''Live at El Matador'' is a live performance album by

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Vince Guaraldi Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; birth name, né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His compositions for this s ...

and

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Bola Sete Bola Sete (born Djalma de Andrade; July 16, 1923 – February 14, 1987) was a Brazilian guitarist who played jazz with Vince Guaraldi and Dizzy Gillespie. History Born Djama de Andrade in Rio de Janeiro, Sete was the only son of a family with ...

, released in October 1966 by

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. It is their third and final recorded collaboration as well as Guaraldi's last release for Fantasy. In 2000, it was issued on CD coupled with ''

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'' (1964) as ''Vince & Bola''.

Background

''Live at El Matador'' is a condensed version of a live performance that Guaraldi and Sete regularly presented at this point in their collaboration. Guaraldi and his trio performed their set first, followed by a solo performance from Sete, and then concluded with Guaraldi's trio rejoining Sete for a joint finale. ''Live at El Matador'' contains the first and third segments of a performance, excising Sete's solo set. The original vinyl release contained Guaraldi's opening set on Side One and the concluding Guaraldi/Sete set on Side Two. Despite ''Live at El Matador'' being a live album, Fantasy Record engineers faded several selections rather than letting them naturally conclude with audience applause. Guaraldi historian and author Derrick Bang commented that this "results in some jarringly abrupt fades, most disturbingly on '

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Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from rear cover of original 1966 vinyl release. *

– guitar ;Vince Guaraldi Trio *

– piano * Tom Beeson –

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* Lee Charlton – drums ;Additional *

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– mastering * Fred Schill – design * James Easton – sound engineer * Jack Engelman – liner notes

Release history

References

External links

* 1966 live albums Collaborative albums Fantasy Records albums Vince Guaraldi albums Vince Guaraldi live albums Bola Sete live albums {{Brazil-album-stub