"Luiza" is a song by Antônio Carlos Jobim, who wrote both the music and the Portuguese lyrics. The original recording was made by Edu Lobo and Tom Jobim in 1981 and released on the LP "Edu e Tom" by Philips in Brazil, where it is the first track on side B. The album is classed under jazz and Latin, with bossa nova and MPB as styles.
Later versions include recordings by Zizi Possi, Simone, Chico Buarque, Cauby Peixoto, Carlinhos Brown, Raphael Rabello and Lee Konitz, spanning Brazilian popular singing and instrumental jazz. The song is linked to jazz and bossa nova, and has been taken up by a wide range of jazz and bossa nova artists alongside Brazilian popular singers.
