Ela é Carioca

"Ela é Carioca" ("She’s a Carioca") is a bossa nova song composed in 1963 by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with Portuguese lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes. English lyrics were written by Ray Gilbert. The song is sometimes titled "Ele é Carioca (He’s a Carioca)."

"Carioca" is a Brazilian term for someone from or something related to Rio de Janeiro.

John Bush at AllMusic calls the song "a cheerful sequel to 'The Girl From Ipanema,^[1]'" which was also written by Jobim and Moraes, and features lyrics about a young woman from Rio.

The song was used as the name of a 2005 documentary film about "Jobim's love for Rio de Janeiro and the influence it had on his music" - Tom Jobim: She’s a Carioca.^[2]

The first recording of the song was by Os Cariocas in 1963.^[3] Antônio Carlos Jobim recorded it for his 1965 album, The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Recorded Versions[]

• Os Cariocas - Mais Bossa Com Os Cariocas (1963)
• Rosinha de Valença – Apresentando (1963)
• Marcos Valle - Samba "Demais" (1963)
• Eumir Deodato - Inútil Paisagem - As Maiores Composições de Antonio Carlos Jobim (1964)
• Sergio Mendes & Bossa Rio – Você Ainda Não Ouviu Nada! (1964)
• Paul Winter, w/ Luiz Bonfa, Roberto Menescal & Luiz Eça – Rio (1964)
• Milton Banana – Milton Banana Trio (1965)
• Antônio Carlos Jobim - The Wonderful World of Antonio Carlos Jobim (1965)
• Sergio Mendes Trio, with Wanda de Sah & Rosinha de Valença – Brasil '65 (1965)
• Astrud Gilberto – Look to the Rainbow (1966)
• Buddy Greco – Away, We Go! (1966)
• Herbie Mann – New Mann at Newport (1967)
• Stanley Turrentine – A Bluish Bag (rec. 1967, released 2007)
• Walter Wanderley - Batucada (1967)
• João Gilberto – João Gilberto en México (1970)
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Abraça Jobim (1981) – as "He’s a Carioca (Ele é Carioca)"
• Eliane Elias - Eliane Elias Sings Jobim (1998)
• João Donato – Só danço samba (1999)
• Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum - Quarteto Jobim Morelenbaum (2000)

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