Jobim Extravaganza [LP]

Jobim Extravaganza marks the centennial of Antônio Carlos Jobim with a live meeting of the Danish Radio Big Band and Brazilian singer Joyce Moreno, who worked with Jobim for many years. Recorded in front of an audience at DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen with no overdubs, it presents ten Jobim songs in arrangements by Michael Abene (former musical director of the WDR Big Band), conducted by Magnus Lindgren.

Moreno's voice stays at the center while the band adds color and room for soloists, from valve trombone on "Ela é Carioca" to piano on "Wave". Here it is on vinyl from Storyville Records, a warm way to hear a big band captured exactly as it played that night.

Other editions

• Jobim Extravaganza [CD]