Samba de Uma Nota Só

Jobim composed it, Newton Mendonça wrote the Portuguese lyrics and Jon Hendricks the English ones. The English title is One Note Samba, and it describes the melody, which opens with a long run of a single note over a descending chord progression.

Getz recorded it twice in 1962. The first version, 6:11 long, is on Jazz Samba, where it was issued as a single in the United States and Europe, and John Fordham of the Guardian names it among the album's memorable material. The second, 3:25, was cut in August with Gary McFarland's orchestra for Big Band Bossa Nova. On Jazz Samba Encore! the guitarist Luiz Bonfá included a piece called Samba de Duas Notas, a reference to it.

Other versions

Dizzy Gillespie recorded it in 1962 on New Wave, Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 recorded it in 1966 in a medley with Spanish Flea, and Frank Sinatra and Jobim recorded it on Sinatra & Company in 1971.