Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus

Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
Studio album by
Vince Guaraldi
ReleasedApril 18, 1962 (1962-04-18)
November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18) (60th anniversary edition)
RecordedNovember 1961
February 1962[1]
StudioKQED television studio, San Francisco, California[2]
GenreJazz
Length39:11 (original 1962 release)
61:44 (2010 remaster)
120:05 (60th anniversary edition)
LabelFantasy (US)
Vocalion (UK)
ProducerNick Phillips (2010 remaster)
Vince Guaraldi chronology
A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
(1958) 		Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
(1962) 		In Person
(1963)
Singles from Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus
  1. "Samba de Orpheus"/"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"
    Released: July 1962
Alternate cover
Later pressings with placement of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" and album title reversed
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]
Five Cents Please[1]
New Record Mirror[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]

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.[1]

The album contains both original compositions and covers of songs from the 1959 French/Brazilian 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.

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Bang was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Bang, Derrick (2012). Vince Guaraldi at the Piano. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 103. ISBN 0786490748.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ Jones, Peter (18 May 1963). "Vince Guaraldi Trio: Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 114. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 614. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.