[Harp-L] Pop tunes on harp

[George Brooks <gbrooks1@xxxxxxxxx>]

I guess it's not surprising that my (mainly non-blues) repertoire 
overlaps with Rob and Tim's.  Rob mentions "O Grande Amor," a bossa 
nova by Antonio Carlos Jobim that is mysteriously little known and 
little played.  I think it's one of the greatest things he ever wrote, 
and Stan Getz's solo on the version of the song on the Getz/Gilberto 
album (with Joao Gilberto singing in Portuguese and Jobim on piano) 
changed the way I think about what a horn can sound like and the 
direction I wanted my playing to go.  It's a towering landmark in my 
personal musical landscape.

In my Latin acoustic band, now defunct, we played many of the bossa 
novas, including:

Chega de Saudade (the definitive version is on Dizzy On The French 
Riviera; if you hear it I do not think that you will disagree)
Favela (Stan Getz w/Jobim and Luiz Bonfa!)
Desafinado
Corcovado
The Girl From Ipanema
One Note Samba
Wave
Meditation
Insensitive

and more.  We also did five or six Beatles songs, but in Latin acoustic 
versions.  And, of course, The Christmas Song and the Wedding March.

George