Essential Standards
2009 compilation album by Vince Guaraldi
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Essential Standards is the third compilation album of songs by American jazz pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi released on June 30, 2009, in the U.S by Concord as part of their Original Jazz Classics series.[3]
ReleasedJune 30, 2009
Recorded1956–1965
Length51:42
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| Released | June 30, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 1956–1965 | |||
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| Length | 51:42 | |||
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Background
Acting as a companion piece to Fantasy Records' 1980 Greatest Hits,[4] Essential Standards includes additional songs from Guaraldi's Fantasy Records catalogue outside of his soundtrack recordings for Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts television specials.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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| 1. | "Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise" | A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (1958) | 3:28 | |
| 2. | "The Girl from Ipanema" | From All Sides (1965) | 5:19 | |
| 3. | "Moon River" | Henry Mancini | Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (1964) | 5:16 |
| 4. | "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" | Vince Guaraldi | Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Willow Weep for Me" | Ann Ronell | A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing | 5:14 |
| 6. | "Fascinating Rhythm" | Vince Guaraldi Trio (1956) | 2:45 | |
| 7. | "Since I Fell for You" | Buddy Johnson | Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus | 4:20 |
| 8. | "Days of Wine and Roses" | Henry Mancini | Vince Guaraldi, Bola Sete and Friends (1964) | 5:20 |
| 9. | "On Green Dolphin Street" (live) | In Person (1963) | 5:53 | |
| 10. | "Autumn Leaves" | Joseph Kosma | A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing | 4:22 |
| 11. | "Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)" | Antônio Carlos Jobim | The Latin Side of Vince Guaraldi (1964) | 3:20 |
| 12. | ""What Child Is This"" (mistitled "Greensleeves") | William Chatterton Dix | A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) | 3:20 |
| Total length: | 51:42 | |||