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Eclectic Vince Guaraldi

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As another person remarked on the Vince Guaraldi Web site, this album was, indeed, aptly named, "Eclectic". That wasn't, sadly, meant as a compliment. Unfortunately, as I was not impressed whenever another jazz artist, Herb Alpert, dropped his trumpet and chose to sing, I was also not enamored with Vince's efforts to vocalize on a couple of the songs here. He's simply not much of a singer.

However, 'Nobody Else,' 'Once I Loved,' and 'Yesterday' are three significant gems and well worth purchasing this album for. The rest may very well be failed experiments, but I was certainly happy to see the album finally made available on CD and snapped it up the moment it was available to order.

I'm not fond of his singing, and most of the other tracks on this album are just OK, but the included recording of "Nobody Else" is the most gorgeous song VG ever recorded, IMO, and may be worth the price of the album to some. He did an earlier recording of the tune with just the trio, which makes for an interesting comparison, but this one with a studio orchestra is a must-have. Kudos to whoever did the arrangement.

This is just great news for many fans around the world simply for the fact it has been put on cd. For years this has been out of print and hard to find. Now, it has been made easier.