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Terra Brasilis is the 11th studio album by Antônio Carlos Jobim. It was recorded at the RCA Recording Studios in New York City and released in 1980. The album includes reworkings of old songs as well as new material and placed 42nd on the US Jazz Albums 1980 year-end chart.

Reception

In some ways, this is a strategic retreat for Antonio Carlos Jobim after the classical departures of the ’70s — a retrospective of past triumphs, including some of the most trod-upon standards (“Ipanema,” “Desafinado,” “One-Note Samba,” etc.), with Claus Ogerman again at hand. But these are thoughtful retoolings, some subtle, some radical, ranging in backing from a lonely piano to elaborate yet sensitive Ogerman orchestral flights that cram more complexity than ever into the spaces (listen to his beguilingly involved take on “Double Rainbow”) with only a few overbearing faux pas. Jobim’s own vocals sound increasingly casual in temperament as he serves them up in an unpredictable mixture of Portuguese, English and scat. And there is much unfamiliar material here, often dressed up in a brooding classical manner. Originally a two-LP set and later on one CD, this is a snapshot of Jobim’s view of his output as of 1980; as such, it is not as definitive as Verve’s posthumous The Man from Ipanema set (Richard S. Ginell/AllMusic).

Track listing
Dreamer (Vivo Sonhando) (Gene Lees) –3:00
“Canta Mais (Sing Once More)” (Vinicius de Moraes) –4:32
“Olha Maria (Amparo)” –4:04
“One Note Samba” (Newton Mendonça) –2:17
“Dindi” (Aloísio de Oliveira, Ray Gilbert) –4:13
“Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)” (Lees) –3:26
“Marina” –2:41
“Desafinado” (“Off Key”) (Lees, Mendonça) –3:24
“Você Vai Ver” (“You’ll See”) –2:55
“Estrada Do Sol” (Dolores Duran) –2:04
“The Girl from Ipanema” (de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) –4:47
“Double Rainbow” –4:04
“Triste” –3:03
“Wave” –3:39
“Someone to Light Up My Life” (de Moraes, Gene Lees) –3:03
“Falando de Amor” (“Speaking of Love”) – 3:39
“Two Kites” –4:36
“Modinha” (de Moraes) –3:37
“The Song of the Sabiá (Sabiá)” (Chico Buarque, Gimbel) –4:04
“This Happy Madness (Estrada Branca)” (de Moraes, Lees) –2:49
All songs composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, lyricists indicated.

Personnel
Antônio Carlos Jobim – vocals, piano, electric piano, guitar
Bob Cranshaw – double bass
Mike Moore – bass
Pascoal Meirelles – drums
Grady Tate – drums
Rubens Bassini – percussion
Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
Claus Ogerman – arranger/conductor

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Released: 1980
Recorded: 1979
Length: 69:57
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer: Aloísio de Oliveira