Vince & Bola

by Vince Guaraldi

Overview

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. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	05/09/2000
Label:	Decca / Fantasy
UPC:	0025218245623
Rank:	53175

Tracks

1. Casaba
2. Mambossa
3. Star Song
4. Moon Rays
5. Days of Wine and Roses
6. El Matador
7. I'm a Loser
8. Nobody Else
9. More
10. O Morro Nao Tem Vez (Somewhere in the Hills)
11. Black Orpheus Suite
12. People

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Vince Guaraldi   Primary Artist
Bola Sete   Primary Artist,Guitar
Fred Marshall   Bass
Jerry Granelli   Bass,Drums

Technical Credits

Eric Miller   Reissue Producer
Vince Guaraldi   Composer
Luiz Bonfa   Composer
Vinicius de Moraes   Composer
John Lennon   Composer
Hugo Peretti   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Horace Silver   Composer
Riz Ortolani   Composer
Jule Styne   Composer
Luigi Creatore   Composer
Luiz Claudio De Castro   Composer
Nino Oliviero   Composer
Antonio Maria   Composer,Composer
Arnaldo DeSouteiro   Liner Notes
Henry Mancini   Composer
Bob Merrill   Composer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Gaetano Oliviero   Composer
Kirk Felton   Remastering
William Siden   Composer
Paul McCartney   Composer