Vince Guaraldi Trio - Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus (3LP)
60th anniversary edition
Includes 16 Bonus Tracks - Alternate Takes & Previously Unreleased Music
Piano – Vince Guaraldi
Bass – Monte Budwig
Drums – Colin Bailey
Written by Luiz Bonfá (A1-2, C1-2), Antônio Maria (A1-2, C1-2), Vinicius de Morales (A3-4, C3-4, D3-4), Antônio Carlos Jobim (A3-4, C3-4, D3-4), Vince Guaraldi (B1, B3, D1-2, E1-4, F1-3), Henry Mancini (B2), Buddy Johnson (B4, E5)
3 LPs, Triple Gatefold with OBI Strip
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : Craft Recordings
Original Label : Fantasy
Recorded November 1961 & February 1962 at KQED television studio, San Francisco, California
Engineered by Ray Fowler
Remastered by Paul Blakemore
Lacquers cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio
Original Liner Notes by Ralph J. Gleason
Release Liner Notes by Andrew Gilbert
Photography by Fantasy Records Archives
Original Album Cover Photo by Chas Weckler
Originally released in April 1962
Reissued in February 2023
Tracks:
Disc One - Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
Side A:
- Samba De Orfeu (aka Samba De Orpheus)
- Manhã De Carnaval
- O Nosso Amor
- Felicidade
Side B:
- Cast Your Fate To The Wind
- Moon River
- Alma-Ville
- Since I Fell For You
Disc Two - Alternate Takes
SIDE C:
- Samba De Orfeu (aka Samba De Orpheus) [Short Version: Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased]
- Samba De Orfeu (aka Samba De Orpheus) [Long Version: Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased]
- Manhã De Carnaval [Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased]
- Manhã De Carnaval [Take 2, Set 3]
Side D:
- O Nosso Amor [Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased]
- O Nosso Amor [Take 2, Set 4]
- Felicidade [Take 2, Set 2]
- Felicidade [Take 4, Set 3, Previously Unreleased]
Disc Three - Alternate Takes & Outtakes
Side E:
- Cast Your Fate To The Wind [Take 2, Previously Unreleased]
- Cast Your Fate To The Wind [Take 3]
- Cast Your Fate To The Wind [Take 5, Previously Unreleased]
- Alma-Ville [Take 2, Previously Unreleased]
- Since I Fell for You [Take 3]
Side F:
- Jitterbug Waltz [Take 1, Previously Unreleased]
- Jitterbug Waltz [Take 1A, Previously Unreleased]
- Jitterbug Waltz [Take 2A, Previously Unreleased]
Awards:
"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" won the 1963 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition
Reviews :
“Here is Vince Guaraldi's breakthrough album -- musically, commercially, in every which way. After numerous records as a leader or sideman, for the first time a recognizable Guaraldi piano style emerges, with whimsical phrasing all his own, a madly swinging right hand and occasional boogie-influenced left hand, and a distinctive, throat-catching, melodic improvisational gift. The first half of the program is taken up by cover versions of tunes from the Antonio Carlos Jobim/Luiz Bonfa score for the film Black Orpheus, recorded just as bossa nova was taking hold in America. These are genuinely jazz-oriented impressions in a mainstream boppish manner, with only a breath of samba from Monty Budwig (bass) and Colin Bailey (drums) in the opening minute of "Samba de Orpheus"; an edited version of this haunting song was issued as a 45 rpm single. But DJs soon began flipping the single over to play the B-side, a wistful, unforgettably catchy Guaraldi tune called "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" that opens the North American half of the album. The tune became a surprise hit; Fantasy redesigned the cover to call attention to it, and Vince was on his way to fame as one of Latin and mainstream jazz's most irresistible composers. The whole album evokes the ambience of San Francisco's jazz life in the 1960s as few others do -- and such is this record's appeal that even non-jazz and non-Latin music people have been grooving to this music ever since it came out.” AllMusic Review by Richard S. Ginell
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 5 / 5