Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)
Context
Composition by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with English lyrics by Gene Lees. Recorded on March 18 and 19, 1963 in New York for the album Getz/Gilberto, it is sung by Astrud Gilberto. The album, released in March 1964 on Verve, received the Grammy for Album of the Year in 1965, the first non-American album to win it.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Bossa nova, jazz samba. Among the origins and influences of Bossa nova, jazz samba: Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban.