Après avoir quitté l’ensemble latin-jazz de Cal Tjader, le pianiste américain Vince Guaraldi ouvre sa carrière solo en 1962 avec "Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus’. Inspiré de la bande-son du long-métrage culte de Marcel Camus "Orfeu Negro", le pianiste, accompagné du batteur Colin Bailey et du contrebassiste Monty Budwig, y ré-interprète une grande partie de la BO d’Antonio Carlos Jobim et Luiz Bonfa. Contre toute attente, “Cast Your Face to the Wind“, une composition originale incluse en face-B, remportera un succès spectaculaire. L’instrumental récolte le Grammy Award de la meilleure composition originale jazz en 1963… et retient également l’attention des producteurs de la série animée ‘Peanuts’. Pressage 180 grammes à partir des bandes analogiques d’origine, incluant 16 versions alternatives inédites et de nouvelles notes de pochette.

Tracklisting :

LP1 

Face A
1. Samba de Orfeu
2. Manhã de Carnaval
3. Nosso Amor
4. Felicidade

Face B
1. Cast Your Fate To The Wind
2. Moon River
3. Alma-Ville
4. Since I Fell For You

LP2 

Face A
1. Samba de Orfeu (Short Version: Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased)
2. Samba de Orfeu (Long Version: Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased)
3. Manhã de Carnaval (Take 1, Set 3, Previously Unreleased)
4. Manhã de Carnaval (Take 2, Set 3)

Face B
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)

LP3 

Face A
1. Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Take 2, Previously Unreleased)
2. Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Take 3)
3. Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Take 5, Previously Unreleased)
4. Alma-Ville (Take 2, Previously Unreleased)
5. Since I Fell For You (Take 3, Previously Unreleased)

Face B
1. Jitterbug Waltz (Take 1, Previously Unreleased)
2. Jitterbug Waltz (Take 1A, Previously Unreleased)
3. Jitterbug Waltz (Take 2A, Previously Unreleased)