From All Sides
album by Vince Guaraldi
From All Sides is a collaboration between the American pianist Vince Guaraldi and the Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete. Released in February 1965 by Fantasy Records, it was Guaraldi's seventh studio album and the second of three collaborations with Sete.
Recording and background
From All Sides was recorded in late 1964 during a period of increased collaboration between pianist Vince Guaraldi and guitarist Bola Sete. The two artists had developed a strong musical rapport while performing regularly at Trois Couleurs, a nightclub in San Francisco. Guaraldi's trio had a sixteen-week residency, with Sete joining them for the final twelve weeks. This extended engagement helped establish the interplay that would shape the studio sessions for the album.
The record features a blend of Latin jazz, bossa nova, and American jazz idioms, reflecting both Guaraldi's West Coast jazz background and Sete's Brazilian heritage. Several compositions on the album were either reworkings of previously recorded material or later repurposed in future projects. "Ginza Samba," originally titled "Ginza", was first recorded by Guaraldi for his debut album Modern Music from San Francisco (1956). "Menino Pequeno da Bateria", a gentle bossa nova reinterpretation of "The Little Drummer Boy", would later appear in A Charlie Brown Christmas as "My Little Drum".
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