Live at El Matador
Live album by
Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete
ReleasedOctober 1966
RecordedSpring 1965[1]
VenueEl Matador Jazz Club, 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
Alternate cover
Fantasy 2000 CD release cover art
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
Five Cents Please[1]

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 third and final recorded collaboration as well as Guaraldi's last release for Fantasy.

In 2000, it was issued on CD coupled with Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends (1964) as Vince & Bola.

Background

Live at El Matador is a condensed version of a live performance that Guaraldi and Sete regularly presented at this point in their collaboration. Guaraldi and his trio performed their set first, followed by a solo performance from Sete, and then concluded with Guaraldi's trio rejoining Sete for a joint finale. Live at El Matador contains the first and third segments of a performance, excising Sete's solo set. The original vinyl release contained Guaraldi's opening set on Side One and the concluding Guaraldi/Sete set on Side Two.[1]

Despite Live at El Matador being a live album, Fantasy Record engineers faded several selections rather than letting them naturally conclude with audience applause. Guaraldi historian and author Derrick Bang commented that this "results in some jarringly abrupt fades, most disturbingly on 'I'm a Loser'."[1]

Track listing

Side One (Vince Guaraldi Trio)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm a Loser"
2:39
2."El Matador"Vince Guaraldi4:34
3."People" (from the musical Funny Girl)
3:53
4."Nobody Else"Vince Guaraldi2:24
5."More" (Theme from Mondo Cane)
4:37
Side Two (Vince Guaraldi Trio and Bola Sete)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Favela" (aka "O Morro Nao Tem Vez [Somewhere in the Hills]")
8:52
7."Black Orpheus Suite"
10:53
Total length:37:42

Personnel

Credits adapted from rear cover of original 1966 vinyl release.

Vince Guaraldi Trio
Additional

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue number
United States 1966 Fantasy Mono LP 3371
Stereo LP 8371
Stereo Reel-to-Reel FAC 8371
1975 Fantasy Stereo LP 8371
1979 Fantasy Stereo LP F-8371
1987 Fantasy/Original Jazz Classics Stereo LP OJCCD-289-2, F-8371
1987 Fantasy/Original Jazz Classics Stereo LP, red vinyl OJCCD-289-2, F-8371

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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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