Dindi

"Dindi" (Portuguese pronunciation: [dʒĩˈdʒi] - which sounds like Gin-Gee in English) is a song composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveira. English lyrics were added by Ray Gilbert. It is a world famous bossa nova standard.

Antonio Carlos Jobim wrote this piece especially for the Brazilian singer Sylvia Telles, whose nickname was Dindi. In December 1966, just a short while after Telles had recorded this piece with the guitarist Rosinha de Valença, she was killed in a road accident in Rio de Janeiro.

Notable recordings

• Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (1965), Jazz Masters 9 (1993)
• Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)
• Claudine Longet - Love is Blue (1968)
• Quarteto em Cy (as the Girls from Bahia) - Revolucion con Brasilia (1968)
• Wayne Shorter - Super Nova (1969)
• Flora Purim - Butterfly Dreams (1973)
• Eric Gale - Forecast (1973)
• Jon Lucien Song For My Lady (1975)
• Willie Bobo - Hell of an Act to Follow (1978)
• Sarah Vaughan - Copacabana (1979)
• Antonio Carlos Jobim - Terra Brasilis (1980)
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim (1981)
• Karrin Allyson - Sweet Home Cookin' (1994)
• Lee Ritenour - A Twist of Jobim (1997) and World of Brazil (2005), sang by El DeBarge ^[1][2]
• Jane Monheit - Never Never Land (2000)
• Mike Catalano with Ivan Lins - A Manhattan Affair
• Meja - Mellow (2004)
• Diane Hubka - I Like it Here - Live in Tokyo (2007)
• Daniel Matto - I'm Old Fashioned (2010)
• Mina - Stessa spiaggia, stesso mare (1963), L'allieva (2005)
• Mike Catalano - A Manhattan Affair (2008), sang by Ivan Lins

Sitti Navarro -Sitti Contagious

• Yeahwon Shin - Yeahwon (2010)

References

See also

• List of bossa nova standards