Vince Guaraldi • Vince & Bola

 

Review
by Richie Unterberger
The first and third of the three albums Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete made together -- Vince Guaraldi/Bola Sete & Friends (1963) and Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete Live at El Matador (1966) -- are combined onto one disc on this CD reissue. Actually, Sete only plays on two of the seven songs ("More" and "O Morro Nao Tem Vez") on the latter album, but no matter. Their collaboration could not be pegged as a peak in either man's careers, and did not particularly inspire either to forms or feelings they didn't achieve on their own. Nevertheless, they made pleasant, lightly swinging music together, often with a jazz-samba lilt, though at an easy enough pace that the music could fit comfortably into lounges. Vince Guaraldi/Bola Sete & Friends is certainly the more samba-oriented of the pair, not only because Sete is aboard for every cut, but also because the arrangements have more of a Brazilian feel. On Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete Live at El Matador, an unusual highlight is Guaraldi's Sete-less interpretation of the Beatles' "I'm a Loser" -- surely one of the more unusual Beatles covers of the time, and quite possibly the most unusual cover of "I'm a Loser" itself, which wasn't one of Lennon-McCartney's more frequently interpreted compositions.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/vince-bola-mw0000067379

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Reseña
por Richie Unterberger
El primero y el tercero de los tres álbumes que Vince Guaraldi y Bola Sete hicieron juntos - Vince Guaraldi/Bola Sete & Friends (1963) y Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete Live at El Matador (1966) - se combinan en un solo disco en esta reedición en CD. En realidad, Sete sólo toca en dos de las siete canciones ("More" y "O Morro Nao Tem Vez") de este último álbum, pero no importa. Su colaboración no puede considerarse un punto álgido en la carrera de ninguno de los dos, y no inspiró especialmente a ninguno de los dos formas o sentimientos que no lograron por sí solos. Sin embargo, hicieron juntos una música agradable y ligeramente oscilante, a menudo con un ritmo de jazz-samba, aunque a un ritmo lo suficientemente fácil como para que la música pueda encajar cómodamente en los salones. Vince Guaraldi/Bola Sete & Friends es sin duda el más orientado a la samba de la pareja, no sólo porque Sete está a bordo de cada corte, sino también porque los arreglos tienen más un toque brasileño. En Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete Live at El Matador, un punto culminante inusual es la interpretación de Guaraldi sin Sete de "I'm a Loser" de los Beatles - seguramente una de las versiones más inusuales de los Beatles de la época, y muy posiblemente la versión más inusual de "I'm a Loser" en sí, que no era una de las composiciones más frecuentemente interpretadas por Lennon-McCartney.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/vince-bola-mw0000067379

Tracklist
1 - Casaba
Written-By – Vince Guaraldi 7:55
2 - Mambossa
Written-By – Luiz Claudio de Castro 8:38
3 - Star Song
Written-By – Guaraldi, Siden 4:46
4 - Moon Rays
Written-By – Horace Silver 7:05
5 - The Days Of Wine And Roses
Written-By – Henry Mancini 5:20
6 - El Matador
Written-By – Guaraldi 4:34
7 - I'm A Loser
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney 2:39
8 - Nobody Else
Written-By – Guaraldi 2:24
9 - More (Theme From 'Mondo Cane')
Written-By – Oliviero, Ortolani 4:37
10 - O Morro Não Tem Vez (Somewhere In The Hills)
Written-By – Jobim, DeMoraes 8:52
11 - Black Orpheus Suite
Written-By – Maria, Bonfá 10:53
12 - People
Written-By – Merrill, Styne 3:53


Credits:
    Acoustic Bass – Fred Marshall (tracks: 1 to 5)
    Acoustic Guitar – Bola Sete
    Drums – Jerry Granelli (tracks: 1 to 5)
    Liner Notes – Arnaldo DeSouteiro
    Piano – Vince Guaraldi
    Reissue Producer – Eric Miller (6)
    Remastered By – Kirk Felton

Notes:
Total Time 72:00
Tracks 1 to 5, recorded in 1963, originally appeard on Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete - Vince Guaraldi \ Bola Sete \ And Friends.
Tracks 6 to 12, recorded in 1966, originally appeared on Vince Guaraldi & Bola Sete - Live At El Matador.
Track 10 also known in the U.S. as "Favela"

Label: Fantasy – FCD-24756-2
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bossa Nova
https://www.discogs.com/release/5127094-Vince-Guaraldi-Bola-Sete-Vince-Bola

 

 

 

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