The Girl From Ipanema: Learning from the Masters

By

Eric

Jazz Advice and Tips, Tunes

The Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim is well known to improvisers with dozens of tunes frequently played and recorded in the jazz repertoire. However, one song in particular stands out… The “Garota de Ipanema” or The Girl from Ipanema.  Composed in 1963, it propelled a Bossa Nova wave around the world and was recorded by …

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