Wave (Antônio Carlos Jobim song)

"Wave"

Song by Antônio Carlos Jobim from the album Wave

Released

1967

Length

02:58

Language

Wave track listing

"Wave"
(1)

"The Red Blouse"
(2)

"Wave" (also known as "Vou Te Contar" in Portuguese) is a bossa nova 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 November 11, 1969 recording by Frank Sinatra, on his 1970 album Sinatra & Company.^[1] On this recording, Sinatra sang his lowest note, a low E♭.^[2]

The song was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone to be the 73rd greatest Brazilian song.^[3]

Notable recordings

Antônio Carlos Jobim - Wave (1967) and Terra Brasilis (1980)
Sérgio Mendes - Equinox - Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 (1967)
Walter Wanderley - Batucada (1967)
Nancy Wilson - Easy (1968)
Stanley Turrentine - Ain't No Way (1969)
Oscar Peterson - Motions and Emotions (1969)
Sandpipers - The Wonder of You (1969)
Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim - Sinatra & Company (Recorded 11 November 1969 ; released 1970)
Ahmad Jamal - The Awakening (1970)
Billy Butler - Night Life (1971)
Buddy Rich - Stick It (1972)
Sarah Vaughan - With Michel Legrand (1972)
Paul Desmond - Pure Desmond (1974)
Joe Pass - Joe Pass & Ella Fitzgerald - Duets In Hanover (1975)
João Gilberto - Amoroso (1976)
Joe Pass and Paulinho Da Costa - Tudo Bem! (1978)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim (1980)
Miki Matsubara - Blue Eyes (1984)
Kevin Eubanks - Face To Face (1986)
Mel Tormé - Mel Tormé Live at the Fujitsu–Concord Festival 1990 (1990)
Rosemary Clooney - Girl Singer (1992)
Michael Weiss – Milestones (1998)
Susannah McCorkle - From Broken Hearts to Blue Skies (1999)
Merv Griffin - It's Like a Dream (2000)
Rosa Passos - Amorosa (2004)
Roseanna Vitro - Tropical Postcards (2004)
Anton Schwartz - Radiant Blue (2006)
Daniel Jobim and Luiza Jobim - Soundtrack - Brazil Telenovela Páginas da Vida (2006-2007)
Beegie Adair (guest of Jack Jezzro) - Love Letters (2011)

References

↑ allmusic
↑ Songs By Sinatra: FAQ Section B1 - Career/Recordings
↑ Cavalcanti, Paulo (2009). "As 100 Maiores Músicas Brasileiras - "Wave"". Rolling Stone Brasil (in Portuguese). Spring. Retrieved 6 January 2014.

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Studio albums	The Composer of Desafinado, Plays (1963) The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1965) A Certain Mr. Jobim (1967) Wave (1967) Tide (1970) Stone Flower (1970) Jobim (1973) Urubu (1976) Terra Brasilis (1980) Antonio Brasileiro (1995)

Live albums	Jazzvisions (1986)

Compilations	Sinatra–Jobim Sessions (1979)

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 & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967, Frank Sinatra) Sinatra & Company (1971, Frank Sinatra) Elis & Tom (1974, Elis Regina) "Fly Me to the Moon" (1994, Frank Sinatra)

Compositions	"Água de Beber" (Drinking-Water) "Waters of March" "Chega de Saudade" (No More Blues) "Corcovado" (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars) "Desafinado" (Slightly Out of Tune) "Dindi" "The Girl from Ipanema" "How Insensitive" "Inútil Paisagem" (If You Never Come to Me) "Look to the Sky" "Meditation" "One Note Samba" "Someone to Light Up My Life" "Wave"

As contributor	Canção do Amor Demais (1958, Elizete Cardoso) 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)

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