Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Samba De Uma Nota So" aka "One Note Samba" (Jobim) is rightly considered a jazz standard. Five years after his death in 1994 the name of Rio de Janeiro's Galeao International Airport was changed to that of the respected composer.

"Samba De Uma Nota So" (Jobim - Mendonca) "One Note Samba" was first recorded by Joao Gilberto for the 1960 LP "O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor" which virtually introduced bossa-nova to the world.

"Guitarist Charlie Byrd was invited to travel and play in Brazil during a cultural goodwill tour sponsored by the Kennedy administration in 1961. He was completely enamoured by the music, and when he returned, he headed straight for the recording studio to make the now classic Jazz Samba. Collaborating with Stan Getz on tenor sax and backed by a band that included Gene Byrd (bass, guitar), Keter Betts (bass), and Buddy Deppenschmidt and Bill Reichenbach (drums), Byrd forged a new and brilliant sound. American record companies were to churn out hundreds of watered bossa-pop albums that have since given the style its lounge-addled image, but this album stands as a tribute to the vitality and adaptability of jazz. --Louis Gibson". "Jazz Samba" topped the Billboard Album Chart in 1963.