Details

Field of Interest

Jazz

Content Type

Music recording

Duration

32 mins

Format

Audio

Sub Genre

Orchestral Jazz, Latin Jazz, Modern Jazz

Label

Fantasy

Page Count

9

Performer

Vince Guaraldi, 1928-1976, Eddie Duran, 1925-, Fred Marshall, Jerry Granelli, Bill Fitch, Benny Velarde, 1935-

Date Recorded

1965

Release Date

1996

Review

The Latin side for Vince Guaraldi means a brush with both the Brazilian and Caribbean strains of Latin jazz, garnished now and then by an outboard string quartet and graced by four of his own delightful tunes. On Brazilian numbers like "Corcovado" and Brazilian-treated tunes like "Mr. Lucky" and Guaraldi's lovely "Star Song," Vince has drummer Jerry Granelli deploy his distinctive brushes-and-rim-shots bossa nova beat. Jack Weeks supplies bittersweet string arrangements as he tries to grant Guaraldi's wish for a "Villa-Lobos sound," which he does, more or less. Other tunes, like Guaraldi's own happy-go-lucky "Treat Street," "Whirlpool," and Nat Adderley's "Work Song," are treated to gentle cha-cha rhythms. Guaraldi's piano is hauntingly melodic, impulsively swinging, and unmistakable for anyone else's, and the sound is much improved over the LP issue -- especially in the case of the strings, which sound less seedy on the CD. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

Subject

Jazz, Music & Performing Arts, Orchestral Jazz, Orchestral Jazz, Jazz Orquestal

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Orchestral Jazz, Jazz Orquestal