Jazz Impressions

Jazz Impressions

Compilation album by

Vince Guaraldi

Released

March 1964

Recorded

1955 – 1958

Genre

Length

36:56

Label

Fantasy

Vince Guaraldi chronology

Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends
(1964)

Jazz Impressions
(1964)

The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi
(1964)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Five Cents Please	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Jazz Impressions is the first compilation album of songs by American jazz pianist and composer Vince Guaraldi. The compilation was released in March 1964.

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Background

In an effort to capitalize on the unexpected success of the song "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" two years prior, Fantasy Records hastily compiled what Guaraldi historian and author Derrick Bang referred to as "something of a clandestine 'greatest hits' collection."^[2] All songs included were culled from Vince Guaraldi Trio (1956) and A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (1958). Fantasy belatedly released what they considered a true "greatest hits" collection in 1980, four years after Guaraldi's untimely death. That album, simply titled Greatest Hits, picked up where Jazz Impressions left off, collecting songs from the remainder of Guaraldi's Fantasy catalogue.^[2]

Fantasy re-released Jazz Impressions in 1975 and 1987. It was remastered for CD release in 1995.^[2]

Track listing

Side One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Django"	John Lewis	Vince Guaraldi Trio (1956)	4:55
2.	"Fenwyck's Farfel"	Vince Guaraldi	Vince Guaraldi Trio	4:07
3.	"Yesterdays"	Jerome Kern	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (1957)	3:50
4.	"Room at the Bottom" (originally titled "Like a Mighty Rose"^[2])	Vince Guaraldi	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing	4:30

Side Two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
5.	"A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing"	Billy Strayhorn	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing	5:37
6.	"Willow Weep for Me"	Ann Ronell	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing	5:14
7.	"Autumn Leaves"	Joseph Kosma	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing	4:22
8.	"Three Coins in the Fountain"	Sammy Cahn Jule Styne	Vince Guaraldi Trio	4:06
Total length:				36:56

Personnel

Credits adapted from 1995 CD liner notes.

Vince Guaraldi Trio

Vince Guaraldi – piano
Eddie Duran – guitar
Dean Reilly – double bass

Additional

Grover Sales Jr. – liner notes

References

^ Jazz Impressions at AllMusic. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: Jazz Impressions". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire wo. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 614. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Studio albums	Modern Music from San Francisco (1956) Vince Guaraldi Trio (1956) A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (1958) Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962) The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi (1964) Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964) A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) Vince Guaraldi with the San Francisco Boys Chorus (1967) Oh Good Grief! (1968) The Eclectic Vince Guaraldi (1969) Alma-Ville (1969) A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Selections from the Film Soundtrack (1970) A Boy Named Charlie Brown: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017) It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: Original Soundtrack Recording (2018) A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: Original Soundtrack Recording (2023)
Compilation albums	Jazz Impressions (1964) Greatest Hits (1980) Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits (1998) The Charlie Brown Suite & Other Favorites (2003) Oaxaca (2004) North Beach (2006) Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues from the Charlie Brown Television Specials (2007) Vince Guaraldi and the Lost Cues from the Charlie Brown Television Specials, Volume 2 (2008) Essential Standards (2009) The Definitive Vince Guaraldi (2009) Peanuts Portraits (2010) The Very Best of Vince Guaraldi (2012) Peanuts Greatest Hits (2015) The Peanuts Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2015) The Complete Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Recordings (2018)
Live albums	In Person (1963) At Grace Cathedral (1965) Live on the Air (2008) An Afternoon with the Vince Guaraldi Quartet (2011)
with Bola Sete	Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends (1964) From All Sides (1965) Live at El Matador (1966) Jazz Casual: Paul Winter/Bola Sete and Vince Guaraldi (2001) The Navy Swings (2010)
Singles	"Samba de Orpheus"/"Cast Your Fate to the Wind" "Zelao"/"Jitterbug Waltz" "Days of Wine and Roses"/"Star Song" "Treat Street"/"Mr. Lucky" "Oh, Good Grief"/"Linus and Lucy" "Theme to Grace"/"Adore Devote (Humbly I Adore Thee)" "Christmas Time Is Here"/"What Child Is This" "I'm a Loser"/"Favela" "Eleanor Rigby"/"Peppermint Patty" "Blowin' in the Wind"/"Monterey" "Linus and Lucy"/"Oh, Good Grief" "Christmas Time Is Here"/"Christmas Time Is Here" (alternate vocal Take 5) "O Tannenbaum" "Baseball Theme"/"Baseball Theme" (alternate take)
Tribute albums	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1989) Joe Cool's Blues (1995) Linus and Lucy: The Music of Vince Guaraldi (1996) Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! (2000) 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas (2005) Jazz for Peanuts (2008) Love Will Come: The Music of Vince Guaraldi, Volume 2 (2010) The Peanuts Movie (2015)
Related articles	List of cover versions of Vince Guaraldi songs

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