Prelude (album)

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Prelude
Studio album by Deodato

Publication
(s)

January 1973

admission

September 1972

Label (s) CTI Records

Format (s)

LP

Genre (s)

Jazz , fusion

Title (number)

6th

running time

32:39

occupation
  • Violin [1-2], [4-6]: Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien , Gene Orloff, Elliot Rosoff
  • Viola [1-2], [4-6]: Al Brown, Emanuel Vardi

production

Creed Taylor

Studio (s)

Van Gelder Studios

chronology
Percepção
1972 		Prelude Deodato 2
1973

Prelude is the first music album recorded in the USA by Brazilian jazz keyboardist Eumir Deodato , released in 1973.

Background and characterization of the album

After Deodato had been writing successful arrangements for Frank Sinatra , Roberta Flack and Aretha Franklin on the North American market since 1969 , Creed Taylor offered him to release an album on his label CTI. Well-known jazz musicians such as Hubert Laws and Ron Carter played on the album produced by Taylor . Taylor convinced Deodato to take on classical adaptations on the album. In addition to compositions by Deodato, the album contains arrangements of the introduction to “ Also sprach Zarathustra ” by Richard Strauss and of “ Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun ” by Claude Debussy . The title Baubles, Bangles and Beads is based on another title of classical European concert music, the Scherzo from Alexander Borodin's 2nd String Quartet in D major . With the exception of “Carly & Carole”, all tracks are arranged for a big band with strings.

Track list

Unless otherwise stated, the pieces are written by Deodato, who also arranged all the titles:

  1. Also Spoke Zarathustra (2001) (Richard Strauss) (9:00)
  2. Spirit of Summer (4:04)
  3. Carly & Carole (3:38)
  4. Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Robert Wright, George Forrest) (5:20)
  5. Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun (Claude Debussy) (5:13)
  6. September 13 (5:24)

The album was recorded on three consecutive days: [1] was made on September 12, 1972, [5] on September 14; the remaining tracks were recorded on September 13, 1972.

To the pieces

Also sprach Zarathustra (2001) is not only based on the composition by Richard Strauss, but also includes a composition by Deodato, a Baião in C major that contains a counter-melody to the main theme. This enabled Deodato to overcome weaknesses in earlier arrangements of the piece. The first recording was used on the album, which was clearly superior to a second recording. Soloists are John Tropea and Stanley Clarke. At Deodato's request, Ron Carter brought a bass with an additional C string for this piece.

Spirit of Summer is a ballad that Deodato 1,968 for in Rio de Janeiro held Third International Song Festival , had written a song competition. He first recorded it in 1972 on the previous album Percepção . Here Jay Berliner is given the space for a solo on the Spanish guitar; in addition, Hubert Laws is featured on the flute and deodato on the acoustic piano. The subject is presented by the two French horns. The song was later recorded again on the live album Deodato / Airto In Concert in a smaller cast.

Carly & Carole is dedicated to Carly Simon and Carole King ; this song was also previously recorded by Deodato, on the album Os Catedráticos 73 , which was only released after the CTI album. According to Arnaldo DeSouteiro, the recording contains one of the best solos Deodato ever recorded on the Fender Rhodes .

Baubles, Bangles and Beads does not use the bossa rhythm, which was used by Claus Ogerman in his version for Sinatra 1967, but a funk rhythm that is driven by Ron Carter (here on the electric bass) and Billy Cobham. In addition to Carter, John Tropea also has a solo.

Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun used the electric piano next to the acoustic grand piano for this piece . His arrangement for the strings is also remarkably subtle and effective. In the solos there is space for flautist Hubert Laws and trumpeter Marvin Stamm.

September 13 was written overnight after Cobham played the beat during a break during the recording session and Deodato improvised over it with Tropea and Carter. Rudy Van Gelder recorded this spontaneous session, which Deodato took home and based on it, composed the piece. John Tropea has a solo; Carter plays the electric bass here.

Reception history

The jazzy-funky adaptation of the introduction to “Also sprach Zarathustra”, made famous by the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, was released as a single in abbreviated form and reached top positions in the charts in the USA (No. 2) and Great Britain (No. 7) . Deodato received a Grammy in 1974 in the category "Best Instrumental Performance - Pop".

The album itself came in at number 3 on the Billboard 200. It was also recognized there as a top instrumental album and top jazz album , and also as a top orchestra album in Playboy .

Allmusic gives the album four out of five stars with the comment "This would be the biggest hit Deodato and CTI ever had, and though short on playing time (32 minutes), it still makes enjoyable listening."

Prelude was also released under the title 2001 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Liner Notes for the Japanese edition of Prelude 2006
  2. ↑ Also Zarathustra (2001) in the US Billboard Hot 100
  3. ↑ Also Spoke Zarathustra (2001) in the Official UK Charts (English)
  4. ^ Prelude in the US Billboard 200
  5. ^ Richard S. Ginell: Review: Deodato, Prelude. In: Allmusic . Retrieved October 14, 2017 .