ABSTRACT:
The aim of this article is to describe the milestones in the relationship between guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima and composer Antonio Carlos Jobim. Over more than a decade, the two cultivated a fruitful musical collaboration fueled by mutual admiration. Starting with their joint work on solo guitar arrangements of Jobim's songs, a friendship was established and it had positive impacts on both of their trajectories: through Barbosa-Lima's hands, Jobim was definitively incorporated into the classical guitar repertoire, and through Jobim, Barbosa-Lima gained greater visibility among jazz and popular music audiences, including in Brazil. From this collaboration emerged the project to compose a "Concerto for guitar and orchestra," which, although not realized, demonstrates how stimulating the connection between the guitar brujo and the Sovereign Maestro was.
KEYWORDS:
Solo guitar; Arrangements for guitar; Antonio Carlos Jobim; Carlos Barbosa-Lima; Brazilian Popular Music