Tom Jobim Centenary w/ Will Santt Tickets

About Tom Jobim Centenary w/ Will Santt

Bossa nova emerged in Brazil in the late 1950s, slowing samba down and blending it with jazz harmonies and soft, close-to-the-mic vocals. Tom Jobim was its chief songwriter, and his music carried the sound around the world. "The Girl from Ipanema" became a global hit through Stan Getz and João Gilberto's Getz/Gilberto (1964), which won Album of the Year at the Grammys, while "Águas de Março" was later named the greatest Brazilian song of all time in a poll of the country's journalists and musicians.

Will Santt fell for bossa nova as a child, after stumbling across a video of Jobim and Elis Regina singing "Águas de Março". A self-taught guitarist, the São Paulo singer-songwriter first found an audience online with his stripped-back takes on the classics, before releasing his debut album Meu Caminho (2023) and a live record captured at São Paulo's Blue Note. He has shared a stage with bossa nova pioneer Roberto Menescal and toured Europe several times, including a show at London's Jazz Cafe. Expect an intimate evening of voice and guitar, with Jobim's songs given the gentle, unhurried treatment they deserve.