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LABEL:Cleopatra
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 11/18/2022
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1962
VARIANT:Expanded Deluxe Edition Black Vinyl 3LP

Celebrating the 60thanniversary ofVince Guaraldi Trio's breakthrough,Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus, this deluxe and expanded reissue offers16 bonus tracks, including 12 previously unreleased selections, with outtakes and alternate takesof nearly every track on the album.

Produced byNick Phillips, the original album iscut from the analog master, while thebonus material was transferred from the original analog tapes by Plangent Processes and remastered by engineer Paul Blakemore. Lacquers for the 3-LP edition werecut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audioandpressed at RTI on 180-gram vinyl. The package also includesnew, in-depth liner notes by jazz writer Andrew Gilbert(San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, KQED Arts).

Released in April 1962,Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus made Guaraldi a household namethanks, in large part, to the irresistible sounds of Cast Your Fate to the Wind. Released as the B-side to Samba de Orpheus, the instrumental track was embraced by DJs across the country, eventually landing at No.22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.9 on the Easy Listening chart. In 1963, Cast Your Fate to the Wind earned Guaraldi aGRAMMYfor Best Original Jazz Composition. Over the years, the track would be covered by a range of artists, including Quincy Jones, George Benson, Allen Toussaint, the James Gang, and Mel Torm (who added lyrics).

Perhaps most famously, however, the tune caught the ear of television producerLee Mendelson, who was searching for a musician to score a documentary aboutPEANUTScreator,Charles M. Schulz, and his popular comic strip. While the film was never released, Guaraldi recorded the soundtrack toA Charlie Brown Christmasthe following yearcreating one of the best-selling jazz and holiday albums of all time in the process. Before his sudden death in 1976, Guaraldi would score more than a dozen PEANUTSanimated specials. Yet, the pianists musical legacy extends far beyond those enduring soundtracks, andJazz Impressions of Black Orpheusis a prime example of that.