The Vince Guaraldi Trio - "Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus" (1962) - Fantasy Records
Hello Friends,
Three years before he would start composing music for the Peanuts' television specials, Vince Guaraldi released this album of songs from, and inspired by, the 1959 Brazilian film, Black Orpheus; a movie that transplants the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice to the gritty and musical streets of Rio de Janeiro during Carnavale! We haven't seen it, but it sounds pretty great!
Its as hot as hell so we're turning the tiki bar into a favela tonight friends! (Editors Note: No we're not!)
Who doesn't love a good threesome? With Guaraldi on piano, Colin Bailey on drums and Monty Budwig on upright bass, Side One does jazzy justice to the bossanova tunes originally composed by Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim for the film. Think Charlie Brown with a Latin flair! Charlie Marrón, if you will! Olé!
The second side features Guaraldi's hit, "Cast Your Fate to the Wind"-- a chart topper as well as a Grammy winner! Atta boy Vince! There's also a behind-the-beat version of "Moon River", another Latin-flavored original ("Alma-ville"), and a sublime and loungey (in a good way) rendition of Buddy Johnson' jazz standard, "Since I Fell For You."
Overall a great, fun and relaxed record. Perfect a late night caprihana at the tiki bar!
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