Live at El Matador

Live at El Matador is a live performance album by pianist Vince Guaraldi and guitarist Bola Sete, released in October 1966 by Fantasy Records. It is their final recorded collaboration as well as Guaraldi's last release for Fantasy.

Live at El Matador
Live album by
ReleasedOctober 1966
RecordedSpring 1965, El Matador in San Francisco, California[1]
Genre
Length37:42
LabelFantasy
Vince Guaraldi chronology
A Charlie Brown Christmas
(1965)
Live at El Matador
(1966)
Vince Guaraldi with the San Francisco Boys Chorus
(1967)
Bola Sete chronology
The Solo Guitar of Bola Sete
(1965)
Live at El Matador
(1966)
Autentico!
(1966)
Singles from Live at El Matador
  1. "I'm a Loser"
    Released: 1966
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Five Cents Please[1]

In 2000, it was issued on CD coupled with Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm a Loser"John Lennon, Paul McCartney2:39
2."El Matador"Vince Guaraldi4:34
3."People" (from the musical Funny Girl)Bob Merrill, Jule Styne3:53
4."Nobody Else"Vince Guaraldi2:24
5."More" (Theme from Mondo Cane)Marcello Ciorciolini, Norman Newell, Nino Oliviero, Riz Ortolani4:37
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."O Morro Nao Tem Vez (Somewhere in the Hills)" (aka "Favela")Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes8:52
7."Black Orpheus Suite"Luiz Bonfá, Antônio Carlos Jobim10:53
Total length:37:42

Personnel

Credits adapted from rear cover of original 1966 vinyl release.

The Vince Guaraldi Trio
  • Vince Guaraldi – piano
  • Tom Beeson – bass
  • Lee Charlton – drums
Additional
  • Wally Heider – mastering
  • Fred Schill – design[1]
  • James Easton – sound engineer
  • Jack Engelman – liner notes

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue number
United States 1966 Fantasy mono LP 3371
stereo LP 8371

References

  1. Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: Live at El Matador". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. Ginell, Richard S.. Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete: Live at El Matador at AllMusic. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 90. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.


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