Paulo Hermanny Jobim

Paulo Jobim was a Brazilian singer, guitarist, flutist, arranger, environmentalist, and architect who was the son of the "founder of bossa nova", Tom Jobim (1927–1994) and the father of pianist Daniel Jobim. He was born in Rio de Janeiro on 4 August 1950, the first child of Antônio Carlos Jobim and Tereza Hermanny Jobim. From a young age he inherited from his parents a commitment to musical studies, learning to play a wide range of instruments. He worked with some of Brazil's most renowned artists, such as Milton Nascimento, Chico Buarque, Sarah Vaughan, Astrud Gilberto and Lisa Ono, accompanying them on tours overseas. He also worked as a composer and arranger for cinema and television soundtracks. From 1985 to 1994 he was part of Tom Jobim's Banda Nova, with which he performed in shows throughout Brazil and abroad, and recorded the albums Passarim, O tempo e o vento, Família Jobim, Antonio Brasileiro and Tom Jobim: unprecedented. In 1995, he founded, together with his son Daniel Jobim (piano and voice), Jaques Morelenbaum (cello) and Paula Morelenbaum (voice), the Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum, with which he released, in 1999, the CD Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum. In 2000 and 2001, he was responsible for the general coordination, arrangements and musical direction of Cancioneiro Jobim (published in six volumes), which includes a biography and the transcription of the complete works of Tom Jobim (around 220 songs). In 2002, he conceived and produced, together with Mario Adnet, the Jobim Sinfônico project, containing all of Tom Jobim's orchestral pieces. The show was held in São Paulo with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the Brazilian conductor Roberto Minczuk, with the participation of Milton Nascimento. He died of cancer of the bladder in Rio de Janeiro on 4 November 2022, at the age of 72. He left behind a legacy of music and beauty.