Antonio Carlos Jobim composed Chega de Saudade in the late 1950s. In May 1962, Dizzy Gillespie recorded the song on Dizzy on the French Riviera (an album that actually was recorded in New York). The following year, Jon Hendricks added English lyrics and the song became known as No More Blues.
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