Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus

Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus is the third album by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio), released in 1962 on Fantasy Records.[3] It is considered Guaraldi's breakthrough album and made him a household name.[1]

Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
Studio album by Vince Guaraldi
Released	April 18, 1962
Recorded	November 1961 February 1962[1]
Studio	KQED television studio, San Francisco, California[2]
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:11 (original vinyl) 61:44 (2010 remaster)
Label	Fantasy (US); Vocalion (UK)
Producer	Nick Phillips (2010 remaster)
Vince Guaraldi chronology
A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (1958) Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962) In Person (1963)
Alternate cover
Later pressings with placement of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" and album title reversed

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]
Five Cents Please	[1]

The album contains both original compositions and covers of songs from the 1959 French/Portuguese film Black Orpheus which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.[1] It spawned the hit single "Cast Your Fate to the Wind", which won the 1963 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition. Some later pressings of the LP have the single's title displayed prominently at the top of the cover, and the album title in the box underneath. Consequently, this album is often referred to as Cast Your Fate to the Wind.

Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus was released in 1983 in a half-speed mastered edition by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs.

Another remastered version was released with five bonus tracks on Fantasy Records imprint, Original Jazz Classics label, on September 28, 2010. In addition, DCC Compact Classics issued the album on a Gold CD in 1993.

Track listing

Original 1962 release

Side One

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Samba de Orpheus" ("Orpheus Samba")	Luiz Bonfá	5:42
2.	"Manhã de Carnaval" ("Carnival Morning")	Luiz Bonfá	5:50
3.	"O Nosso Amor" ("Our Love")	Antônio Carlos Jobim	4:56
4.	"A Felicidade (Happiness)" (mistitled "Generique"[1])	Antônio Carlos Jobim	4:49

Side Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"	Vince Guaraldi	3:10
6.	"Moon River"	Henry Mancini	5:21
7.	"Alma-Ville"	Vince Guaraldi	5:00
8.	"Since I Fell for You"	Buddy Johnson	4:23
Total length:			39:11

2010 Original Jazz Classics CD remaster

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
9.	"Samba de Orpheus" (single edit)	Luiz Bonfá	3:18
10.	"Manhã de Carnaval" (Take 2)	Luiz Bonfá	6:17
11.	"O Nosso Amor" (Take 2)	Antônio Carlos Jobim	5:00
12.	"Felicidade" (Take 3)	Traditional	4:54
13.	"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (Take 3)	Vince Guaraldi	3:04
Total length:			61:44

Personnel

Vince Guaraldi Trio

• Vince Guaraldi – piano
• Colin Bailey – drums
• Monty Budwig – double bass

Additional

• Ray Fowler – engineer
• Ralph J. Gleason – liner notes
• Derrick Bang – liner notes (2010 remaster)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	April 18, 1962	Fantasy Records	mono LP	3337
United States	1990	Fantasy, Original Jazz Classics	CD	OJCCD-437-25
United States	2010	Fantasy, Original Jazz Classics	mp3	OJC-32328-25

External links

• Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus at Discogs (list of releases)

References

1. Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
2. Bang, Derrick (2012). Vince Guaraldi at the Piano. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 103. ISBN 0786490748.
3. Ginell, Richard S. "Cast Your Fate to the Wind/Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus". AllMusic. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 90. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.