Release date: 15-04-2004  ( reissue from 1967 album)

2004 German Speakers Corner limited LP edition  pressed on 180gram Virgin VINYL, originally recored in 1967.-Wave is actually one of the lesser known masterpieces of Brazilian music, and undoubtedly one of Jobim’s greatest. Here Jobim and the great Claus Ogerman lead a top-flight cast on hidden classics like Batidinha, Triste and Wave.- Stickered & Sealed in picture sleeve.-A&M/ CTI SP-3002

Tracks:
01. Wave   
02. The Red Blouse   
03. Look To The Sky 
04. Batidinha  
05. Triste  
06. Mojave  
07. Dialogo  
08. Lamento  
09. Antigua
10. Captain Bacardi

Wave is a fine 1967 release from the influential keyboardist Antonio Carlos Jobim and it was his first for longtime producer Creed Taylor's special CTI imprint at A&M Records. Playing guitar, piano and harpsichord on these 10 original instrumentals, Jobim is backed by a small combo and Claus Ogerman's tasteful strings. The tracks are brief and the overall mood is mellow and soothing, almost intoxicating. While it's probably not Jobim's best album, it's certainly one of his most offhandedly entertaining.

Expectations run high when a successful producer resigns his post to join a rival company. Things were no different in the case of Creed Taylor who left Verve for A&M, taking along the bossa guru Jobim with him. This liaison resulted in the album "Wave", which Latin specialists regard as one of the most artistic ever, perhaps because Jobim rides the gentlest of waves in this particular recording. While the large instrumental ensemble might lead one to suspect that sensationalism was the aim here, listening to the music proves that Jobim has remained true to his clear melodies and his simple, sensitive style. A relaxed carpet of sound is rolled out which enhances and refines the essence of Jobim’s musical roots, turning them into miniature tone poems.
For this recording only the best of the best was good enough, as can be seen from the names of participating soloists on the sidelines such as Jimmy Cleveland and Urbie Green (trombone), and Ron Carter (bass) who created a sensation together with Miles Davis in the early 60s. Once again - as so often during that era - the excellent sound is all thanks to the recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder.

Personnel:
Antonio Carlos Jobim (p, g, har);
Claus Ogerman (arr, cond);
Urbie Green, Jimmy Cleveland (tb);
Joseph Singer (frh);
Ray Beckenstein, Romeo Penque, Jerome Richardson (fl);
Ron Carter (b);
Domum Romão, Bobby Rosengarden, Claudio Slon(dr), and strings

Recording: May and June 1967 at Van Gelder’s Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,
by Rudy Van Gelder / Production: Creed Taylor