Prelude : Anniversary Edition

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:32:53
Personnel: Eumir Deodato (piano, electric piano); Hubert Laws (flute); John Tropea (electric guitar); Ron Carter (bass); Stanley Clarke (electric bass); Jay Berliner (guitar); Billy Cobham (drums); Airto (percussion). Includes liner notes by Creed Taylor. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Jay Berliner, John Tropea (guitar); Elliot Rosoff, David Nadien, Gene Orloff, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky (violin); Al Brown, Emanuel Vardi (viola); Seymour Barab, Charles McCracken , Harvey Shapiro (cello); George Marge, Hubert Laws, Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque (flute, alto flute, bass flute); Marky Markowitz, Marvin Stamm, Joe Shepley, John Frosk (trumpet); Peter Gordon , Jim Buffington (French horn); Garnett Brown, George Strakey, Wayne Andre, Bill Watrous, Paul Faulise (trombone); Eumir Deodato (piano, electric piano); Stanley Clarke (electric bass); Billy Cobham (drums); Ray Barretto (congas, percussion). Recording information: Van Gelder Studios (09/1972). Photographer: Duane Michals. Arranger: Eumir Deodato. Prior to Prelude, Eumir Deodato was primarily known as a tasteful, lyrical, bossa nova and samba-based sometime arranger for Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra, Wes Montgomery, and others. Enter Creed Taylor, who gave Deodato a chance to step out on his own as a pianist/leader, doing a few tunes of his own plus a healthy quota of CTI-patented jazz interpretations of classical pieces by Richard Strauss ("Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"), Debussy ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"), and bowdlerized Borodin ("Baubles, Bangles and Beads"). Well, "2001" -- a clever, up-tempo Latin-groove takeoff on the opening measures of Strauss' tone poem suddenly exploded and became an improbable hit single. In its wake, Prelude soared to number three on the pop LP charts, and Deodato was propelled out of the arranger-for-hire business. Though overshadowed by "2001," the other tracks also hold up well today, being mostly medium-tempo, sometimes lushly orchestrated, conga-accented affairs that provide velvety showcases for Deodato's lyrical electric piano solos. The record also made a temporary star out of John Tropea, whose electric guitar has a lot of rock & rolling zip and fire, and Hubert Laws, Stanley Clarke, and Marvin Stamm each get a little solo room too. This would be the biggest hit Deodato and CTI ever had, and though short on playing time (32 minutes), it still makes enjoyable listening. ~ Richard S. Ginell
エディション : Remaster
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)