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<p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p><p><br></p><p>This article is about the song by Luiz Bonfá. For other uses, see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentle_Rain_(disambiguation)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gentle Rain</a>.</p><h2><strong>"The Gentle Rain"</strong> ("Chuva Delicada") is a 1965 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossa_nova" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bossa nova</a> composition by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Bonf%C3%A1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Luiz Bonfá</a>, with lyrics by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt_Dubey&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Matt Dubey</a>. Originally written in <em>A minor</em> key and 4/4 time, this song was first released as part of the motion picture soundtrack<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[1]</a> of the 1966 film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Gentle Rain</em></a> of the North-American director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Balaban" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Burt Balaban</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[2]</a><a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200166423/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a>. The music of the film was a collaboration of Luiz Bonfá as a composer and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eumir_Deodato" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eumir Deodato</a> as orchestra arranger and director.</h2><h2><br></h2><h2>Other recorded versions</h2><p>It has become a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_standard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jazz standard</a> recorded <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instrumental</a> in the following albums:</p><ul><li>1965 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Quincy Jones</a> and His Orchestra on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Plays_for_Pussycats" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Quincy Plays for Pussycats</em></a>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mercury</a>)</li><li>1966 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey_Lewis" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ramsey Lewis</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Movie_Album_(Ramsey_Lewis_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Movie Album</em></a>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadet_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cadet</a>)</li><li>1967 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Pass" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Pass</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicity_(Joe_Pass_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Simplicity</em></a>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Jazz_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">World Pacific</a>)</li><li>1968 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Smith_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jimmy Smith</a> on <em>Livin' it Up!</em> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verve_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Verve</a>)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[3]</a></li><li>1969 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shearing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George Shearing</a> on <em>The Fool on the Hill</em>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Capitol</a>)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[4]</a></li><li>1971 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George Benson</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Blue_Horizon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Beyond the Blue Horizon</em></a>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CTI_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CTI</a>)</li><li>1971 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oscar Peterson</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singers_Unlimited" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Singers Unlimited</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Tune_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>In Tune</em></a>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPS_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MPS</a>)</li><li>1972 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Farmer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Art Farmer</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentle_Eyes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Gentle Eyes</em></a>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mainstream</a>)</li><li>1975 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toots_Thielemans" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Toots Thielemans</a> on <em>Old Friend</em>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydor_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Polydor</a>)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[5]</a></li><li>1978 Joe Pass and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinho_da_Costa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paulinho da Costa</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudo_Bem!" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Tudo Bem!</em></a>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pablo</a>)</li><li>1979 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Byrd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Charlie Byrd</a> on <em>Sugarloaf Suite</em>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_Jazz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Concord Jazz Picante</a>)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[6]</a></li><li>1989 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Drew" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kenny Drew</a> Trio on <em>Recollections</em>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeless_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Timeless</a>)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[7]</a></li><li>1991 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akio_Sasajima" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Akio Sasajima</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Carter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ron Carter</a> on <em>Akioustically Sound</em>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muse_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Muse</a>)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[8]</a></li><li>2002 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Beck" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Beck</a> Trio on <em>Just Friends</em> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_City_Sound" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Whaling City Sound</a>)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[9]</a></li><li>2003 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Etheridge" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Etheridge</a> on <em>Chasing Shadows</em>. (Dyad)</li><li>2008 Ron Thomas and Paul Klinefelter on <em>Blues for Zarathustra</em>. (Art of Life)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-10" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[10]</a></li><li>2018 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Person" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Houston Person</a> and Ron Carter on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_Love_(Houston_Person_and_Ron_Carter_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Remember Love</em></a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HighNote_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">HighNote</a>)</li></ul><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrud_Gilberto" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Astrud Gilberto</a> recorded the song in 1965 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Your_Smile_(Astrud_Gilberto_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Shadow of Your Smile</em></a>. It is also reported to be one of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tony Bennett</a>'s favorites<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-Evanier2011-11" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[11]</a> and recorded on his 1966 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Movie_Song_Album" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Movie Song Album</em></a> featuring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_Bonf%C3%A1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Luiz Bonfá</a> on guitar. Other recordings were by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sarah Vaughan</a> (on the 1976 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copacabana_(Sarah_Vaughan_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Copacabana</em></a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Kral" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Irene Kral</a> with pianist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Broadbent" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alan Broadbent</a> (on the 1978 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentle_Rain_(Irene_Kral_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Gentle Rain</em></a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Horn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Shirley Horn</a> (on the 1978 album <em>A Lazy Afternoon</em>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Krall" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Diana Krall</a> (on the 1997 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Scenes_(Diana_Krall_album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Love Scenes</em></a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacey_Kent" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stacey Kent</a> featuring vocals with the saxophonist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Tomlinson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jim Tomlinson</a> (on the 2003 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Sketches" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Brazilian Sketches</em></a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranee_Lee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ranee Lee</a> (on the 2003 album <em>Maple Groove</em>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barbra Streisand</a> (on the 2009 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_the_Answer_(album)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Love is the Answer</em></a>]), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Burrows" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Don Burrows</a>. It was also played at the funeral of Irish guitarist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Stewart_(guitarist)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Louis Stewart</a> in 2016 in the presence of the president of the Irish Republic but misattributed to a non-Brazilian composer in the <em>Irish Times obituary</em>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gentle_Rain#cite_note-12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^[12]</a></p>