Wave (song)
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| "Wave" | ||||
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| Song by Antonio Carlos Jobim from the album Wave | ||||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Length | 02:58 | |||
| Writer | Antonio Carlos Jobim | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
| Wave track listing | ||||
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"Wave" (also known as "Vou Te Contar" in Portuguese) is a song written by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Recorded as an instrumental on Jobim's 1967 album of the same name, English lyrics were added by Jobim for a November 11, 1969 recording by Frank Sinatra, released on his 1970 album Sinatra & Company [1]. On this recording, Sinatra sang his lowest note, a low E♭ [2].
[edit] Notable Recordings
- Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave (1967)
- Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim - Sinatra & Company (1967)
- Walter Wanderley - Batucada (1967)
- Stanley Turrentine - Ain't No Way (1969)
- Oscar Peterson - Motions and Emotions (1969)
- Ahmad Jamal - The Awakening (1970)
- Buddy Rich - Stick It (1972)
- Paul Desmond - Pure Desmond (1974)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim (1980)
- Miki Matsubara - Blue Eyes (1984)
- Mel Tormé - Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990 (1990)
- Susannah McCorkle - From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies (1999)
- Anton Schwartz - Radiant Blue (2006)
[edit] References
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