
Even without the presence of his tune “Cast Your Fate to the Wind,” a genuine and all-too-rare instrumental hit that reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, Guaraldi’s 1962 album Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus was a landmark achievement that introduced a trio with a singularly alluring sound. The combination of burnished lyricism, rhythmic subtly and exquisite dynamic calibration set it apart, but the group’s impact flowed equally from its repertoire. Guaraldi wasn’t the first American jazz artist to delve into the Brazilian songbook. But Jazz Impressions was an early harbinger of the jazz scene’s pervasive, unprecedented and enduring adoption of bossa nova (which means “new thing” or “new wave” in Portuguese). Winning the Palme d’Or at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1960, Black Orpheus caught the ear of countless jazz musicians, and Guaraldi was smitten.
TRACK LISTING
2CD Tracklist
Disc 1:
1. Samba De Orfeu
2. Manhã De Carnaval
3. Nosso Amor
4. Felicidade
5. Cast Your Fate To The Wind
6. Moon River
7. Alma-Ville
8. Since I Fell For You
9. Samba De Orfeu (Short Version: Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased)
10. Samba De Orfeu (Long Version: Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased)
11. Manhã De Carnaval (Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased)
12. Manhã De Carnaval (Take 2, Set 3)
Disc 2:
1. Nosso Amor (Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased)
2. Nosso Amor (Take 2, Set 4, Previously Unreleased)
3. Felicidade (Take 2, Set 2)
4. Felicidade (Take 4, Set 3 Previously Unreleased)
5. Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Take 2, Previously Unreleased)
6. Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Take 3)
7. Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Take 5, Previously Unreleased)
8. Alma-Ville (Take 2, Previously Unreleased)
9. Since I Fell For You (Take 3, Previously Unreleased)
10. Jitterbug Waltz (Take 1, Previously Unreleased)
11. Jitterbug Waltz (Take 1A, Previously Unreleased)
12. Jitterbug Waltz (Take 2A, Previously Unreleased)
3LP Tracklist
Disc 1:
A1. Samba De Orfeu
A2. Manhã De Carnaval
A3. Nosso Amor
A4. Felicidade
B1. Cast Your Fate To The Wind
B2. Moon River
B3. Alma-Ville
B4. Since I Fell For You
Disc 2:
C1. Samba De Orfeu (Short Version: Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased)
C2. Samba De Orfeu (Long Version: Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased)
C3. Manhã De Carnaval (Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased)
C4. Manhã De Carnaval (Take 2, Set 3)
D1. Nosso Amor (Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased)
D2. Nosso Amor (Take 2, Set 4, Previously Unreleased)
D3. Felicidade (Take 2, Set 2)
D4. Felicidade (Take 4, Set 3 Previously Unreleased)
Disc 3:
E1. Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Take 2, Previously Unreleased)
E2. Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Take 3)
E3. Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Take 5, Previously Unreleased)
E4. Alma-Ville (Take 2, Previously Unreleased)
E5. Since I Fell For You (Take 3, Previously Unreleased)
F1. Jitterbug Waltz (Take 1, Previously Unreleased)
F2. Jitterbug Waltz (Take 1A, Previously Unreleased)
F3. Jitterbug Waltz (Take 2A, Previously Unreleased)