Note: the CD I listened to was the 1990 reissue.
Description from the CD's back insert:
That description is slightly misleading. As the album title implies, these aren't really bossa nova versions of the songs. Rather, the trio take the original Jobim bossa tunes from the movie score, mix in some West Coast jazz, and make it all swing. And I dig every track. If someone were looking for an entry point to '60s jazz records, this album would certainly be a good suggestion.
The star of the album, however, isn't the Jobim tunes but the Guaraldi original, Cast Your Fate To The Wind which peaked at #22 on Billboard's pop chart and won Guaraldi a Grammy award in the short-lived category of Best Original Jazz Composition. These days, of course, it's considered a standard and rightfully so. Another favorite is the cover of Since I Fell For You.
Original liner notes by music critic Ralph J. Gleason.
Guaraldi - piano
Monty Budwig - bass
Colin Bailey - drums
Reviews/ratings:
- Music Vendor: "a cleverly swinging, inventively saleable jazz product"
- CashBox: "Once in a great while a jazz version of a film has exceptional merit in its own right."
- Billboard: "a superior outing for the group and its vastly underrated leader."
- DownBeat (★★★½): "Guaraldi is a talented musician with more than one emotional face."
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz (5th ed., 2000): ★★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide (1999): ★★★★
- The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (1999): ★★★
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: #24
Tracks: see above
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None
Previously revisited for the blog:
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973/2023)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
From All Sides (1965)
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