Ela é Carioca
"Ela é Carioca" ("She’s a Carioca") is a bossa nova song composed in 1963 by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with Portuguese lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes. English lyrics were written by Ray Gilbert. The song is sometimes titled "Ele é Carioca (He’s a Carioca)."
"Carioca" is a Brazilian term for someone from or something related to Rio de Janeiro.
John Bush at AllMusic calls the song "a cheerful sequel to 'The Girl From Ipanema,[1]'" which was also written by Jobim and Moraes, and features lyrics about a young woman from Rio.
The song was used as the name of a 2005 documentary film about "Jobim's love for Rio de Janeiro and the influence it had on his music" - Tom Jobim: She’s a Carioca.[2]
The first recording of the song was by Os Cariocas in 1963.[3] Antônio Carlos Jobim recorded it for his 1965 album, The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Recorded Versions
- Os Cariocas - Mais Bossa Com Os Cariocas (1963[4]
- Rosinha de Valença – Apresentando (1963)[5]
- Marcos Valle - Samba "Demais" (1963)[6]
- Eumir Deodato - Inútil Paisagem - As Maiores Composições de Antonio Carlos Jobim (1964)[7]
- Sergio Mendes & Bossa Rio – Você Ainda Não Ouviu Nada! (1964)[8]
- Paul Winter, w/ Luiz Bonfa, Roberto Menescal & Luiz Eça – Rio (1964)[9]
- Milton Banana – Milton Banana Trio (1965)[10]
- Antônio Carlos Jobim - The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1965)[11]
- Sergio Mendes Trio, with Wanda de Sah & Rosinha de Valença – Brasil '65 (1965)[12]
- Astrud Gilberto – Look to the Rainbow (1966)[13]
- Buddy Greco – Away, We Go! (1966)[14]
- Herbie Mann – New Mann at Newport (1967)[15]
- Stanley Turrentine – A Bluish Bag (rec. 1967, released 2007)[16]
- Walter Wanderley - Batucada (1967)[17]
- João Gilberto – João Gilberto en México (1970)[18]
- Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim (1981)[19] – as "He’s a Carioca (Ele é Carioca)"
- Eliane Elias - Eliane Elias Sings Jobim (1998)[20]
- João Donato – Só danço samba (1999)[21]
- Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum - Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum (2000)[22]
References
- ↑ AllMusic - The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim
- ↑ Oliveira, Robert De (Director) (2009). Tom Jobim: ela é carioca [Tom Jobim: She's a carioca] (DVD) (in Portuguese). Port Washington, NY: Distributed by E1 Music. OCLC 492572017.
- ↑ SecondHandSongs - Ela é Carioca
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