10054 – The Girl from Ipenema

Antinio Carlos Jobim

Arranged by Roger Harvey

Difficulty: Medium (trb Virtuoso)

Price: £22.50

Programme notes:

Jobim is probably the most prolific and the most widely known of the commercial Latin-American songwriters. His most famous tune, The Girl from Ipanema, became a bestseller by accident. At a New York recording session in 1963, Stan Getz asked the wife of guitarist Joao Gilberto to sing a chorus with English words. In spite of objections form Gilberto and composer Jobim, the Astrud Gilberto complied and a career was born on the strength of this recording.

It has since been recorded many times. The trombone solo in this arrangement is based on that by Frank Rosolino on ‘Tuttis Trombones’.

Performance notes:

The three percussion parts can be played by the redundant trumpet players or by other percussionists if desired. If the rhythm of cabassa proves to be too difficult for a non-percussionist to sustain, a sort of small shaker can be used.

The tuba part may be discretely improvised if a suitable player is available.

Bucket mutes are preferable for the trombones but in their absence cups can be used.

The 1st trombone may choose either of the optional solos, amend them if necessary or improvise his/her own.