Wave (Antônio Carlos Jobim song)

"Wave"
"Wave"
Song by Antônio Carlos Jobim
from the album Wave
Language	Portuguese
Released	1967
Length	2:58
Songwriter(s)	Antônio Carlos Jobim
Producer(s)	Creed Taylor

"Wave" (also known as "Vou Te Contar" in Portuguese) is a bossa nova and jazz standard song written by Antônio Carlos Jobim. Recorded as an instrumental on his 1967 album of the same name, its English lyrics were written by Jobim himself later that year.

The English lyrics were used on the February 11, 1969 recording by Frank Sinatra, on his 1970 album Sinatra & Company.^[1] They were also used by Johnny Mathis in his 1970 Close to You album and by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 (sung by Lani Hall with Mendes) on their second album, Equinox, in 1967.

The song was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone to be the 73rd greatest Brazilian song.^[2]

According to The Jazz Discography by Tom Lord, the song has been recorded nearly 500 times by jazz artists.

Notable recordings

Antonio Carlos Jobim – Wave (1967) and Antonio Carlos Jobim and Friends (1993)^[3]
Oscar Peterson – Motions and Emotions (1969; arrangement by Claus Ogerman)
Paul Desmond – Live (1975)^[3]
Joao Gilberto – Amoroso (1976)^[3]
Fred Hersch and Bill Frisell – Songs We Know (1998)^[3]
Ahmad Jamal – The Awakening (1970)^[3]
Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim – Sinatra & Company (1970)^[3]
McCoy Tyner with Ron Carter and Tony Williams – Supertrios (1977)^[3]
Sarah Vaughan – Live in Japan (1973)^[3]

References

^ allmusic
^ Cavalcanti, Paulo (2009). "As 100 Maiores Músicas Brasileiras - "Wave"". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Spring. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 448–449. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.

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[2] Cavalcanti, Paulo (2009). "As 100 Maiores Músicas Brasileiras - "Wave"". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Spring. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

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Studio albums	The Composer of Desafinado Plays (1963) The Wonderful World of Antônio Carlos Jobim (1965) A Certain Mr. Jobim (1967) Wave (1967) Tide (1970) Stone Flower (1970) Jobim (1973) Urubu (1976) Terra Brasilis (1980) Inédito (1995) Antônio Brasileiro (1995)
Live albums	Jazzvisions (1986)
Compilations	Sinatra–Jobim Sessions (1979) Sinatra/Jobim: The Complete Reprise Recordings (2010)
Soundtracks	Lost Highway (1997)
Collaborations	Getz/Gilberto (1963, Stan Getz) Jazz Samba Encore! (1963, Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfá) Getz/Gilberto Vol. 2 (1963, Stan Getz) Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim (1967, Frank Sinatra) Sinatra & Company (1971, Frank Sinatra) Elis & Tom (1974, Elis Regina) "Fly Me to the Moon" (1994, Frank Sinatra)
Compositions	"A felicidade" "Água de Beber" (Drinking Water) "Waters of March" "Chega de Saudade" (No More Blues) "Corcovado" (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) "Desafinado" "Dindi" "The Girl from Ipanema" "How Insensitive" "Inútil Paisagem" (If You Never Come to Me) "Meditation" "O Morro Não Tem Vez" (Favela) "One Note Samba" "Só Danço Samba" "Someone to Light Up My Life" "Triste "Wave"
As contributor	Canção do Amor Demais (1958, Elizete Cardoso) Black Orpheus (1959, Luiz Bonfá) Chega de Saudade (1959, João Gilberto) Do the Bossa Nova with Herbie Mann, Latin Fever (1962, Herbie Mann) The Swinger from Rio (1965, Sérgio Mendes) Love, Strings and Jobim (1966, various) Abandoned Garden (1995, Michael Franks)