Ella Abraça Jobim


Ella Abraça Jobim or Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Antonio Carlos Jobim Songbook is a 1981 studio album by Ella Fitzgerald, devoted to the songs of Antônio Carlos Jobim.
It was reissued on CD in 1991, although the CD version does not include the songs "Don't Ever Go Away" and "Song of the Jet".
Though it is subtitled as such, this album is not usually considered part of Fitzgerald's 'Songbook' series, the last of the 'Songbook' albums having been recorded in 1964.
It was Fitzgerald's first album of music devoted to a single composer since 1972's Ella Loves Cole, and it was her only album recorded entirely in the bossa nova style, though she had been singing Jobim's songs since the mid-1960s.
Fitzgerald never worked with Antônio Carlos Jobim, though she appeared alongside Frank Sinatra for a 1967 television special that also featured Jobim.
The title has a pun, as Ela translates as "she". It can be translated as 'She Hugs Jobim' or 'Ella Hugs Jobim".

Track listing

  1. "Somewhere in the Hills " – 3:56
  2. "The Girl from Ipanema " – 3:50
  3. "Dindi" – 6:37
  4. "Off Key " – 3:41
  5. "Water to Drink " – 2:44
  6. "Dreamer " – 4:55
  7. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars " – 5:40
  8. "Bonita" – 2:50
  9. "One Note Samba " – 3:51
  10. "Don't Ever Go Away " - 2:52
  11. "Triste" – 4:07
  12. "How Insensitive " – 3:00
  13. "He's a Carioca " – 5:14
  14. "This Love That I've Found " – 5:17
  15. "A Felicidade" – 2:19
  16. "Wave" – 5:22
  17. "Song of the Jet " – 3:40
  18. "Photograph " – 3:49
  19. "Useless Landscape " – 7:59
All songs composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyricists indicated.

Personnel