Vince Guaraldi Trio (album)

Vince Guaraldi Trio is the debut studio album by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio), released in the US by Fantasy Records in September 1956. It was recorded in San Francisco, California, in April 1956.[1]

Vince Guaraldi Trio
Studio album by
Vince Guaraldi
ReleasedSeptember 1956
RecordedApril 1956
StudioSan Francisco, California[1]
GenreJazz
Length37:39
LabelFantasy
Vince Guaraldi chronology
Modern Music from San Francisco
(1956)		 Vince Guaraldi Trio
(1956)		 A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
(1958)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Five Cents Please[4]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented on the "mild, unambitious variations on standards" and suggested that Duran was more prominent than Guaraldi.[1] AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow wrote that the pianist "swings lightly and with subtle creativity".[2]

Guaraldi historian and author Derrick Bang noted that the "absence of drums contributes to the album's quieter sound, and Guaraldi displays none of the Latin-influenced touch that later would consume him, and very little of the energetic chops he delivered while working with the Woody Herman and Cal Tjader bands."[4]

Track listing
Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Django"John Lewis4:57
2."Fenwyck's Farfel"Vince Guaraldi4:05
3."Never Never Land"Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne4:15
4."Chelsea Bridge"Billy Strayhorn3:39
5."Fascinating Rhythm"George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin2:45
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Lady's in Love with You"Burton Lane, Frank Loesser3:52
2."Sweet and Lovely"Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, Harry Tobias3:42
3."Ossobucco"Eddie Duran2:55
4."Three Coins in the Fountain"Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne4:06
5."It's De-Lovely"Cole Porter3:23
Total length:37:39

Personnel

Adapted from album's original vinyl rear cover sleeve.[5]

The Vince Guaraldi Trio
Additional

References
  1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 614. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. Yanow, Scott. "Vince Guaraldi Trio: Vince Guaraldi Trio". AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 90. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: Vince Guaraldi Trio". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. Vince Guaraldi Trio at Discogs (list of releases)
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