Just Jobim [Pure DSD]

Just Jobim is a Live to 2 Track Pure Direct Stream Digital (DSD) recording made by Tom Jung of Digital Music Products (DMP). For this live recording, DMP was fortunate to use Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog Converters designed by Ed Meitner of EMM Labs. DSD combines the best qualities of both Analog (warmth and resolution) and Digital (dynamic range and accuracy).

Throughout a career that spans close to four decades, the universal repertoire of Antonio Carlos Jobim has been an indispensable part of Manfredo Fest‘s identity as one of Brazil’s leading Jazz pianists. From his association in the late 1960’s with the Sergio Mendes produced group Bossa Rio to his recent string of vibrant bossa nova accented jazz albums, Manfredo has been widely regarded as one of Jobim’s most faithful and flattering interpreters.

Manfredo faced a daunting task in selecting the album’s tracks from among the close to 300 songs Jobim composed, including several dozen works that rank among the world’s most frequently performed popular standards of recent decades. Just Jobim reminds us of the timeless beauty inherent in this one-of-a-kind composer’s best known work (Girl from Impanema and Quiet Nights) while alerting us to the existence of a large number of seldom heard, yet enticing songs including Ligia, Amparo and Lusta.

Manfredo blends dazzling technique, an innate sense of Brazilian swing, taste and intuitive feel for Jobim’s music in a way few other instrumentalists have been able to match. Whether gently outlining the curvaceous melody line of a gem like Caminhos Cruzados, coaxing a boisterous, percussive, samba-tinged solo from Auga De Beber, or interweaving a quote from “My Favorite Things” into the form of Girl From Impanema, Manfredo is at his polished best on Just Jobim.

Manfredo Fest, Piano
David Finck, Bass
Steve Davis, Drums
Cyro Baptista, Percussion