Live on the Air
Live on the Air is a live performance double CD by American jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi (credited to the Vince Guaraldi Trio), released November 14, 2008 through D&D Records (Guaraldi's label).
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| Released | November 14, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | February 6, 1974 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco, California | |||
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| Length | 80:04 | |||
| Label | D&D | |||
| Producer | David Guaraldi | |||
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Background
Live on the Air consists of a live performance recorded on February 6, 1974 (two years to the day before Guaraldi's premature death), at Wally Heider Studios in San Francisco, California. The performance was broadcast live by radio stations KPFA and KPFB. Tracks 1-8 were performed for the original broadcast. The sound engineer then advised Guaraldi and his trio to "play until your heart's content" (Track 9), resulting in three additional songs performed for the studio audience.[2]
Track listing
Numerous errors were made with respect to incorrect song titles and running times. Proper titles and song lengths appear with incorrectly titled tracks in parenthesis.[1][3]
All tracks are written by Vince Guaraldi, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Cabaret" | Fred Ebb, John Kander | 7:39 |
| 2. | "If" | David Gates | 8:14 |
| 3. | "Billie's Bounce" (mistitled "Now's the Time") | Charlie Parker | 5:50 |
| 4. | "There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown" | 7:02 | |
| 5. | "Old Folks" (mistitled "I Could Write a Book") | Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill | 8:21 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Eleanor Rigby"/"Linus and Lucy" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney ("Eleanor Rigby") | 9:34 |
| 7. | "Woodstock's Pad" (mistitled "Then Came You") | 6:02 | |
| 8. | "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" | 3:46 | |
| 9. | "Play 'Til Your Hearts Content" | 0:49 | |
| 10. | "Cops and Robbers" (mistitled "Little Birdie") | 7:18 | |
| 11. | "One, Two, Three" | Len Barry, John Medora, David White | 7:24 |
| 12. | "On Green Dolphin Street" | Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington | 8:05 |
| Total length: | 80:04 | ||
"Cabaret", "Linus and Lucy" and "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" were previously released on North Beach (2006).
Personnel
Credits adapted from CD liner notes.
- The Vince Guaraldi Trio
- Vince Guaraldi – piano, Fender Rhodes
- Seward McCain – electric bass
- Eliot Zigmund – drums[1]
- Additional
- Jesse Hayes – liner notes
- Michael Graves – engineer (audio restoration)
- David Guaraldi – producer
References
- Bang, Derrick. "Vince Guaraldi on LP and CD: Live on the Air". fivecentsplease.org. Derrick Bang, Scott McGuire. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
- Bang, Derrick (2012). Vince Guaraldi at the Piano. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 0786490748.
- Live on the Air at AllMusic. Retrieved February 4, 2020.