The Girl From Impanema
arranged by John berry
Hal Leonard Corporation
Grade: 1
Year: 1963
Duration: 3'21"
Key: D
Time: 4/4
Tempo: 130
Grade: 1
Year: 1963
Duration: 3'21"
Key: D
Time: 4/4
Tempo: 130
Instrumentation
Alto Saxophone 1 / 2 Tenor Saxophone 1 / 2 (2nd Tenor is optional) Baritone Saxophone Trumpet 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 (4th Trumpet is optional) |
Trombone 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 (4th Trombone is optional)
Guitar (Optional) Piano Bass Drums Auxiliary Percussion |
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Info on Instrumentation
The instrumentation is very do able in this arrangement because of the optional second tenor, fourth trumpet, and fourth trombone. Those parts essentially double other harmonic parts and without them you have almost the traditional dectet setup.
Program Notes
This is probably the best known bossa nova ever written! John Berry's version includes short solos for alto or tenor and trumpet. The Girl from Ipanema, now a jazz standard, brought the Brazilian Bossa Nova style to the American mainstream. The song became an international hit with a recording in 1965 by saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Astrud Gilberto, earning them a Grammy Award for record of the year.
Arranger
Warsaw, Indiana's John Berry learned arranging the hard way - by transcribing tunes from Stan Kenton records. By the age of 16, he was on a lifelong course of writing hundreds of works for jazz bands, including a 45-minute original composition for jazz ensemble and symphony orchestra. In 1973, he left his gig as Selmer's Professional Manager to join the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, where he served ten years as a bass trombonist, Chief Arranger and Assistant Director. He wrote over 100 compositions and arrangements for the band, winning commendations from the Army and beginning his career as a published writer. John began writing for Jensen Publications (later acquired by Hal Leonard Corporation) in 1981. After his Army days ("the neatest gig I ever had"), he moved to Phoenix and began teaching at various colleges, including Arizona State University and Grand Canyon University. He now teaches Music Business at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Tempe, Arizona. In addition to his music credentials (which include study at Indiana University and private study with several Chicago Symphony lower brass players), John has a Communications Degree and a Masters Degree in Human Resources. He and his School Superintendent wife Robin live in Buckeye, Arizona on a four-acre "ranch-ette" with three horses and a donkey, among other animals.
Information Collected From
http://rdale.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=rdale_af998a52c58223f1f189cc0ad707aaf8.pdf&view=1
http://www.halleonard.com/biographyDisplay.do?id=158&subsiteid=1
http://www.jwpepper.com/The-Girl-from-Ipanema/2266971.item#.VasjCSpViko
Info on Instrumentation
The instrumentation is very do able in this arrangement because of the optional second tenor, fourth trumpet, and fourth trombone. Those parts essentially double other harmonic parts and without them you have almost the traditional dectet setup.
Program Notes
This is probably the best known bossa nova ever written! John Berry's version includes short solos for alto or tenor and trumpet. The Girl from Ipanema, now a jazz standard, brought the Brazilian Bossa Nova style to the American mainstream. The song became an international hit with a recording in 1965 by saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Astrud Gilberto, earning them a Grammy Award for record of the year.
Arranger
Warsaw, Indiana's John Berry learned arranging the hard way - by transcribing tunes from Stan Kenton records. By the age of 16, he was on a lifelong course of writing hundreds of works for jazz bands, including a 45-minute original composition for jazz ensemble and symphony orchestra. In 1973, he left his gig as Selmer's Professional Manager to join the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, where he served ten years as a bass trombonist, Chief Arranger and Assistant Director. He wrote over 100 compositions and arrangements for the band, winning commendations from the Army and beginning his career as a published writer. John began writing for Jensen Publications (later acquired by Hal Leonard Corporation) in 1981. After his Army days ("the neatest gig I ever had"), he moved to Phoenix and began teaching at various colleges, including Arizona State University and Grand Canyon University. He now teaches Music Business at the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in Tempe, Arizona. In addition to his music credentials (which include study at Indiana University and private study with several Chicago Symphony lower brass players), John has a Communications Degree and a Masters Degree in Human Resources. He and his School Superintendent wife Robin live in Buckeye, Arizona on a four-acre "ranch-ette" with three horses and a donkey, among other animals.
Information Collected From
http://rdale.granicus.com/DocumentViewer.php?file=rdale_af998a52c58223f1f189cc0ad707aaf8.pdf&view=1
http://www.halleonard.com/biographyDisplay.do?id=158&subsiteid=1
http://www.jwpepper.com/The-Girl-from-Ipanema/2266971.item#.VasjCSpViko