Frogtoon Musik

Moon River by Vince Guaraldi Trio

Künstlerbiographie Vince Guaraldi Trio

Vincent Anthony Guaraldi * 17. Juli 1928 In San Francisco Kalifornien † 6. Februar 1976 In Menlo Park Kalifornien War Ein US-Amerikanischer Jazzmusiker Pianist Und Komponist . Berühmt Geworden Ist Seine Musik Zu Den Meisten Episoden Der Amerikanischen Fernsehserie „Die Peanuts“ Die Auf Den Gleichnamigen Comics Von Charles M. Schulz Basiert. Kurzbiografie Vince Guaraldi Graduierte An Der Lincoln High School Und Dann Am San Francisco State College. Schon Während Seiner College-Zeit Trat Er In Etablissements Wie Dem „Black Hawk“ Und Dem „Jackson's Nook“ Auf Z. B. Mit Der Chubby Jackson/Bill Harris-Band Oder Sonny Criss. Außerdem Spielte Er Auf Kleineren Veranstaltungen Wie Z. B. Hochzeiten. Seine Erste Schallplattenaufnahme Erfolgte 1953 Er Wirkte Am Album „Vibratharpe“ Des Cal Tjader-Trio Mit. 1955 Formierte Er Sein Erstes Eigenes Trio Mit Seinem Langjährigen Freund Eddie Duran An Der Gitarre Und Dean Reilly Am Bass. Es Folgten Auftritte Im „Bohemian-Hungry-Club“ In North Beach Wo Sein Spezieller Pianostil Zur Großen Attraktion Wurde. Damit War Der „Guaraldi-Sound“ Geboren. In Dieser Besetzung Nahm Das Trio Zwei Schallplatten Auf „The Vince Guaraldi Trio“ 1956 Und „A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing“ 1957 . Im Jahr 1956 Tourte Guaraldi Außerdem Mit Woody Hermans Band „Thundering Herd“ Als Er Für Eine Saison Nat Pierce Am Piano Ersetzte. Inspiriert Vom Französisch-Portugiesischen Film „Orfeu Negro“ 1959 Nahm Er 1962 Unter Dem Namen „Jazz Impression Of Black Orpheus“ Seine Interpretation Der Filmmusik Des Legendären Brasilianischen Komponisten Antonio Carlos Jobim Auf. Der Song „Samba De Orpheus“ Wurde Als Erste Single Aus Dem Album Ausgekoppelt. Auf Der Suche Nach Einer Passenden B-Seite Landeten Guaraldis Produzenten Schließlich Bei Einer Überarbeiteten Version Der Eigenkomposition „Cast Your Fate To The Wind“ Die Ein Großer Hit Wurde Und 1963 Sogar Den Grammy Für Die „Beste Instrumentale Jazz Komposition“ Gewann. Trotzdem Resultiert Guaraldis Größter Ruhm Aus Seiner Musik Für Die TV-Comic-Sendung „A Charlie Brown Christmas“ Von 1965. Bis Zu Seinem Tod Lieferte Er Die Musik Zu Allen Weiteren Bis Dahin Produzierten „Peanuts“-TV-Specials. Vince Guaraldi Starb 1976 An Einem Plötzlichen Herzinfarkt Während Er Zwischen Zwei Sets Im Nachtclub „Butterfield's“ In Menlo Park In Einem Motelzimmer Auf Seinen Auftritt Wartete. Er Wurde 47.

Frogtoon Musik - Song-Info: Moon River

"Moon River" Is A Song Composed By Johnny Mercer Lyrics And Henry Mancini Music In 1961 For Whom It Won That Year's Academy Award For Best Original Song. It Is Most Well-Known For Being Sung In The Movie Breakfast At Tiffany's By Audrey Hepburn Although It Has Been Covered By Many Other Artists. It Became The Theme Song For Andy Williams Who First Recorded The Song In 1961 And Performed It At The Academy Awards Ceremonies In 1962. He Sang The First Eight Bars Of The Song At The Beginning Of His Television Show He Also Named His Production Company And Venue In Branson Missouri After Moon River. Williams' Version Was Vetoed By Cadence President Archie Bleyer Who Believed It Had Little Or No Appeal To Teenagers. Williams' Famous Version Never Charted Except As An LP Track Which He Recorded For Columbia In A Hit Album Of 1962. The Success Of The Song Was Responsible For Relaunching Mercer's Career As A Songwriter Which Had Stalled In The Mid-1950s Because Rock And Roll Replaced Jazz Standards As The Popular Music Of The Time. An Inlet Near Savannah Georgia Johnny Mercer's Hometown Was Named Moon River In Honor Of Him And This Song. The Popularity Of The Song Is Such That It Has Been Used As A Test Sample In A Study On People's Memories Of Popular Songs. The Original Version
Mercer And Mancini Wrote The Song For Audrey Hepburn To Fit Her Vocal Range. Initially The Lyrics Started "I'm Holly Like I Want To Be / Like Holly On A Tree Back Home..." However They Were Later Changed To Fit The Theme To The Movie Breakfast At Tiffany's. Although An Instrumental Version Is Played Over The Film's Opening Titles The Lyrics Are First Heard In A Scene Where Paul 'Fred' Varjak George Peppard Discovers Holly Golightly Hepburn Singing Them Accompanied By Her Guitar On The Fire-Escape Outside Their Apartments. There Was Much Behind-The-Scenes Consternation Which Erupted When A Paramount Pictures Executive Suggested Deleting The Song From The Film Immediately After A Very Successful San Francisco Preview. Hepburn's Reaction Has Been Described By Mancini And Others In Degrees Varying From Her Saying "over My Dead Body" To Her Using Somewhat More Colorful Language To Make The Same Point. Hepburn's Version Was Not Included In The Original Score Album To Breakfast At Tiffany's. Instead An Album Version Recorded By Mancini And His Chorus Was Released As A Single And Became A #11 Hit. In Different Versions Joel Whitburn's "Top Adult Contemporary Songs" Reported The Song As A #3 Or #1 Easy Listening Hit Due To Unpublished Charts In Billboard. Only Months After Hepburn's Death In 1993 Her Version Was Released On An Album Entitled Music From The Films Of Audrey Hepburn. Other Recordings
"Moon River" Was Released By South African Singer Danny Williams And Reached #1 In The UK. Shortly Thereafter Andy Williams Recorded The Song And Made It His Theme Song. It Was A Hit For Jerry Butler In 1961 Reaching #11 In The Billboard Charts. Other Artists That Have Covered The Song Are The Afghan Whigs Benny Anderssons Orkester Paul Anka Blake Louis Armstrong Vince Guaraldi Beru Revue Mary Black Sarah Brightman Liz Callaway Perry Como Ray Conniff Bobby Darin Ania Dąbrowska Dr. John Dump Billy Eckstine The Four Freshmen Connie Francis Bill Frisell Instrumental Emi Fujita Judy Garland Karel Gott Grant Green Instrumental Patty Griffin The Innocence Mission Although This Version Is Sometimes Incorrectly Cited As Being Performed By Milla Jovovich Bradley Joseph Instrumental Kim Yoo-Jin James Last Joey McIntyre Johnny Mathis Brad Mehldau Jane Monheit Morrissey Patsy Ann Noble Jim Reeves John Barrowman R.E.M. Mia Riddle Andrea Ross Frank Sinatra Barbra Streisand Sarah Vaughan Nan Vernon Kid Koala Westlife Victoria Williams The Divine Comedy And Tata Young. Mercer Himself Recorded The Song In 1974 For His Album Appropriately Named My Huckleberry Friend.

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