The Gentle Rain

"The Gentle Rain" ("Chuva Delicada") is a 1965 bossa nova composition by Luiz Bonfá, with lyrics by Matt Dubey. Originally written in A minor key and 4/4 time, this song was first released as part of the motion picture soundtrack[1] of the 1966 film "The Gentle Rain" of the North-American director Burt Balaban[2]. The music of the film was a collaboration of Luiz Bonfá as a composer and Eumir Deodato as orchestra arranger and director. It has become a jazz standard recorded instrumental in the following albums:

  • 1965 - Quincy Jones and his Orchestra on Quincy Plays for Pussycats. (LP Mercury SR 61050)
  • 1967 - Joe Pass on Simplicity. (LP- World Pacific WPS 21865)
  • 1967 - Ramsey Lewis on The Movie Album. (LP- Cadet LPS 782)
  • 1968 - Jimmy Smith on Livin' it Up! (LP- Verve Records V6-8750)
  • 1969 - George Shearing on Fool on the Hill. (LP- Capitol Records ST 181)
  • 1971 - George Benson on Beyond the Blue Horizon. (CD - CTI Records CTI 6009)
  • 1971 - The Oscar Peterson + The Singers Unlimited on In Tune. (CD - MPS Records 0212400MSW)
  • 1972 - Art Farmer on The Gentle Eyes. (LP- Mainstream Records MRL 371)
  • 1975 - Toots Thielemans on Old Friend. (LP- Polydor 2925 029)
  • 1978 - Joe Pass and Paulinho Da Costa on Tudo Bem! (LP Pablo Records 2310 824)
  • 1980 - Charlie Byrd on Sugarloaf Suite. (LP- Concord Jazz Picante CJP 114)
  • 1990 - Kenny Drew Trio on Recollections. (LP- Timeless SJP 333)
  • 1995 - Akio Sasajima and Ron Carter on Acoustically Sound. (CD- Muse Records MCD 5448)
  • 2002 - Joe Beck Trio on Just Friends, (CD- Whaling City Sound WCS 018)
  • 1999 - Joyce DiCamillo Trio on Love Letters (CD- InPulse IJD 3759)
  • 2003 - John Etheridge on Chasing Shadows. (CD- Dyad Records DY 023)
  • 2008 - Ron Thomas and Paul Klinefelter on Blues for Zarathustra. (CD- Art of Life Records AL 10322)
  • 2018 - Huston Person and Ron Carter on Remember Love, (CD- HighNote HCD 7315)

A long list of singers have included versions of this song in their albums. Astrud Gilberto recorded it in 1965 on The Shadow of Your Smile. It is also reported to be one of Tony Bennett's favorites.[3] and recorded on his 1966 release The Movie Song Album featuring Luiz Bonfá at the guitar. Other recordings are noted by Sarah Vaughan (on the 1976 album Copacabana), by Irene Kral with pianist Alan Broadbent (on the 1978 album Gentle Rain), by Shirley Horn (on the 1978 album A Lazy Afternoon), by Diana Krall (on the 1997 album Love Scenes), by Stacey Kent featuring vocals with the saxophonist Jim Tomlinson (on the 2003 album Brazilian Sketches) and by Barbara Streisand (on the 2009 album Love is the Answer]) among others.

References

  1. ↑ Luiz Bonfáa / Eumir Deodato – The Gentle Rain: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording. LP/Vynil (Mercury SR-61016)
  2. ↑ Meeker, David. Jazz on the Screen a Jazz and Blues Filmography. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., May , monographic, 2017
  3. ↑ 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.


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