Walter Wanderley Set: When It Was Done

 

Just My Love And I

Walter Wanderley Set: When It Was Done
Rhythm Arrangements by Walter Wanderley and Emir Deodato
String Arrangement by Don Sebesky
Produced by Creed Taylor - CTI
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios - December 10, 11, 12, 1968
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Cover Photography by Pete Turner
Album Design by Sam Antupit
A&M Records SP 3018
1969

Violin:
Lewis Eley
Harry Glickman
Gene Orloff
Raoul Poliakin
Max Pollikoff
Matthew Raimondi
Tosha Samaroff
Sylvan Shulman
Avram Weiss

Viola:
Harold Coletta
Harold Furmansky

Cello:
Charles McCracken
George Ricci

Oboe, English Horn, Flute, Piccolo:
Donald Ashworth
Hubert Laws

Flute and Piccolo:
George Marge
Stan Webb

Harp:
Gloria Agostini

Flugelhorn:
John Glasel

The Players:

Walter Wanderley - Organ and Harpsichord: Walter's first album recorded in the United States contained the hit "Summer Samba." His touch is crisp, vibrant, sans histrionics. Walter was born in Recife, Brazil.

Joâo Palma - Drums: His birthplace is Rio, where he studied architectural engineering before he decided to pursue a musical career. Joao's talents are heard on "Mais Que Nada," Sergio Mandes' first hit.

Jose Marina - Bass: A native of Sao Paulo, he has been a basic part of Wanderley's group since its inception. Jose can be heard on "Summer Samba." This is the first time he has recorded with electric fender bass.

Lu Lu Ferreira - Percussion: Lu Lu is from the State of Ciara, in the North of Brazil. He now lives in Los Angeles where he works with Walter, and Ze Carioca, who inspired Walt Disney's famed Mexican parrot.

Marvin Stamm - Flugelhorn: Marvin is from Memphis, but he lived in New York and is one of the top-call brass men. He has recorded with Gary McFarland, Oliver Nelson, Duke Pearson, and has an album on Verve, "Machination."

Emir Deodato - Arranger/Composer: Emir, who wrote three songs in this album, is from Brazil. He won awards for scoring "Sabia" and "Travessia" at the International Song Festivals in Rio.

Don Sebesky - Arranger/Composer: Sebesky, who wrote the string arrangements for this album, is well known, among other credits, for his work with the late Wes Montgomery.

The Singers:

Anamaria Valle - Anamaria is from Rio. Her father is a well-known disc jockey there. Her husband is Marcos Valle, the gifted guitarist-composer-singer. Anamaria has recorded with Marcos here in the States.

Marilyn Jackson - Marilyn is a native New Yorker, educated at the High School of Music and Art and the Manhattan School of Music. She has recorded with Don Sebesky, Burt Bacharach, Gary McFarland, Quincy Jones and other jazz personalities.

Linda November - Linda has appeared on stage in summer stock with Ginger Rogers, Carol Burnett, and Robert Goulet. She has recorded with Burt Bacharach, Frank Sinatra and Dionne Warwick.

Milton Nascimento - Milton is the avant garden of the new Brazilian composers. His composition "Travessia" recently won first place for composer in the International Song Festival in Rio, and he won the first place award as Best Male Singer. Eumir Deodato relates the story of his appearance on Open Your Arms. "Milton arrived from Brazil, sleepy and travel-worn. He got off the place and I invited him to our recording session. He came along but had trouble keeping his eyes open. When the session began, he gave in and napped. We were having some troubles with the voicing of the counter-melody in the middle of the song when Milton woke up and just began singing. His is the phonetic counter-melody added here."

Open Your Arms (Let Me Walk Right In)
Surfboard
Baiao De Garôa
Reach Out For Me
Ole, Ole, Olá
Ponteio
When It Was Done
On My Mind
Just My Love And I
Capoeira
Truth In Peace (Verdade Em Paz)