Podcasts about Bola Sete

Sintonía: "Bim Bom" - Charlie Byrd"Samba de Orfeu" - Luiz Bonfá; "Tristeza" - Baden Powell; "Só danço Samba" - Roberto Menescal; "Minha saudade" - Rosinha De Valencia; "Simple Samba" - Jim Hall; "Outra vez (Once Again)" - Stan Getz & Laurindo Almeida; "Canto de Ossanha" - Baden Powell; "Jackie, All" - George Benson; "Insensatez (How Insensitive)" - Wes Montgomery; "Meditaçao" - Joe Pass; "Coisa número um" - Bola Sete; "Corcovado (Quiet Nights)" - Gabor Szabo; "The Gentle Rain" - Joe Pass & Paulinho Da CostaTodas las músicas extraídas de la recopilación (1xCD) "Bossa Nova Guitar" (Verve, 2009)Todas las músicas compiladas por Arnaldo DeSouteiroEscuchar audio

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Momento de contemplação auditiva de alto desempenho. No episódio 259 do Boia, Júlio Adler e Bruno Bocayuva convocam Bruno Pesca para aumentar ainda mais as chances de bom resultado na arte de papear. Ian Gouveia nos encheu de alegria com sua vitória em Ballito, torcemos mais por pessoas do que por países. Especulações infundadas e absolutamente da mais categórica inutilidade foram levadas ao pé da letra. Super poderes do Medina, ondas espetacularmente ruins que nos emocionam, fundos artificiais e projetos para um Rio de Janeiro melhor, ninguem se esquivou das pedradas. Falando nisso, as canções escolhidas foram, Despair, Hangover & Ecstasy das francesas do The Dø, Tambor de Aço do Marcelo D2 e Ocean Waves (Original do Dorival Caymmi) pelos magistrais dedos do Bola Sete.

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Hace 100 años que nació el guitarrista brasileño Djalma de Andrade, conocido como Bola Sete, y le recordamos con grabaciones de su disco 'Ritmolândia': 'Você já foi à Bahia'?', 'Os quindins de Iaiá', 'No tabuleiro da baiana', 'Frenesí', 'La mer', 'Por causa desta cabocla', 'Saudades da Bahia', 'Recado de Olinda' y 'Adiós'. Del nuevo disco del guitarrista Ralph Towner 'At first light' las piezas 'Make someone happy', 'Guitarra picante', 'Danny boy', y 'Little old lady' y del nuevo disco del también guitarrista Dominic Miller 'Vagabond' las piezas 'All change' y 'Cruel but fair'. Para la despedida, 'From the mountains', adelanto del próximo disco de Pat Metheny 'Dream box'. Escuchar audio

On this show, Porter plays in a trio with Jon "Sticky" Lakey on bass and Alan Jones on drums. Also, The Jim Knapp Orchestra, Kelly Eisenhour, Ben Thomas, and Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete.

It's time for some Deep Cuts spring cleaning. Richard and Jonathan dust off some of the more eclectic pieces from their collections spanning countries and decades. Where else will you hear Soul Asylum, Bola Sete, Ozric Tentacles, and My Morning Jacket in the same radio hour?Pictured: How NOT to clean your records.

Grabaciones inéditas del guitarrista brasileño Bola Sete, de actuaciones realizadas entre 1966 y 1968 en el Penthouse Jazz Club de la ciudad de Seattle, publicadas en un estuche de tres discos: 'Consolação', Meditação', 'Soul samba', 'Deve ser amor', 'Valsa de uma cidade', 'Garota de Ipanema', 'Tristeza', 'Corcovado', 'One note samba' y 'Satin doll'. Escuchar audio

Un último episodio dedicado a la guitarra, con eclecticismo. Luego del actual jazzista Mark Whitfield presentamos a varios guitarristas que han hecho o coqueteado con el jazz: Charlie Byrd, de Brasil Laurindo Almeida, Baden Powell, Bola Sete y Gismonti y de España Gerardo Núnez (a Paco de Lucía ya lo hemos presentado. Los espero en el próximo episodio donde empezamos con el bajo!  

Tres conciertos en Madrid, El Prat (Barcelona) y Zaragoza de la cantante y chelista brasileña Dom La Nena a la que escuchamos en canciones de su último disco 'Tempo': 'Todo tiene su fin', 'Valsa', 'Teu coração' y 'Tempo'. Del nuevo disco del japonés Jun Miyake, 'Whispered garden', los temas 'Untrodden sphere', 'The Jamestown bridge', 'Paradica', 'Faróis distantes' y 'Parece até carnaval'. Y dos piezas, 'Canto de Ossanha' y 'Ao Baden', del disco del contrabajista franco-brasileño Gui Duvignau dedicado al guitarrista Baden Powell. Abre Triosence con 'Armando´s farewell' y 'Giulia' y cierra Bola Sete con 'Deve ser amor'. Escuchar audio

Grabaciones inéditas del guitarrista brasileño Bola Sete en sus visitas anuales al Penthouse, club de jazz de la ciudad de Seattle, entre 1966 y 1968: 'Consolação', 'Meditação', 'Soul samba', 'Deve ser amor', 'Valsa de uma cidade' y 'Garota de Ipanema'. Y grabaciones, también de los años sesenta, de Bola Sete (1923-1987) con el pianista californiano Vince Guaraldi en estudio ('Casaba', 'Days of wine and roses') y en concierto ('Black Orpheus suite'). Escuchar audio

Contrôle, petits ponts, accélérations fulgurantes : Bola Sete était le Pelé de la guitare brésilienne, dribblant les notes avec une virtuosité sans égale et une attaque prodigieuse ! Un artiste qui aura traumatisé des générations de guitaristes. “Mon plus grand regret, a dit un jour Carlos Santana, et ce jusqu'à la fin de mes jours, sera de n'avoir pas joué avec Bola”.

We feature more music from Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete recorded live in 1966 for broadcast from The Penthouse club in Seattle on this week's Jazz Northwest.

Coming up tonight on Jazz After Dark! Seasonal sounds and more: Vince Guaraldi Trio, Dave Brubeck, Bola Sete, Ella Fitzgerald, Ellis Marsalis, Al Di Meola, Cyrus Chestnut, Dave Bass Trio, and Toms Mucenieks.

Brazilian jazz guitarist Bola Sete is considered one of the greatest – but also underappreciated – musical talents of his era. A new three-disc compilation, “Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse, 1966-1968,” captures live recordings of Sete, who lived and performed in the Bay Area for decades, at a storied jazz club. Critics say the new album highlights Sete, who died in Marin County in 1987, at the prime of his career and brings much deserved appreciation to his artistry. The recordings, however, could have been lost forever if not for a few strokes of fate. We talk about the life and music of Bola Sete.

The recent discovery and issue of radio broadcasts by Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete's has stirred enthusiasm from coast to coast. The three-CD set includes music from six live radio shows from the Penthouse in Seattle from 1966 to 1968. Several selections from 1966 will air on today's episode of Jazz Northwest.

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You need to know the legendary Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete! His nickname, pronounced “bowl-ah set-ay,” comes from the Portuguese for “seven ball” in snooker — the game's only black ball apart from the eight ball, nodding to Sete as the only Black member in his jazz group. A visionary with a signature style, Sete played with Dizzy Gillespie and Vince Guaraldi. We're sharing his composition “Soul Samba,” culled from “Bola Sete — Samba in Seattle: Live at the Penthouse, 1966-1968.” 

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San Francisco, back again my friend to the days of wine and roses -Cal Tjader, Bayete, Armando Peraza, Eddie Marshall Ron Stallings, and the rest of the Mill Valley Gang which included David "What are their names" Crosby. San Francisco was a beautiful artistic enclave before anybody knew it was great. It was an incubator of Latin Funk mixed with Psychedelic Rock and 1st generation blues players like a John Lee Hooker. Marin City was filled with the sounds of Wes Montgomery and Bola Sete. My guest hails from The Bay and is a blur of movement and magic. Lightning fast when he is in that trance. The one he found himself in again and again in his garage Woodshedding for hours. Being ready for the live moment in front of audiences at Andres or The Poppycock or Woodstock. Relentless pursuit for those who chant with Carmelo Garcia and Victor Pantoja and Hadley Caliman. My guest was the drummer for Carlos Santana during the most explosive growth of electronic music in our countries history. Sound expansion, playing seemingly simple patterns in complex polyrhythmic grooves exploring the thesaurus of scales the way Coltrane used to duke it out with Elvin Jones. Except it was my guest along with Doug Rauch and Michael Carabello with Tom Costner laying on the B-3. He has played on the world stage with the heaviest cats like Neil Schon, Sammy Hagar and Steve Winwood challenging gravity with flurries of patterns while still holding it down. He is the same master drumming discussion as Jack DeJohnette, Billy Cobham, Billy Kreutzmann, Lenny White Greg Errico and Gaylord Birch. When music came out of the community and was supported by the community. Now that community looks somewhat different as we have fully become automatic men in the age of digitization. On this journey I have used technology to find my heroes in music. Once accessed these cats provide lessons in leadership, love, life and lineage. My guest does it by helping people dance, maybe even the teacher in the classroom because you want to enjoy the musical ride. Looking to set the rhythm straight in 2015 Michael Shrieve welcome to the JFS. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

Prior to full interconnection and the complete digitization of music mastering we had in this country pockets of eccentric engineers who more often then not wore more than one hat. Rudy Van Gelder held down the fort in Englewood Cliffs while performing optometry in the daytime. Michael Cuscuna found his way to Woodstock engineering Bonnie Raitt all the while hosting free form radio programs and writing linear notes. Same for Marty Feldman and Eddie Harris Major cities in this country had venerable studios that cooked with music from across all musical spectrums. Chess Records in Chicago, Stax Records in Memphis, Muscle Shoals in Alabama, Sigma Sound in Philly, MoTown in Detroit and The Record Plant in LA. Another major record creator was Fantasy records. My guest today was a major engineer during the gravy years of the studio after Max and Saul Weiss sold the shop to Saul Zaentz. But as with other engineers my guest wads jack of all trades. He was the rhythm and blues drummer for the label when they were still in Oakland playing with Ray Shanklin and Tower of Power singer Lenny Williams. When he became the lead engineer at Fantasy he sought out and trained younger cats on how to create a warm room sound, when Fatansy expanded he was responsible for outfitting the studios and then hunkering down with a Heavy Axe and David Axelrod, Butterfly Dreaming with Flora Purim, Tambu with Cal Tjader and Charlie Byrd and the NTU Troop with Gary Bartz. He was immersed with all types of musicians. Cats like Sonny Rollins who might come out to cut an album before heading to Japan to Country Joe and other Bay Area mainstays who helped liven up sessions just by being within the complex. Put in a live audience for Joe Williams or Cannonball or work with Ed Bogas on arrangements for the Vibes of Truth. This was coupled with a very open radio dial which played a lot of local area favorites like the aforementioned Tjader, Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders and Bola Sete. It should be noted that without Born on the Biyou none of this might have ever happened. You listen to the warmth that these records give off. The homey close knit quality and the musicians understanding of how special a place it was and you begin to see how regional music developed. Orrin Keepnews relocation to Berkeley and the acquisition of the Prestige catalog only furthered the eclecticism of the musicians. All of a sudden McCoy Tyner found a home there so did Larry and Fonce Mizell as well as Wayne Henderson and Woody Herman. It was a family of Zen Tricksters who cared about the music and the musicians. Things were cut using analog tape so there was no way to put lipstick on a pig if Pleasure or The Vibes of Truth flubbed some lyrics. You couldn't fix crappy instrumental takes. The artists had to know their shit and so did the producers and the arrangers and the engineers. Everybody's craft was respected and because of the amount of effort put forth by the team often a good product came from that. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

A mix featuring tracks from 1971, taken from the series, A Decade of Sound 1970s. The Lunar Saloon Every Friday from 10P - 12A PST 99.1 FM Long Beach Streaming at KLBP.org Air date : August 7, 2020 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- George Martin, Eary Feary, Happy Machine: Standard Music Library 1970-2010 Ramases, Journey To The Inside, Space Hymns Gong, You Can't Kill Me, Camembert Electrique Kimio Mizutani, Sabbath Day's Sable, A Path Through Haze Quincy Jones, Theme From "The Anderson Tapes", Smackwater Jack Piero Umiliani, Synthi Boogie, Synthi Time James Clark, Airport People, Retro-Spective - A Tribute to Retro-Teque The Esso Trinidad Steel Band, I Want You Back, Esso Dennis Alcapone, Forever Version, Forever Version Lloyds All Stars, Dread Dub, Trojan Dub Box Set [disc 3] John Holt, Fancy Dub Make Up, 500 Volts Of Dub Wilson Pickett, Don't Knock My Love (Part 2), Love Saves The Day (A History Of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979) (Part 1) The Beginning Of The End, Come Down Baby (Kenny Dope Edit), Kenny Dope & Keb Darge ‎– Kay-Dee Volume 2 Laghonia, Bahia, Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul & Psych From Peru's Radical Decade Apocalipsis, Ayudame a Encontrar Mi Camino, ` Bola Sete, Bettina, Pura Vida Presents: Beach Diggin' Volume 3 The Pawnshop, Laura (What You Do?), Carol / Laura (What You Do?) Chelique Sarabia, Barlovento, Revolución Electrónica En Música Venezolana Sarolta Zalatnay, Késő Esti Órán, Zalatnay David Porter, Hang On Sloopy, The RZA Presents Shaolin Soul Selection Volume 1 Billy Paul, East, Going East Dennis Coffey, A Whole Lot of Love, Product Placement Breaks Cherokee, Funky Business, Country Funk 1969-1975 Michael Nesmith & The First National Band, Grand Ennui, Nevada Fighter Agape, Rejoice, Tribal Rites People, Glastonbury, In Ancient Times Hans Edler, Säg vad är det?, Elektron Kukéso Lucifer, Exorcism, Black Mass Okko, If I Needed Someone, Sitar & Electronics Robin Jones And His Quintet, Africa Revisited, Lift Off! With Apollo Sound James Last, Inner City Blues, Voodoo-Party The Beginning Of The End, Funky Nassau (part 1), Funky Nassau Funkadelic, What Is Soul, Funkadelic Hawkwind, You Know You're Only Dreaming, In Search Of Space

My guest today is an example of someone who was born in the right place at the right time. He was raised in San Francisco and during his formative years when arguably the greatest music cultivation was occurring. The core group of Brubeck, Desmond and Tjader and Guaraldi spawned a new era in melodic jazz, never removing the street element but conjoining swing elements with Latin rhythms, bossa rhythms and African percussion. At the same time Santana's Latin rock escapade was burgeoning as well as a bunch of Mavericks who were acclimating themselves to this fertile hotbed of cross music fertilization. My guest got sticks in his hand and became part of it all. Bola Sete, Noel Jewkes, Jon Hendricks, Dr. Denny Zeitlin, the airplane, GD, the aforementioned mentioned Guaraldi, Benny Velarde and countless other gigs @ Jimbo's Bop City, the Both And, the Workshop --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jake-feinberg/support

Featuring a blazing hot new single from KAYE produced by guitar wizard Kirk Schoenherr; another stunning track from Leslie Mendelson's 2020 release; fiddling pop sensation Katie Jacoby from her self-titled debut EP; Allison Miller's brilliant ensemble Boom Tic Boom from 2019's “Glitter Wolf”; sounds of Bedstuy from Erik Deutsch's new release “Live at LunÁtico''; the pride of the Raleigh triangle “The Hot at Nights”; vibey European jazz from Beyond the Seasons; Colorado icons of magical gypsy rock Devotchka; and finally rounding things out with legends Ike Turner, Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete, and throwback brit pop sensations Belle and Sebastien.

Featuring a blazing hot new track from Stu Bogie and the Bogie Band; a beautiful new release from rising star Damon Smith; prolific Brooklyn bassist Stephan Crump and the Borderlands Trio; maestro and vocalist from the moon Theo Bleckmann; the best instrumental keyboard album of 2019 from Frank LoCrasto; + modern masters Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, and Tom Waits and finally legends Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete, and the Temptations.

ft. Bola Sete, Khotin, Skyrager/Psychemagik, Joe Farrell, Anaalivaihe/Gatto Fritto, Charlie Smooth, David Axelrod, 45 ACP, Arthur Russell, Denny Lather, the Purple one **the arthur russell song is actually "arms around you" not "you and me both"

"The '60s was one of the first times the power of music was used by a generation to bind them together." Neil Young This week, DJ Dave is featuring music by Bridget Kelly, Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete, Jesse and Joy Gente de Zona, Neil Young, Spin Doctors, Sleigh Bells, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmy Vaughan, Engelbert Humperdinck, Chico Hamilton and Fred Katz, Soopasoul, and Oddfish!!!   SUBSCRIBE: iTunes  TWITTER: @MusicFirstPcast FACEBOOK: Music First Podcast EMAIL: MusicFirstPodcast@gmail.com

Les Tympans de Magellan, c'est un podcast mensuel qui fait voyager vos oreilles. Chaque mois, un nouveau pays mis à l'honneur à travers une liste de morceaux soigneusement choisis. Le pays du mois : Pour ce tout premier épisode, Flavien et Wazoo vous emmènent au Brésil. Tracklist : Elis Regina & Antônio Carlos Jobim - "Só tinha de ser com você" Jorge Ben - "O telefone tocou novamente" Sepultura - "Roots Bloody Roots" Bola Sete - "Let Go" Tulipa Ruiz - "Efêmera" Baden Powell & Vinícius de Moraes - "Canto de Xangô" Sabotage - "Rap é compromisso" Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - "Paisagem na janela" Lula Côrtes e Zé Ramalho - "Bailado das muscarias" Fabiano do Nascimento - "Minha ciranda" Telebossa - "Chevrolet" Envoyez vos morceaux Vous avez jusqu'au 8 octobre 23:59 pour envoyer un titre brésilien accompagné de votre commentaire à wazoo@xsilence.net Nous sélectionnerons certains des morceaux reçus pour les diffuser et lirons le commentaire associé. • Générique de début : Depeche Mode - "World in My Eyes"• Générique de fin : Wyatt / Atzmon / Stephen - "What a Wonderful World" Retrouver le podcast : XSilence | Facebook | Twitter | iTunes | Podcloud

Working Class Audio Session #118 with Tyler Crowder!!! Tyler Crowder is a freelance recording/audio engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area, who enjoys working in various recording studios, where he's done projects with both artist on major labels including Sony, RCA, Def Jam, GOOD Music, Windham Hill, Arista Records, B&G, Dancing Cat, etc. as well as  with a diverse range of local indy bands.  By working with a diverse range of major artists and local indy artist, it allows Tyler to be fluent in all styles of music, and be able to contribute to the local community of musicians and bands that surround the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the years Tyler has earned 2 Grammy nominations for audio engineering, and participated in many Billboard Charting Albums. Tyler has worked with numerous artists including Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Jennifer Hudson, Lil’ Wayne, Snoop Dog, George Winston, Melvin Seals, Tuck & Pattie, Joan Jeanrenaud, Phil Aaburg, Henry Butler, Dave “Dave’s Hands” Jackson, Keola Beamer, Cyril Pahinui, Bola Sete, Professor Longhair, Steven, Damian, and Ziggy Marley, and the Los Lonely Boys along with many other artists.

Músicos já adotaram nomes hoje consideradas racistas, como Blecaute (foto), Gasolina, Bola Sete e Cinco Crioulos. Joaquim Ferreira dos Santos especula em sua crônica o que pode acontecer com esses artistas em tempos de revisão histórica.

In Vince Guaraldi at the Piano (McFarland Press, 2012),Derrick Bang chronicles San Francisco jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi’s sojourns into the world of jazz from the late 1940s to his untimely death in 1976. Guaraldi, known to most world-wide as the composer and pianist behind the Peanuts’ animated television specials featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy, also played in Woody Herman’s “Third Herd” big band; composed and recorded a revolutionary Jazz Mass which he performed live in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral in 1965; participated in some magical and memorable live and recorded collaborations with Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete; and was a fixture in the bossa nova Latin jazz San Francisco club scene in the 1950s and 1960s. His “Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus,” based on the soundtrack to the Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film in 1960, introduced countless people to jazz and the sensuous sounds of bossa nova. His single on the same album, “Cast Your Fate to the Wind,” won a Grammy for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1963 and was a successful cross-over song cover on the US Billboard pop chart. Though Vince Guaraldi died in 1976 at the age of only 47, his legacy was revived decades later by David Benoit and George Winston, both of whom recorded covers of his songs. Bang is circumspect about much of Guaraldi’s personal life and he qualifies up front that his book isn’t a traditional biography. Nonetheless, one gets a great feel for the varied and large body of work of this San Francisco-born musician who carved out a unique and enduring niche in the jazz world. Guaraldi had a wonderful sense of rhythm, and his improvisations were almost always melodic. He could swing and play anything from boogie-woogie to bossa nova but will perhaps most be remembered as a joyful player with a sense of playfulness and uplift. You feel good when you hear Vince Guaraldi’s music. With an extensive discography, filmography, and also a large collection of statements and observations by Guaraldi’s peers about his playing, his distinctive handlebar-mustachioed look, and his entertaining persona at the piano, Bang’s book, which represents a lifetime of listening and appreciation and more than four years of extensive research, is a rich and needed testimony to Guaraldi’s musical legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Vince Guaraldi at the Piano (McFarland Press, 2012),Derrick Bang chronicles San Francisco jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi’s sojourns into the world of jazz from the late 1940s to his untimely death in 1976. Guaraldi, known to most world-wide as the composer and pianist behind the Peanuts’ animated television specials featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy, also played in Woody Herman’s “Third Herd” big band; composed and recorded a revolutionary Jazz Mass which he performed live in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral in 1965; participated in some magical and memorable live and recorded collaborations with Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete; and was a fixture in the bossa nova Latin jazz San Francisco club scene in the 1950s and 1960s. His “Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus,” based on the soundtrack to the Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film in 1960, introduced countless people to jazz and the sensuous sounds of bossa nova. His single on the same album, “Cast Your Fate to the Wind,” won a Grammy for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1963 and was a successful cross-over song cover on the US Billboard pop chart. Though Vince Guaraldi died in 1976 at the age of only 47, his legacy was revived decades later by David Benoit and George Winston, both of whom recorded covers of his songs. Bang is circumspect about much of Guaraldi’s personal life and he qualifies up front that his book isn’t a traditional biography. Nonetheless, one gets a great feel for the varied and large body of work of this San Francisco-born musician who carved out a unique and enduring niche in the jazz world. Guaraldi had a wonderful sense of rhythm, and his improvisations were almost always melodic. He could swing and play anything from boogie-woogie to bossa nova but will perhaps most be remembered as a joyful player with a sense of playfulness and uplift. You feel good when you hear Vince Guaraldi’s music. With an extensive discography, filmography, and also a large collection of statements and observations by Guaraldi’s peers about his playing, his distinctive handlebar-mustachioed look, and his entertaining persona at the piano, Bang’s book, which represents a lifetime of listening and appreciation and more than four years of extensive research, is a rich and needed testimony to Guaraldi’s musical legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Vince Guaraldi at the Piano (McFarland Press, 2012),Derrick Bang chronicles San Francisco jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi’s sojourns into the world of jazz from the late 1940s to his untimely death in 1976. Guaraldi, known to most world-wide as the composer and pianist behind the Peanuts’ animated television specials featuring Charlie Brown and Snoopy, also played in Woody Herman’s “Third Herd” big band; composed and recorded a revolutionary Jazz Mass which he performed live in San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral in 1965; participated in some magical and memorable live and recorded collaborations with Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete; and was a fixture in the bossa nova Latin jazz San Francisco club scene in the 1950s and 1960s. His “Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus,” based on the soundtrack to the Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film in 1960, introduced countless people to jazz and the sensuous sounds of bossa nova. His single on the same album, “Cast Your Fate to the Wind,” won a Grammy for Best Original Jazz Composition in 1963 and was a successful cross-over song cover on the US Billboard pop chart. Though Vince Guaraldi died in 1976 at the age of only 47, his legacy was revived decades later by David Benoit and George Winston, both of whom recorded covers of his songs. Bang is circumspect about much of Guaraldi’s personal life and he qualifies up front that his book isn’t a traditional biography. Nonetheless, one gets a great feel for the varied and large body of work of this San Francisco-born musician who carved out a unique and enduring niche in the jazz world. Guaraldi had a wonderful sense of rhythm, and his improvisations were almost always melodic. He could swing and play anything from boogie-woogie to bossa nova but will perhaps most be remembered as a joyful player with a sense of playfulness and uplift. You feel good when you hear Vince Guaraldi’s music. With an extensive discography, filmography, and also a large collection of statements and observations by Guaraldi’s peers about his playing, his distinctive handlebar-mustachioed look, and his entertaining persona at the piano, Bang’s book, which represents a lifetime of listening and appreciation and more than four years of extensive research, is a rich and needed testimony to Guaraldi’s musical legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices