Roberto Carlos e Caetano Veloso e a Música de Tom Jobim

Despite their decades-long friendship, Roberto Carlos and Caetano Veloso had never recorded an album together.^[4][5] In an interview with G1, Globo Group's news portal, Roberto said, "It was very emotional. I was nervous because, although I sang Bossa nova at the beginning of my career, it's been a long time.^[6] We don't feel so comfortable in that genre, and alongside Caetano, I was even more nervous.”In the same interview, Caetano added to Roberto's comments, “Roberto sings much better than I do. That's not just flattery, it's a statement of fact. For me, it was wonderful.”^[6]

Recorded at the Ibirapuera Auditorium in São Paulo during the Tribute to Antônio Carlos Jobim concert held on August 25 and 26, 2008, the show was produced in audio and video by Rede Globo, with support from Itaú bank through the Itaú Brasil cultural project.^[7][8] Previously, a concert was held at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro. According to journalist Mônica Bergamo [pt], from the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper, Roberto said to Caetano, “I'm so fucking nervous!".^[9]

The musicians from Caetano's band (BandaCê) and Roberto's band (RC9) participated in the show, as well as both artists' accompanists (Jaques Morelenbaum in the first two duets and in Caetano's songs; Eduardo Lages in Roberto's songs and in the final duets).^[7][10] The song Águas de Março features musician Daniel Jobim, Tom's grandson.^[3][11]

Sony Music released the album on CD and DVD.^[12] On the Roberto Carlos Especial [pt], a special year-end program broadcast by TV Globo, some of the songs that Caetano and Roberto performed on the album were shown again on the television special.^[13]

Journalist and music curator Marcus Preto [pt] gave the album a positive review in the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine, stating, "Beyond the immediate pleasure its beauty can bring, Roberto and Caetano's tribute album to Tom Jobim serves as a map of affinities and idiosyncrasies. We understand from it that the tropicalist imagination still harbors some fear of the fifty-year-old movement that inspired it, possibly caused by excessive respect. [...] They seemed to know, before any of us, that, in the end, 'Eu Sei que Vou Te Amar' (Tom and Vinicius) and 'Eu Te Amo, Te Amo, Te Amo' (Roberto and Erasmo) are all the same thing."^[14]

Sylvia Colombo, writing for the Folha de São Paulo newspaper, gave the show a negative review, rating it as "bad" and stating that "when they sang together, they were artificial, with forced smiles and half-hearted hugs. There was some humor in ‘Teresa da Praia’. Nothing special in ‘A Felicidade’. [...] Poor Tom Jobim..."^[15]

Bernardo Araújo wrote a positive review for the newspaper Extra, adding that it was "a historic event, commensurate with the stature of the honoree and his work."^[11]

The album was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2009 in the Best Long Form Music Video category.^[16][17] At a ceremony held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the United States, the album was the winner of the night in its category. ^[17]

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Year	Award	Category	Venue	Result	Ref.
2009	Latin Grammy Award	Best Long Form Music Video	Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada,  United States	Won	[18]

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The following musicians worked on the album:^[2][19]

• Paulinho Braga – drums
• Daniel Jobim – piano
• Caetano Veloso – vocals
• Jaques Morelenbaum – conductor
• Gustavo Menezes – violin
• Edith Maretzki – violin
• José Ricardo Volker Taboada – viola
• Carlos Roberto Mendes – violin
• Gabriel Improta – acoustic guitar
• Oswaldo Luiz Teodoro de Carvalho – violin
• Daniel Nogueira de Albuquerque – violin
• Carlos Malta [pt] – alto flute
• Daniel Guedes – violin
• Marcus Ribeiro Oliveira – cello
• Antonella Lima Pareschi – iolin
• Dener de Castro Campolina – double bass
• José Alves da Silva – violin
• José Rogério Rosa – iolin
• Carlos Eduardo Hack – violin
• Márcio Eymard Mallard – cello
• Michel Bessler [pt] – violin
• Jesuína Noronha Passaroto – viola
• Marie Christine Springuel – viola
• Jorge Kundert Ranevsky (Iura) – cello
• João Daltro de Almeida – violin
• Jorge Helder – double bass
• Bernardo Bessler – violin
• Ricardo Amado – violin
• Roberto Carlos – vocals