Jobim's music merged the sound of America's cool jazz movement of the 1950s with updated traditional samba. On a tour of Brazil in 1961, American jazz guitarist
Charlie Byrd
heard the music of Jobim, and was moved to include “Desafinado
” and “One Note Samba
” on Jazz Samba, his 1962 release with American tenor saxophonist Stan Getz. The overwhelming success of this album precipitated a New York concert at Carnegie Hall later that year, which included...