Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1194836
Composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Newton Mendonça. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Jazz,Latin,Standards. Score. 2 pages. John Fries #794046. Published by John Fries (A0.1194836).
Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. Desafinado was originally a response to critics who claimed that bossa nova was a new genre for singers who can't sing. The English language lyrics were written by Jon Hendricks and Jessie Cavanaugh (a pseudonym used by The Richmond Organisation). Another English lyric, more closely based on the original Portuguese lyric (but not a translation) was written by Gene Lees, and appears on some recordings as well.