Walter Wanderley
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Biography
[Edit]Walter Wanderley was a talented and gifted organist with an acute ear for new harmonies. With 46 recorded solo albums in his entire career, both in Brazil and the U.S., he reached number 26 on the Billboard pop charts in September 1966, opening a large pathway of success only menaced by himself and his complex character. Ten years after his death from cancer, with a new fad coming, he was repackaged by the entertainment industry as a mere lounge player, carrying his record sales even further and sending the cost of his out-of-print albums to the stratosphere, but all at the cost of minimizing his significance. It is forgotten that the time lag worked against him and what today is lounge music was then innovative and revolutionary. With all those fans of samba-canção divas feeling personally insulted by those percussive rhythms reminiscent of a Brazilian black tradition that was not dear to the average Brazilian, it has to be stressed that the bossa nova movement, and Wanderley within it, had the role of affirming Brazilian identity in a broader cultural industry which was developed out of the folkloric redoubts. In fact, he also has an upbeat production full of that energy provided by his distinctive staccato stuttering style, immediately reminiscent of authentic Brazilian rhythmic and percussive impetus. He also improvised extended melodic solos without reheated licks, but that was obviously also left out of his most popular albums.
At five, he was already playing the piano. At 12, he attended the Licee of Arts for a year of theory classes, later studying harmony and arranging. Beginning his professional career while still in Recife, a most lively city with a vibrant cultural life, he worked every night either at the piano or at the organ. At 26, in 1958, he moved to São Paulo and immediately became an active player in nightclubs such as the Claridge, the Captain's Bar, and Oásis. Wanderley's first recording was in August 1959 for Odeon, with Carlos Lyra's "Lobo Bobo." Backing his wife, Brazilian singer Isaurinha Garcia (with whom he had a daughter, Monica), he recorded for the second time one month later. At that time, he was Garcia's accompanist and arranger. He would record another six LPs accompanying Garcia and another 19 solo albums in Brazil for several labels; he was left out of some of the credits because of his contract with Philips. Wanderley became known on the artistic scene for recording young artists, like Marcos Valle, Tom Jobim, João Donato, and others, until then with no expression out of the little nightclubs in which they performed on a nightly basis. But as the tunes and arrangements were fun to dance to, the albums sold very well. João Gilberto's João Gilberto (later reissued as O Mito in Brazil and as The Legendary João Gilberto in the U.S. in 1990 by World Pacific) from 1961 also had Walter in it. An impatient Wanderley then bent under Gilberto's oppressive, meticulous direction on March 10. That was the third album Gilberto was recording for Odeon and would be the last. Until then, Gilberto had Tom Jobim as pianist and Aluísio de Oliveira as producer. In spite of his frequent discussions with de Oliveira, the producer was the person who mediated Gilberto's hard relationship with Jobim. But de Oliveira had left Odeon the previous September, and Jobim didn't want to be scheduled for that recording. Gilberto, not knowing how to write music, insisted on expressing his musical vision of overall arrangements by singing, and that not only included the tones themselves, but the expression, timbre, and articulation. This drove Wanderley mad, especially with a certain sound effect of a boat's siren for "O Barquinho" ("Little Boat"), which was never good enough for Gilberto. The next day, Gilberto interrupted the recording of that album, only resuming it five months later with Jobim as musical director. Wanderley went on with his career and life, beginning an association with singer Claudette Soares in 1963, as an arranger and accompanist. His marriage was broken at this period. He also recorded for several renowned Brazilian singers in that time, among them Dóris Monteiro and Geraldo Vandré. It was when Tony Bennett saw Wanderley during a Brazilian tour and was taken by his playing. He urged Wanderley to move to the U.S. and, he himself talked about him to Verve Records producer Creed Taylor, also giving Taylor some of Wanderley's albums. After some insistence, Taylor sent contracts for Wanderley and his trio to record a single. So in 1966, they recorded brothers Marcos and Paulo Sérgio Valle's "Samba de Verão" ("Summer Samba"). It was an instant success, with radio stations playing it four or five times per hour. In that same year, the LP Rain Forest came out, also selling very well and was certified platinum (one million units sold) in two years. The trio accompanied Astrud Gilberto on her A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness album, also in 1966. He would record six more solo LPs or singles for Verve until the next year, and ten more in his career in the U.S. He always sold well and had a full performing schedule, in which local presentations at the San Francisco area were interspersed with some tours to Mexico. He never did return to Brazil after moving to the U.S. and he went on with his life until death caught up with him.
Title: O Sucesso É Samba (Som Do Brasil) / O Sucesso E Samba (Som Do Brasil)
Artist: Walter Wanderley
Genre: Jazz
Title: Rain Forest
Artist: Walter Wanderley
Genre: Jazz, Rock, World Music, Latin, Psychedelic, Lounge
Title: O Samba e Mais Samba Com Walter Wanderley
Artist: Walter Wanderley
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Latin, Lounge, Bossanova
Title: Perpetual Motion Love
Artist: Walter Wanderley
Genre: Rock, World Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Lounge
Title: O Fantástico Walter Wanderley / O Fantastico Walter Wanderley
Artist: Walter Wanderley
Genre: Jazz, Samba, World Music, Latin, Lounge
Title: Walter Wanderley: Brazil's Greatest Hits!
Artist: Walter Wanderley
Genre: Jazz, Rock, World Music, Psychedelic, Lounge
Title: Samba E Mais Samba Com Walter Wanderley (Remastered)
Artist: Walter Wanderley
Genre: Bossanova
Collections
Title: Essential Millennium
Genre: Dance Pop
Title: Romance Collection CD 2
Title: Night Walk With Lights Jazz
Genre: Chill Out, Electronica, Samba, Pop
Title: Candlelight & Roses Volume 4
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Bossa Nova Instrumentals
Genre: Latin, Instrumental
Title: Nice And Easy Collection - Edition I
Genre: Instrumental
Title: Hit Box Latino (CD3)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop
Title: The Beat Of The Pops: Volume 6
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: 25 Sambas - Sambas Instrumentais
Genre: Samba
Title: Blue Bossa & Cool Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Breaking Bad (Season 4)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Tropical Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Lovely Jazz Bossa Nova (CD1)
Title: Lovely Jazz Bossa Nova (CD2)
Title: Coffee Time Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Henry Mancini Songbook
Title: Bossa Nova - Brazilian BBQ
Title: Bossa Nova Millennium 2001
Title: Best Of Bossa Nova 2014
Genre: Jazz
Title: Funky Divas
Title: Organized!
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Bossanova
Title: 20 Smooth Jazz Hits
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: The Story Of Bossa Nova
Genre: Bossanova
Title: Chillout Jazz Organ
Genre: Funk
Title: Mojo Club Dancefloor Jazz Volume 7 Give Me Your Love
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Most Essential Jazz Organ
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Lifestyle2 - Bar Jazz Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Lounge
Title: Hot Latin Jazz Percussion!
Title: History Of Bossa Nova 60s
Title: Jazz Playlist - Soul
Title: Cool Jazz Bossa Hits
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Bossanova
Title: 50 Bossa Nova Classics
Genre: World Music, Latin, Bossanova
Title: 50 Latin Jazz Classics
Genre: World Music, Latin, Bossanova
Title: Brazil 50 The Very Best Bossa Nova (CD1)
Genre: World Music, Latin, Bossanova
Title: Verve 60 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Jazz Cafe Havana
Genre: Jazz
Title: Summer Night Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Summery Jazz 2016
Title: Latin Jazz Fiesta 2019
Title: O Melhor Da Bossa Nossa
Title: NOW The 60s Girls Then He Kissed Me (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Gospel, Rock, Country, Rockabilly, Acoustic, Indie, Classical
Title: Untitled Playlist Funk (CD1)
Title: Untitled Playlist Funk (CD2)
Featuring albums
Title: Compact Jazz: Astrud Gilberto
Artist: Astrud Gilberto
Genre: Jazz, Rock, World Music, Latin, Pop
Title: World Class Classics: Joao Gilbert
Artist: João Gilberto / Joao Gilberto
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Latin
Title: Ultra-Lounge / Bossa Novaville Volume Fourteen
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Latin
Title: A Tribute To Antonio Carlos Jobim
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Latin, Bossanova
Title: Sounds of the Jet Age - Easy Listening From Around the World
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Lounge
Title: Sounds From The Verve Hi-Fi 2002
Artist: Thievery Corporation
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, Jazz
Title: Corcovado (Golden Classics)
Artist: Sérgio Mendes / Sergio Mendes, Carlos Lyra
Genre: World Music
Title: Festa Dançante (Som Do Brasil) / Festa Danchante (Som Do Brasil)
Artist: Seu Conjunto
Genre: Jazz
Title: Out Of Sight (Music From The Motion Picture)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Lamento No Morro (Lament On The Hill)
Artist: João Gilberto / Joao Gilberto
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Samba De Uma Nota Só / Samba De Uma Nota So
Artist: João Gilberto / Joao Gilberto
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Astrud Gilberto
Artist: Astrud Gilberto
Genre: Jazz, World Music, Pop