Having celebrated the 10th career anniversary of some of its hired artists such as Jorge Ben and Jair Rodrigues in 1973, Philips label direction noted that in the next year the singer Elis Regina would be completing 10 years in the company's cast. After the resoundingly success of "Casa no Campo" and "Águas de Mraço" in previous years, the then chairman André Midan asked Elis what she wanted and soon heard: "Record an album of songs by Tom Jobim ... with Tom Jobim." Read more on Last.fm