Djim Job

Published by caboverde on 09/29/202509/29/2025

Jorge Alberto Job

Mindelo, São Vicente, 1964

Instrumentalist (guitar, bass), songwriter, singer, musical producer

Djim Djob is frequently present as a songwriter in the repertoires of Cape Verdean artists who began recording in the late 1990s, but also in the work of veteran Bana for whom he produced two albums.

He was the music producer of the CD Dia e Noite by Biús, which was considered the best African album of 1999 by music critics in Portugal. Several of his songs are part of Biús’ repertoire. He co-produced with Toy Vieira the album Segred, by Nancy Vieira, in addition to having songs of his own on the album.

In partnership with Kalú Monteiro he has several songs recorded by different performers, including Djosinha, Dina Medina, Belinda and Maria de Barros. For the latter the two musicians composed much of what the singer recorded on her first album, Nha mundo, having both participated in the recordings and tours to promote the album. Also in partnership with Kalú Monteiro, he worked in the musical production and arrangements of the album Caldeira Preta (2010), by Mirri Lobo. He plays bass on several Mendes Brothers albums.

In addition to composing in various musical genres, Djim Job has a special interest in reggae. As a solo artist, he recorded a work in the mid 1990s, Novo Dia, and a second in 2016, Amor e Música, in which he appears as a singer performing songs of his authorship.

Between the 1980s and the 1990s, like his brother Roy Job, participated in the group Jamm Band. Djim Job is the son of the guitar player Jorge Job. The family moved to the United States in the 1970s, where Djim Job has lived since then.

Grace Évora and Djim Job (left); Djim Job with Fantcha and Zerui Depina (right). Source: Facebook

Djim Job on stage with Djoy Delgado (left) and with his father, Jorge Job (dir.). Source: Facebook

Discography

Novo Dia, CD, Tropical Sound, Brockton, 1995.

Amor e Música, CD, Music of Job & Djon Ramos for Orkka International, 2016.

Compositions

Cabo Verde N´Ote Era (partnership with Glanzer Ramos); Cab-Verd (partnership with Kalú Monteiro); Caldera Preta; Carpinter; Castanho Madura (partnership with Glanzer Ramos); Ece Bó Boné; Fitchi Fatchi na Tracolança (with Kalú Monteiro); Fidjon rafogado (with Kalú Monteiro); Formidável (with Kalú Monteiro); Graça Santa Maria (with Kalú Monteiro); Lembrança na Peito; Mi nada um ca tem (with Kalú Monteiro, Ney Miranda, Dany Carvalho, Zé Timas); Nao Nhu (with Glanzer Ramos); No Marimba (with Kalú Monteiro); Nôs Dom; Peca sem dor (with Zé Timas); Promessa e Conversa; Q´uel Calor; Realidade (with Kalú Monteiro and João Rodrigues); Regresa, Riberonzinha (with Kalú Monteiro); Romance Desejode (with Kalú Monteiro and Glanzer Ramos); Stae; Tchpa Osse; Tont temp; Última Cúmbia; Um Momento (with Kalú Monteiro); Um Tem Um Amor; Vive bo vida; Vozinha (with Kalú Monteiro).