 9, 1997

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