Albums include A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Boy Named Charlie Brown, and The Royal. Vincent Anthony Dellaglio [birth name], Vince Guaraldi Trio.
Is best known for composing and performing the jazz score to. The Charlie Brown soundtrack is terrific, and has held up for half a century. But Guaraldi (dubbed 'Dr. Funk' by his friends) made a lot of music beyond the Charlie Brown songs, and it's worth your time to dig in. Here are five of my favorite records by the San Francisco jazz legend. The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi (1964) This is your classic mid-1960s Latin-flavored dinner jazz.
It's effortless, light, and fun. Put this on at your next dinner party and dim the lights just a bit. A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (1957) This is the second album by Vince Guaraldi's trio. A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing is great 'work music' for me.
It's smooth, smart, and gentle. From All Sides (With Bola Sete) (1964) Guaraldi often performed with Brazilian guitarist, collaborating on three albums: Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends; From All Sides; and Live at El Matador. They're all great. The interplay between Guaraldi on piano and Sete on classical guitar is fantastic. Note that is on YouTube in its entirety. The video above is just one of many Guaraldi/Sete live performances (on Jazz Casual in 1963). Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1962) This was Guaraldi's breakthrough album, thanks to the tune 'Cast Your Fate to the Wind,' which won a Grammy and went Gold.
Listening to that song, you can hear the groove and style that would make the Charlie Brown music such a hit. As the name suggests, this album is a series of performances inspired by the soundtrack to the film. Another brilliant song here is Guaraldi's delicate take on 'Moon River': 5.
Alma-Ville (1970) Guaraldi's last studio album, Alma-Ville shows him at his Latin-inspired best. On 'Uno Y Uno,' Guaraldi even swaps his piano for electric guitar (!).
The record is straight-ahead Latin jazz, right down to the jazzy cover of The Beatles' 'Eleanor Rigby,' embedded above. Where to Get This Music All of these albums are available on streaming services, and in recent years, good CD remasters have come out. In some cases, the songs are even on YouTube (as with The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi above). Look around, and ye shall find. Bonus points: If you like Guaraldi's Charlie Brown material, check out George Winston's 1996 album, which opens with a fantastic take on 'Cast Your Fate to the Wind' and just gets better from there. Ralph Fiennes has earned Oscar nominations for Schindler's List and The English Patient, but his best-known role might be his performance as He Who Must Not Be Named, otherwise known as, in the film series.
While the introduced Fiennes and his work to a new generation of moviegoers, he recently revealed that he almost said no to the project altogether. We first saw Fiennes as Voldemort in the fourth film in the series, 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and he continued to play the Dark Lord of the Harry Potter universe until the series' conclusion in 2011. Though fans would argue that it was the role Fiennes was born to play, saying 'yes' was not an immediate decision for the celebrated actor. 'The truth is I was actually ignorant about the films and the,' the actor recently while appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show when asked about his relationship to the Potterverse prior to taking on the role. 'I was approached by the production.
Mike Newell was directing the film that they wanted me to be in. The first time Voldemort was going to appear physically.' 'Out of ignorance I just sort of thought, this isn’t for me,' Fiennes continued. 'Quite stupidly I resisted, I was hesitant.
I think the clincher was that my sister Martha—who has three children who were then probably about 12, 10, and 8—said, 'What do you mean? You’ve got to do it!' So then I rewound my thinking.' Potterheads everywhere owe a debt of gratitude to Fiennes's sister—and her kids.
I love jazz because of Elmer Bernstein's score for the 1957 American film noir Sweet Smell of Success, which I first saw as a teenager in the '70s. As a playwright/screenwriter, I write to music and I'm always looking for ways to incorporate it into my work; the most recent example being Bob Crosby and the Bobcats Big Noise From Winnetka, which became the signature theme for my last stage play The Gift of the Gab. My late great pa-in-law-the actor Keith Michell-wins the contest hands down however, as he co-starred in the 1962 movie All Night Long rubbing shoulders with Dave Brubeck, Keith Christie, Bert Courtley, John Dankworth, Ray Dempsey, Allan Ganley, Tubby Hayes, Charles Mingus, Barry Morgan, Kenny Napper, Colin Purbrook and John Scott! Wish I could have been a fly on the wall of that soundstage! By Member since: 2019.