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Elevator Blues
Elevator Blues
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Jared Metzger Abel
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Elevator Blues
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By Jared Metzger Abel. By Jared Metzger Abel. Arranged by Jared Metzger Abel. 20th Century, Blues, Contemporary, Instructional, Jazz. Score. 7 pages. ...
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By Jared Metzger Abel. By Jared Metzger Abel. Arranged by Jared Metzger Abel. 20th Century, Blues, Contemporary, Instructional, Jazz. Score. 7 pages. Jared Metzger Abel #741617. Published by Jared Metzger Abel
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Two Blues Variations
Two Blues Variations
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Jared Metzger Abel
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Two Blues Variations
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Piano Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1397681 By Jared Metzger Abel. By Jared Metzger Abel. Arranged by Jared Metzger Abel. Blues,Contemporary,...
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Piano Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1397681 By Jared Metzger Abel. By Jared Metzger Abel. Arranged by Jared Metzger Abel. Blues,Contemporary,Instructional,Jazz. Score. 2 pages. Jared Metzger Abel #980963. Published by Jared Metzger Abel (A0.1397681). This set of two variations is a simplified version of the two original settings found in Elevator Blues. It introduces the major pentatonic scale and the major blues scale by building on the elementary student’s existing knowledge of the major and minor pentascales. It also introduces the basic 12-bar blues form. These pieces may be played as duets, with the student and teacher each playing with one hand, or as solos, with the student playing with both hands.
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Love In An Elevator
Love In An Elevator
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Aerosmith
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Albert Miller
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Love In An Elevator
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Marcel Handler
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1306956 By Aerosmith. By Joe Perry and Steven Tyler. Arranged by Albert Miller. Blues,Gr...
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Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1306956 By Aerosmith. By Joe Perry and Steven Tyler. Arranged by Albert Miller. Blues,Grunge,Pop,Rock,Soul. 54 pages. Marcel Handler #896301. Published by Marcel Handler (A0.1306956). Pop/Rock Arrangement for Big Band (Instrumental), Score and all Parts.
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Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (from the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers") - Brass Quintet
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love (from the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers") - Brass Quintet
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Solomon Burke, Wilson Picket
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Rob Bushnell
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Everybody Needs Somebody To Lo
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By Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, The Rolling Stones, The Blue Brothers, Dusty Springfield, Led Zeppelin, Westlife, Genesis, Mick Jagger, The 13th Flo...
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By Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, The Rolling Stones, The Blue Brothers, Dusty Springfield, Led Zeppelin, Westlife, Genesis, Mick Jagger, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Jerry Garcia Band. Arranged by Rob Bushnell. Score, Set of Parts. 24 pages. Published by RBMusic
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A Man Without Love (quando M'innamoro)
A Man Without Love (quando M'innamoro)
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Engelbert Humperdinck
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A Man Without Love
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C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1292273 By Engelbert Humperdinck. By Barry Mason, D. Pace, M. Panzeri, and R. Livraghi. Arranged by Joh...
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C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1292273 By Engelbert Humperdinck. By Barry Mason, D. Pace, M. Panzeri, and R. Livraghi. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Latin,Pop,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #882889. Published by John Fries (A0.1292273). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Â You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. Â When, When, When is an Italian pop song from 1962, in the bossa nova style. The song was used prominently in the 1962 Italian movie The Easy Life and was used in the movie The Blues Brothers (1980): when the main protagonists Jake and Elwood first encounter Murph and The Magictones, In the extended cut of the Ivan Reitman film Stripes (1981), Bill Murray begins singing this to avoid being killed by Colombian mercenaries. In the 2006 film Superman Returns, the theme is performed by The Drifters in the elevator scene when Clark Kent and Lois Lane are in the middle of several people reading about the Man of Steel's return in the Daily Planet.
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C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1116569 Composed by Reinaldo Coniglio Rayol. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Jazz,Latin,St...
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C Instrument - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1116569 Composed by Reinaldo Coniglio Rayol. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Jazz,Latin,Standards. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. John Fries #718224. Published by John Fries (A0.1116569). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns.  You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. When, When, When is an Italian pop song from 1962, in the bossa nova style. The song was used prominently in the 1962 Italian movie The Easy Life and was used in the movie The Blues Brothers (1980): when the main protagonists Jake and Elwood first encounter Murph and The Magictones, In the extended cut of the Ivan Reitman film Stripes (1981), Bill Murray begins singing this to avoid being killed by Colombian mercenaries. In the 2006 film Superman Returns, the theme is performed by The Drifters in the elevator scene when Clark Kent and Lois Lane are in the middle of several people reading about the Man of Steel's return in the Daily Planet.
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A Man Without Love (quando M'innamoro)
A Man Without Love (quando M'innamoro)
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Piano, Vocal and Guitar
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Engelbert Humperdinck
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John Fries
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A Man Without Love
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John Fries
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Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1202020 By Engelbert Humperdinck. By Barry Mason, D. Pace, M. Panzeri, and R. Livraghi. Arr...
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Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1202020 By Engelbert Humperdinck. By Barry Mason, D. Pace, M. Panzeri, and R. Livraghi. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Jazz,Latin,Standards. Score. 3 pages. John Fries #800638. Published by John Fries (A0.1202020). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Â You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. Thanks, John. When, When, When is an Italian pop song from 1962, in the bossa nova style. The song was used prominently in the 1962 Italian movie The Easy Life and was used in the movie The Blues Brothers (1980): when the main protagonists Jake and Elwood first encounter Murph and The Magictones, In the extended cut of the Ivan Reitman film Stripes (1981), Bill Murray begins singing this to avoid being killed by Colombian mercenaries. In the 2006 film Superman Returns, the theme is performed by The Drifters in the elevator scene when Clark Kent and Lois Lane are in the middle of several people reading about the Man of Steel's return in the Daily Planet.
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A Man Without Love (quando M'innamoro)
A Man Without Love (quando M'innamoro)
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Piano, Vocal and Guitar
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INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
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Engelbert Humperdinck
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John Fries
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A Man Without Love
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John Fries
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SheetMusicPlus
Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1292274 By Engelbert Humperdinck. By Barry Mason, D. Pace, M. Panzeri, and R. Livraghi. Arr...
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Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1292274 By Engelbert Humperdinck. By Barry Mason, D. Pace, M. Panzeri, and R. Livraghi. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Latin,Pop. Score. 3 pages. John Fries #882890. Published by John Fries (A0.1292274). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Â You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. Â When, When, When is an Italian pop song from 1962, in the bossa nova style. The song was used prominently in the 1962 Italian movie The Easy Life and was used in the movie The Blues Brothers (1980): when the main protagonists Jake and Elwood first encounter Murph and The Magictones, In the extended cut of the Ivan Reitman film Stripes (1981), Bill Murray begins singing this to avoid being killed by Colombian mercenaries. In the 2006 film Superman Returns, the theme is performed by The Drifters in the elevator scene when Clark Kent and Lois Lane are in the middle of several people reading about the Man of Steel's return in the Daily Planet.
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A Man Without Love (quando M'innamoro)
A Man Without Love (quando M'innamoro)
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Piano solo
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Engelbert Humperdinck
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John Fries
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A Man Without Love
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John Fries
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1335915 By Engelbert Humperdinck. By Barry Mason, D. Pace, M. Panzeri, and R. Livraghi. Arranged by John ...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1335915 By Engelbert Humperdinck. By Barry Mason, D. Pace, M. Panzeri, and R. Livraghi. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Pop,Standards. Score. 4 pages. John Fries #921746. Published by John Fries (A0.1335915). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Â You can also type John Fries in the searchbar to see all I have to offer. Â When, When, When is an Italian pop song from 1962, in the bossa nova style. The song was used prominently in the 1962 Italian movie The Easy Life and was used in the movie The Blues Brothers (1980): when the main protagonists Jake and Elwood first encounter Murph and The Magictones, In the extended cut of the Ivan Reitman film Stripes (1981), Bill Murray begins singing this to avoid being killed by Colombian mercenaries. In the 2006 film Superman Returns, the theme is performed by The Drifters in the elevator scene when Clark Kent and Lois Lane are in the middle of several people reading about the Man of Steel's return in the Daily Planet.
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The Girl from Ipanema for Solo Trumpet & Piano
The Girl from Ipanema for Solo Trumpet & Piano
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The Girl from Ipanema for Solo
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Music for all Occasions
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By Various. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Score, Set of Parts. 8 pages. Published by Music for all Occasions...
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By Various. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Score, Set of Parts. 8 pages. Published by Music for all Occasions
Arranged for Solo Bb Brass & Piano "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl from Ipanema") is a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz song. It was a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s and won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes. English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel.
The first commercial recording was in 1962, by Pery Ribeiro. The Stan Getz recording featuring the vocal debut of Astrud Gilberto became an international hit. This version had been shortened from the version on the album Getz/Gilberto (recorded in March 1963, released in March 1964) which had also included the Portuguese lyrics sung by Astrud's then husband João Gilberto. In the US, the single peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, and went to number one for two weeks on the Easy Listening chart. Overseas it peaked at number 29 in the United Kingdom, and charted highly throughout the world.
Numerous recordings have been used in films, sometimes as an elevator music cliché. It is believed to be the second most recorded pop song in history, after "Yesterday" by The Beatles. The song was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2004, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2009, the song was voted by the Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone as the 27th greatest Brazilian song.
Ipanema is a fashionable seaside neighborhood located in the southern region of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Helô Pinheiro, the woman who inspired the song, in 2006.
The song was composed for a musical comedy titled Dirigível (Blimp), then a work-in-progress of Vinicius de Moraes. The original title was "Menina que Passa" ("The Girl Who Passes By"); the first verse was different. Jobim composed the melody on his piano in his new house in Rua Barão da Torre, in Ipanema. In turn, Moraes had written the lyrics in Petrópolis, near Rio de Janeiro, as he had done with "Chega de Saudade" ("No More Blues") six years earlier.
During a recording session in New York with João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Stan Getz, the idea of cutting an English-language version came up. Norman Gimbel wrote the English lyrics. João's wife, Astrud Gilberto, was the only one of the Brazilians who could speak English well and was chosen to sing. Her voice, without trained singer mannerisms, proved a perfect fit for the song. Ethel Ennis and Nat King Cole have also both recorded the song.
The song was inspired by Heloísa Eneida Menezes Paes Pinto (now known as Helô Pinheiro), a seventeen-year-old girl living on Montenegro Street in Ipanema. Daily, she would stroll past the Veloso bar-café, not just to the beach ("each day when she walks to the sea"), but in the everyday course of her life. She would sometimes enter the bar to buy cigarettes for her mother and leave to the sound of wolf-whistles. In the winter of 1962, the composers saw the girl pass by the bar. Since the song became popular, she has become a celebrity.
In Revelação: a verdadeira Garôta de Ipanema ("Revealed: The Real Girl from Ipanema") Moraes wrote that she was "the paradigm of the young Carioca: a golden teenage girl, a mixture of flower and mermaid, full of light and grace, the sight of whom is also sad, in that she carries with her, on her route to the sea, the feeling of youth that fades, of the beauty that is not ours alone—it is a gift of life in its beautiful and melancholic constant ebb and flow."
Ella Fitzgerald recorded this song on her two-disc set of Brazilian music Ella Abraca Jobim, released on the label [[Pablo today}] in 1981.
The legacy of "The Girl from Ipanema" was acknowledged by multiple aspects of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro: the Olympic and Paralympic mascots were respectively named Vinicius and Tom after the song's co-writers by a public vote, while the Olympics' opening ceremony featured a segment themed around the song and the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer. Jobim's grandson Daniel performed the song during the segment, which also featured an appearance by Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. Spotify reported that the song had been streamed on its service 40,000 times per-day in the days following the ceremony (a 1200% increase), while in the U.S., the song reached #5 on Billboard's World Digital Songs chart the following week.
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