Roberto Carlos e Caetano Veloso e a Música de Tom Jobim () is a live album by Brazilian singers and composers Roberto Carlos and Caetano Veloso in honor of the 50th anniversary of bossa nova, released on CD and DVD in 2008.
Background Despite their decades-long friendship, Roberto Carlos and Caetano Veloso had never recorded an album together. In an interview with G1, Globo Group's news portal, Roberto said, "It was very emotional. I was nervous because, although I sang Bossa nova at the beginning of my career, it's been a long time. We don't feel so comfortable in that genre, and alongside Caetano, I was even more nervous.”In the same interview, Caetano added to Roberto's comments, “Roberto sings much better than I do. That's not just flattery, it's a statement of fact. For me, it was wonderful.”
Recorded at the Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo during the Tribute to Antônio Carlos Jobim concert held on August 25 and 26, 2008, the show was produced in audio and video by Rede Globo, with support from Itaú bank through the Itaú Brasil cultural project. Previously, a concert was held at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro. According to journalist , from the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper, Roberto said to Caetano, “I'm so fucking nervous!".
The musicians from Caetano's band (BandaCê) and Roberto's band (RC9) participated in the show, as well as both artists' accompanists (Jaques Morelenbaum in the first two duets and in Caetano's songs; Eduardo Lages in Roberto's songs and in the final duets). The song Águas de Março features musician Daniel Jobim, Tom's grandson.
Release Sony Music released the album on CD and DVD. On the , a special year-end program broadcast by TV Globo, some of the songs that Caetano and Roberto performed on the album were shown again on the television special.
Reception Journalist and music curator gave the album a positive review in the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine, stating, "Beyond the immediate pleasure its beauty can bring, Roberto and Caetano's tribute album to Tom Jobim serves as a map of affinities and idiosyncrasies. We understand from it that the tropicalist imagination still harbors some fear of the fifty-year-old movement that inspired it, possibly caused by excessive respect. [...] They seemed to know, before any of us, that, in the end, 'Eu Sei que Vou Te Amar' (Tom and Vinicius) and 'Eu Te Amo, Te Amo, Te Amo' (Roberto and Erasmo) are all the same thing."
Sylvia Colombo, writing for the Folha de São Paulo newspaper, gave the show a negative review, rating it as "bad" and stating that "when they sang together, they were artificial, with forced smiles and half-hearted hugs. There was some humor in ‘Teresa da Praia’. Nothing special in ‘A Felicidade’. [...] Poor Tom Jobim..."
Bernardo Araújo wrote a positive review for the newspaper Extra, adding that it was "a historic event, commensurate with the stature of the honoree and his work."
Track listing
CD
Accolades The album was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2009 in the Best Long Form Music Video category. At a ceremony held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States, the album was the winner of the night in its category.
YearAwardCategoryVenueResultRef.2009Latin Grammy AwardBest Long Form Music VideoMandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada,
Musicians The following musicians worked on the album:
Paulinho Braga – drums Daniel Jobim – piano Caetano Veloso – vocals Jaques Morelenbaum – conductor Gustavo Menezes – violin Edith Maretzki – violin José Ricardo Volker Taboada – viola Carlos Roberto Mendes – violin Gabriel Improta – acoustic guitar Oswaldo Luiz Teodoro de Carvalho – violin Daniel Nogueira de Albuquerque – violin – alto flute Daniel Guedes – violin Marcus Ribeiro Oliveira – cello Antonella Lima Pareschi – iolin Dener de Castro Campolina – double bass José Alves da Silva – violin José Rogério Rosa – iolin Carlos Eduardo Hack – violin Márcio Eymard Mallard – cello – violin Jesuína Noronha Passaroto – viola Marie Christine Springuel – viola Jorge Kundert Ranevsky (Iura) – cello João Daltro de Almeida – violin Jorge Helder – double bass Bernardo Bessler – violin Ricardo Amado – violin Roberto Carlos – vocals
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