"The Girl From Ipanema" (My Arrangement)

[Larry G. Alexander]

All,

This afternoon I wrote an arrangement of the oldie, "The Girl From Ipanema".

I have loved this old tune since I first heard it those many years ago.

Most of the instruments are either Garritan Personal Orchestra or Garritan Jazz and Big Band.

Regards to everyone.

[Larry G. Alexander]

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Maybe so.

[Rhap2]

Hi Larry:

Just listened to your really great "Ipanema" arrangement and
want to say it was a great listen.

Great balance and chord changes throughout. Loved the
background pads at the first "bridge." They really carried
the listener all the way back to "Brazil."

The only thing I was missing was a little Latin Intro instead
of getting right into the melody, but it's not my arrangement....lol

Great work, Larry.

Jack

[Larry G. Alexander]

Hi Larry:

Just listened to your really great "Ipanema" arrangement and
want to say it was a great listen.

Great balance and chord changes throughout. Loved the
background pads at the first "bridge." They really carried
the listener all the way back to "Brazil."

The only thing I was missing was a little Latin Intro instead
of getting right into the melody, but it's not my arrangement....lol

Great work, Larry.

Jack

Thanks Mister Jack. Good to hear from you.

I like to get right down to business.

Regards,

[Frank D]

Hi Larry ...

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Maybe so.

Not at all, my friend!! I just think this weekend was a busy time for many ... I still owe Bill Rayer a response on the tune I posted Fri night that he commented on Sat! What can I say? ... I'm pokey!

I did listen to your song as soon as you posted, but did not comment. But I will now: What can possibly go better than a flute lead on a Jobim tune? Jobim was one of my all-time favorite composers ... I'll bet there's a dozen of his pieces I would put on my "100 best-songs-ever-written" list ... and this would be one of them.

Your arrangement was pleasant and I enjoyed ... it also brought back a couple of memories:

1-Guitar was my 1st instrument and although I don't really miss not playing it much anymore, as soon as I hear a good bossa nova, I do miss not playing THOSE on the guitar. I loved to play bossa on a nylon-string acoustic.

2-While in the Navy in the early 70's, stationed on a ship out of Pearl Harbor, I had a Sunday afternoon restaurant gig in Wakiki playing primarily Bossa Novas w/ a flautist ... we didn't make a ton of money, but that's about as good as it gets! (Oh, yeah, there were a lot of pretty tourist girls to meet too! )

Thanks for posting and thanks for the Brazilian memories!

Regards,

Frank

[Larry G. Alexander]

Thanks for your nice message, Mister Frank.

Best Regards,

[Eugene]

Beautiful arrangement of one of my favourite tunes - I love the harmonies Joabim uses; your instrumentation caught the mood to perfection.
Great work here Larry - I think this is the first piece I've heard from you which isn't yoiur own composition (?).

[Larry G. Alexander]

Beautiful arrangement of one of my favourite tunes - I love the harmonies Joabim uses; your instrumentation caught the mood to perfection.
Great work here Larry - I think this is the first piece I've heard from you which isn't yoiur own composition (?).

Many thanks, Lad for the compliments. I did a lot of arranging in my younger days but not so much in my later years.

I hope that you are doing well there on the beautiful Emerald Isle.

Take care, my friend.

[Eugene]

Many thanks, Lad for the compliments.

I hope that you are doing well there in bonnie Scotland.

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Larry - the Emerald Isle! I go to Scotland occasionally for my holidays!
Cheers

Eugene

[Larry G. Alexander]

Larry - the Emerald Isle! I go to Scotland occasionally for my holidays!
Cheers

Eugene

I wrote that as a joke, but decided to delete it.