The Gentle Rain
"The Gentle Rain" ("Chuva Delicada") is a 1965 bossa nova composition by Luiz Bonfá, with lyrics by Matt Dubey.[1] Originally written in A minor key and 4/4 time, this song was first released as part of the motion picture soundtrack[2] of the 1966 film The Gentle Rain of the North-American director Burt Balaban[3]. The music of the film was a collaboration of Luiz Bonfá as a composer and Eumir Deodato as orchestra arranger and director.
Other recorded versions
It has become a jazz standard recorded instrumental in the following albums:
- 1965 Quincy Jones and His Orchestra on Quincy Plays for Pussycats. (Mercury)
- 1967 Joe Pass on Simplicity. (World Pacific)
- 1967 Ramsey Lewis on The Movie Album. (Cadet)
- 1968 Jimmy Smith on Livin' it Up! (Verve)
- 1969 George Shearing on Fool on the Hill. (Capitol)
- 1971 George Benson on Beyond the Blue Horizon. (CTI)
- 1971 Oscar Peterson and The Singers Unlimited on In Tune. (MPS)
- 1972 Art Farmer on Gentle Eyes. (Mainstream)
- 1975 Toots Thielemans on Old Friend. (Polydor)
- 1978 Joe Pass and Paulinho da Costa on Tudo Bem!. (Pablo)
- 1980 Charlie Byrd on Sugarloaf Suite. (Concord Jazz Picante)
- 1990 Kenny Drew Trio on Recollections. (Timeless)
- 1995 Akio Sasajima and Ron Carter on Acoustically Sound. (Muse)
- 2002 Joe Beck Trio on Just Friends (Whaling City Sound)
- 2003 John Etheridge on Chasing Shadows. (Dyad)
- 2008 Ron Thomas and Paul Klinefelter on Blues for Zarathustra. (Art of Life)
- 2018 Houston Person and Ron Carter on Remember Love (HighNote)
- Astrud Gilberto recorded the song in 1965 on The Shadow of Your Smile. It is also reported to be one of Tony Bennett's favorites[4] and recorded on his 1966 album The Movie Song Album featuring Luiz Bonfá on guitar.
- Sarah Vaughan (on the 1976 album Copacabana)
- Irene Kral with pianist Alan Broadbent (on the 1978 album Gentle Rain)
- Shirley Horn (on the 1978 album A Lazy Afternoon)
- Diana Krall (on the 1997 album Love Scenes)
- Stacey Kent featuring vocals with the saxophonist Jim Tomlinson (on the 2003 album Brazilian Sketches)
- Barbra Streisand (on the 2009 album Love is the Answer])
- Don Burrows
Other appearances
- It was also played at the funeral of Irish guitarist Louis Stewart in 2016 in the presence of the president of the Irish Republic but misattributed to a non-Brazilian composer in the Irish Times obituary.[5]
References
- "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- Luiz Bonfáa / Eumir Deodato – The Gentle Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording. LP/Vynil (Mercury SR-61016)
- Meeker, David. Jazz on the Screen a Jazz and Blues Filmography. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May , monographic, 2017
- Evanier, David (5 July 2011). All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett. John Wiley & Sons. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-118-03356-2.
- https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/jazz-guitarist-louis-stewart-brought-joy-to-many-funeral-told-1.2765925
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