"Girl From Ipanema" - vocals by Rose Max, with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional (Costa Rica)

Youtube ^ | 5/17/2013 | Carlomagno Araya

[simpson96]

BOSSA NOVA SINFONICO, Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica. ORQUESTA SINFONICA NACIONAL conducted and arranged by Jeremy Fox. Guest Soloist; Rose Max vocals, Ramatis Morais guitar, Michael Orta piani, Jamie Ousley bass and Carlomagno Araya drums.

"Girl From Ipanema" - vocals by Rose Max, with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional

[simpson96]

*music ping*

[Dr. Sivana]

That version is a little fast for my taste. She is an excellent singer, though.

[Olog-hai]

Astrud Gilberto’s version or nothing.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

That is lovely! Thanks for posting. She was very expressive! I've never heard Girl from Ipanema in Spanish before, but I think I'm still partial to Portugese.

The 1964 Stan Getz recording featuring the vocal debut of Astrud Gilberto became an international hit. I love Astrud's daughter, also a famous singer, Bebel Gilberto. Bebel's English/Portugese version is lovely, too.

[proxy_user]

Yes, it’s impossible to replace Stan Getz - what a fabulous sound he had, and it fit the song so well.

[ETCM]

Love the song, but the vocals are too sibilant and almost nasal sounding. Might be partially due to the too fast tempo.

[Caipirabob]

Lovely version. Do you just enjoy jazz or are you into Brasilian Jazz?

I think you would enjoy this album on YouTube. “Leny Andrade and Cristovao Bastos”. Check it out some time.

https://youtu.be/8zCBd9yNVRk

[jazusamo]

I liked Herb Alpert and the TJ Brass instrumental of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgjHIEO-DXk

[Olog-hai]

That’s true.

May as well mention João Gilberto too, on guitar and co-lead vocals in Portuguese.

[elcid1970]

Agreed. `Girl From Ipanema’ belongs to Astrud Gilberto forever.

Accept no substitutes.

[Yo-Yo]

Astrud Gilberto’s version or nothing.

Hear, hear.

[goldstategop]

[Verso 1: João Gilberto]
Olha que coisa mais linda, mais cheia de graça
É ela a menina que vem e que passa
Num doce balanço a caminho do mar
Moça do corpo dourado do sol de Ipanema
O seu balançado é mais que um poema
É a coisa mais linda que eu já vi passar

[Refrão: João Gilberto]
Ah, por que estou tão sozinho?
Ah, por que tudo é tão triste?
Ah, a beleza que existe
A beleza que não é só minha
Que também passa sozinha

[Verso 2: João Gilberto]
Ah, se ela soubesse
Que quando ela passa
O mundo sorrindo se enche de graça
E fica mais lindo por causa do amor

[Verse 1: Astrud Gilberto]
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes, each one she passes goes “ah!”
When she walks she’s like a samba that
Swings so cool and sways so gently
That when she passes, each one she passes goes “ah!”

[Chorus: Astrud Gilberto]
Oh, but he watches her so sadly
How can he tell her he loves her?
Yes, he would give his heart gladly
But each day when she walks to the sea
She looks straight ahead not at him

[Verse 2: Astrud Gilberto]
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes he smiles
But she doesn’t see

[Instrumental]

[Chorus: Astrud Gilberto]
Oh, but he sees her so sadly
How can he tell her he loves her?
Yes, he would give his heart gladly
But each day when she walks to the sea
She looks straight ahead not at him

[Verse 2: Astrud Gilberto]
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes he smiles
But she doesn’t see
[Outro]
She just doesn’t see
No, she doesn’t see
But she doesn’t see
She doesn’t see
No, she doesn’t

Featuring
João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim & Astrud Gilberto
Produced By
Creed Taylor
Written By
Antônio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel & Vinicius de Moraes
Release Date
April 1964

[bobby.223]

Dittos to that!!!!!

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Always preferred the Homer & Jethro version - The Gal from Possum Holler.

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

I like the “Girl From Ipanema” version by the B-52s. It’s actually titled “Girl From Ipanema (Goes To Greenland). Peppy!