The Girl From Ipanema
Here’s an interesting article I read yesterday:
(editor’s note: this was a JazzWax dot com article regarding the girl from ipanema)
I like his inclusion of the Percy Faith recording, but what I like the BEST is his inclusion of Maynard Ferguson’s version in his 3 WORST recordings of the song!
Here’s what I wrote in the comments:
Amen to Maynard’s version being in your worst! The first time I heard it I didn’t even know what song it was!
The melody is horribly underplayed while the entire song focuses on a new, high trumpet part (gee, i wonder why) and some backbeat from otherwise great drummer Stockton Helbing.
WHAT???!!!!
So that’s a tidbit for this morning. More news later!
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