The Warm World Of

tom jobim revolutionised music within brazil and breathed new life into popular songwriting internationally. he discovered joao gilberto and wrote and produced timeless masterpieces for 'o mito'. he coined the term 'bossa nova'. jobim composed 'the girl from ipanema'. made eternal by astrud gilberto, the second most recorded song in history (after 'yesterday') with his long-term collaborator, the poet and diplomat, vinicius de moraes. if jobim is honoured around the world, he is an institution within brazil. 'the warm world of antonio carlos jobim' collects together recordings of his compositions made at the start of the sixties, including the long deleted 1960 version of his first large-scale work, 'the sinfonia rio de janeiro'.