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Release Date
1973
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Length
7 tracks
Prelude is a 1972 album of Brazilian keyboardist Eumir Deodato. It features guitarist John Tropea on three tracks, bassists Ron Carter and Stanley Clarke, and Billy Cobham on drums. With the signature track "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (an arrangement of the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey), Prelude would be the biggest hit Deodato and CTI ever had.
His funk-influenced version of the "Introduction" from Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra, entitled "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" for its single release, won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and went to No. 2 in the pop charts in the US, No. 3 in Canada, and No. 7 in the UK.
This album was reissued in 1977 as 2001.
Track Listing
All songs written by Eumir Deodato, except where noted.
Side one
01 – "Also Sprach Zarathustra" * (Richard Strauss, arranged and adapted by Eumir Deodato) - 9:01
02 – "Spirit of Summer" - 4:14
03 – "Carly & Carole" - 3:41
Side two
01 – "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" (Robert Wright, George Forrest) - 5:20
02 – "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" * (Claude Debussy, arranged and adapted by Eumir Deodato) - 5:13
03 – "September 13" (Billy Cobham, Eumir Deodato) - 5:56
* Listed as "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" and "Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun" (no "the") on the original LP.
Personnel
Eumir Deodato - piano, electric piano
Ron Carter - electric bass (solo on "Baubles, Bangles and Beads"), bass
Stanley Clarke - electric bass (solo on "Also Sprach Zarathustra")
Billy Cobham - drums
John Tropea - electric guitar (solo on "Also Sprach Zarathustra", "Baubles, Bangles and Beads", "September 13")
Jay Berliner - guitar (solo on "Spirit of Summer")
Airto Moreira - percussion
Ray Barretto - congas
Hubert Laws - flute (solo on "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun")
Plus Strings & Horns
Production
Producer: Creed Taylor
Arranged and conducted by Eumir Deodato
Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios
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