Garota da Ipanema

Title Garota da Ipanema
Year 2005
Composer Chappell Kingsland (Antonio Carlos Jobim, arr.)
Instrument/s koto, 17-string koto, 20-string koto, shakuhachi
Commission Commissioned by Ryuko Mizutani
First Performance (date, performers, venue) September 19, 2008, Ryuko Mizutani, Noriko Tsuboi, Shoko Hikage and Jon Raskin, Hillside Club, Berkeley, California
Contact for Sheets For sheet music, contact music@ck4composer.com
Contact Info http://www.chappellkingsland.com/musicforkoto.html
Notes In this arrangement of a great jazz standard, the kotos emulate the sound of a Latin percussion section, string bass, piano, and a blaring horn section – while the shakuhachi (bamboo flute) dances with the melody on top. [Kingsland]