From All Sides

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Total Tracks: 8   Total Length: 38:57

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A lot of fun!

mpal999

These two gentlemen are enjoying themselves, and it shows. This was the stuff that was cool just before the Beatles conquered America.

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A refreshing find...

kupitero

..from some of the best talents of the past. Vince Guaraldi's piano complements perfectly the samba-laden, guitar licks of Bola Sete. Download and appreciate these tracks with a cold beer.

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Given Vince Guaraldi’s affinity for Brazilian music, this pairing with Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete from the early ’60s seems like a natural. On From All Sides, fans of the Peanuts TV specials will recognize Guaraldi’s trademark pianistic style, with “Menino Pequeno da Bateria” being essentially the same tune used as “My Little Drum” on A Charlie Brown Christmas. The melody of “Ginza Samba” will also be familiar to the Charlie Brown TV audience. Sete contributes a pair of originals, with “Mambeando” being especially enjoyable. The group offers a tasty reading of “The Girl from Ipanema,” and places “A Taste of Honey” into an interesting Latin groove. The interaction between the two principals here is generally quite good, though Sete’s solo appears to be out of kilter rhythmically with Guaraldi’s trio on “Menino Pequeno.” That minor complaint aside, this is an enjoyable, easygoing outing. – Jim Newsom

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