For You Lot Deodato - 1972 [1987] Prelude

Eumir Deodato has participated every bit pianist/keyboardist, producer, or arranger inwards over 450 albums, too has won xvi platinum records. The listing of overstep artists amongst whom he has collaborated is also extensive to cite, only includes Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Tom Jobim, Wes Montgomery, João Donato, Kool & the Gang (group amongst which he played betwixt 1979 too 1983), Earth, Wind & Fire, too Michael Franks. He has also worked on the soundtracks of major films, similar The Onion Field, The Exorcist, too many others. Artists who create got recorded his compositions include Sarah Vaughan, Milt Jackson, Joe Pass, George Benson, Lee Ritenour, Perez Prado, too the Emotions.

Prelude is the 8th studio album yesteryear Brazilian keyboardist Eumir Deodato, released inwards 1973. With the signature runway "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" (an organisation of the subject from 2001: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Space Odyssey), Prelude would locomote the well-nigh successful recording for Deodato too CTI Records.

The album features guitarist John Tropea on 3 tracks, bassists Ron Carter too Stanley Clarke, too Billy Cobham on drums. The funk-influenced version of the "Introduction" from Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, entitled "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)", won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance too went to release 2 inwards the popular charts inwards the US, release 3 inwards Canada, too release 7 inwards the UK. In 1977, the album was re-released every bit briefly 2001.

Prior to Prelude, Eumir Deodato was primarily known, if at all, every bit a tasteful, lyrical, bossa nova-based quondam arranger for the likes of Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank Sinatra, Wes Montgomery, too others. Enter Creed Taylor, who gave Deodato a jeopardy to stair out on his ain every bit a pianist/leader, doing a few tunes of his ain summation a salubrious quota of CTI-patented jazz interpretations of classical pieces yesteryear Richard Strauss ("Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)"), Debussy ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"), too bowdlerized Borodin ("Baubles, Bangles too Beads"). Well, "2001" -- a clever, up-tempo Latin-groove takeoff on the opening measures of Strauss' musical note poesy form all of a abrupt exploded too became an improbable hitting single. In its wake, Prelude soared to release 3 on the popular LP charts, too Deodato was propelled out of the arranger-for-hire business. Though overshadowed yesteryear "2001," the other tracks also concur upward good today, beingness to a greater extent than oftentimes than non medium-tempo, sometimes lushly orchestrated, conga-accented affairs that supply velvety showcases for Deodato's lyrical electrical pianoforte solos. The tape also made a temporary star out of John Tropea, whose electrical guitar has a lot of stone & rolling zip too fire, too Hubert Laws, Stanley Clarke, too Marvin Stamm each instruct a footling solo room too. This would locomote the biggest hitting Deodato too CTI e'er had, too though brusk on playing fourth dimension (32 minutes), it withal makes enjoyable listening.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 legendary album from the 70s funk scene – too ane of the crowning achievements of keyboard maestro Eumir Deodato! Deodato got his get-go during the bossa years of the 60s – where his sophisticated charts were already plenty to brand his career a landmark – only inwards the next decade he picked upward the Fender Rhodes, too actually took off inwards a bang-up novel direction amongst classic records similar this! The set's a wonderful blend of larger charts too jazzy soloing – amongst sublime Rhodes lines from the leader, summation a mix of acoustic too electrical instrumentation inwards the best CTI means – underscored yesteryear percussion from both Ray Barretto too Airto. The features Deodato's remake of "Also Sprach Zarathustra" into the funky "2001" – soaring amongst Fender Rhodes lines that laid a novel criterion for the instrument, amongst a funky undercurrent that few would create got expected for the tune. Other tracks are squeamish also – too include a bang-up bossa-y version of "Baubles Bangles & Beads", summation "Spirit Of Summer", "September 13".

Track listing:

1 Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) 9:00
2 Spirit Of Summer 4:04
3 Carly & Carole 3:38
4 Baubles, Bangles And Beads 5:20
5 Prelude To Afternoon Of Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Faun 5:13
6 September thirteen 5:24

Personnel:

Eumir Deodato - piano, electrical piano
Ron Carter - electrical bass (solo on "Baubles, Bangles too Beads"), bass
Stanley Clarke - electrical bass (solo on "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)")
Billy Cobham - drums
John Tropea - electrical guitar (solo on "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)", "Baubles, Bangles too Beads", "September 13")
Jay Berliner - guitar (solo on "Spirit of Summer")
Airto Moreira - percussion
Ray Barretto - congas
Hubert Laws - flute (solo on "Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun")
John Frosk - trumpet
Marky Markowitz - trumpet
Joe Shepley - trumpet
Marvin Stamm - trumpet (Solo on "Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun")
Wayne Andre - trombone
Garnett Brown - trombone
Paul Faulise - trombone
George Strakey - trombone
Bill Watrous - trombone
Jim Buffington - french horn
Peter Gordon - french horn
Phil Bodner - flute
George Marge - flute
Romeo Penque - flute
Max Ellen - violin
Paul Gershman - violin
Emanuel Green - violin
Harry Lookofsky - violin
David Nadien - violin
Gene Orloff - violin
Eliot Rosoff - violin
Emanuel Vardi - viola
Al Brown - viola
Harvey Shapiro - cello
Seymore Barab - cello
Charles McKracken - cello