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Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing Audio CD

A fair review of the Vince Guaraldi Trio "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Vince Guaraldi Trio reviews here, or go back to the Vince Guaraldi Trio tabs.

Vince Guaraldi Trio Band: Vince Guaraldi Trio
Title: A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
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Release Date: 1994-10-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Flower Is a Lovesome Thing 2: Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise 3: Yesterdays 4: Like a Mighty Rose 5: Looking for a Boy 6: Autumn Leaves 7: Lonely Girl 8: Willow Weep for Me

A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing; Vince Guaraldi Trio
"A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing" is a beautiful album of tasteful creative jazz along the lines you would expect from the music genius behind Charlie Brown and Peanuts.


Before the Magic
(Perhaps only Thelonious Monk is as instantly recognizable. Though largely ignored by critics, Vince Guaraldi developed one of the most distinctive, original, and joyous sounds in jazz piano. )

However, Guaraldi did not really find his "voice" on the instrument until 1962's "Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus. " His prior recordings, "Vince Guaraldi Trio," "Flower Is a Lovesome Thing," and "Jazz Impressions" (which is really just a sampler of the two former works) are simply unexceptional West Coast jazz. The lightness of mood on these three early albums is further accentuated by the absence of a drummer.

Vince Guaraldi has often been labelled "easy listening. " For the most part, that characterization is unfair, and reflects the accessibility of his work rather than its artistic merit. On these first three albums, however, the characterization is very apt.


a Guaraldi album is a lovesome thing
Though not as upbeat and toe-tapping as many of his CD's, it may be one of the best. This collection of music is quiet but addictive. The tunes are so clever and well thought out that they take you by surprize. It's full of subtle turns and lyrical lines. Vince Guaraldi's sense of melody and timing is delicious, his phrasing never gets old, and he never loses you. I thought about purchasing his greatest hits CD until I realized that every Guaraldi CD plays like a greatest hits collection, so I bought them all! This one, in particular, is for rainy days and late-night pondering, or reminiscing while drinking the good stuff.


JUST WONDERFUL
A charming, wonderful album. . go beyond Charlie Brown, (which is terrific!) and discover Guaraldi in his early days. A wonderful, beautiful, relaxing album. His "Like a Mighty Rose" is one of the most beautiful songs you will ever hear. The other songs are captivating as well, proving Guaraldi can choose and interpret other's songs as well as he can create his own. A must have!.


Evolved Music
Wrong. After purchasing the Vince Guaraldi Trio's self titled album, which is a marvelous work, I was braced to be disappointed. "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" shows a riskier, more experimental side of the Trio and the results are entrancing. My only critique of the album is that Vince takes center stage and the rest of the Trio is purely background, but hey, it is the "Vince Guaraldi Trio" after all.


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