A Brazilian organist/composer who stumbled upon a gold mine in the 1960s, W… Read Full Bio ↴A Brazilian organist/composer who stumbled upon a gold mine in the 1960s, Walter Wanderley has been resurrected posthumously in the 1990s, a purveyor of lounge music for a young generation. Yet his sound on the organ, generated by a crisp, lightweight, staccato attack, can be mistaken for no one else's - and his choice of material showed much good taste, particularly when exploring his countrymen' s songs. Although his most popular records contained only a minimum of melodic jazz improvisation, he could stretch out when he wanted to.
Wanderley started playing the piano at age 5, taking a year of theory at 12, and well before he was out of his teens, he moved to São Paulo and got a recording contract. Juxtaposing American hits and Afro-Cuban dance music, he built a following in Brazil during the 1950s, and by the early-'60s, he was immersed in the emerging bossa nova field, recording with Joao Gilberto in 1961 and on his own. Encouraged by Tony Bennett, among others, Wanderley finally took off for New York in 1966, where Creed Taylor recorded him for Verve. His first album, Rain Forest, yielded a smooth-sailing Top 30 hit single, "Summer Samba," peaking at No. 26 and proving that bossa nova was far from a spent force in 1966. Settling in Los Angeles, Wanderley went on to make four more albums for Verve and two for A&M, and other material was issued on World Pacific, Philips, Tower and Canyon. He continued to work at a lower profile after bossa nova went into eclipse in the '70s - and by the time of his death from cancer in 1986, he was virtually a forgotten man. But when the lounge movement discovered him, the values of his out-of-print albums suddenly skyrocketed.
BORN: May 12, 1932 (Recife, Brazil)
DIED: September 4, 1986 (San Francisco, CA)
LIVED IN: the San Francisco area after coming to the U.S.
Wanderley started playing the piano at age 5, taking a year of theory at 12, and well before he was out of his teens, he moved to São Paulo and got a recording contract. Juxtaposing American hits and Afro-Cuban dance music, he built a following in Brazil during the 1950s, and by the early-'60s, he was immersed in the emerging bossa nova field, recording with Joao Gilberto in 1961 and on his own. Encouraged by Tony Bennett, among others, Wanderley finally took off for New York in 1966, where Creed Taylor recorded him for Verve. His first album, Rain Forest, yielded a smooth-sailing Top 30 hit single, "Summer Samba," peaking at No. 26 and proving that bossa nova was far from a spent force in 1966. Settling in Los Angeles, Wanderley went on to make four more albums for Verve and two for A&M, and other material was issued on World Pacific, Philips, Tower and Canyon. He continued to work at a lower profile after bossa nova went into eclipse in the '70s - and by the time of his death from cancer in 1986, he was virtually a forgotten man. But when the lounge movement discovered him, the values of his out-of-print albums suddenly skyrocketed.
BORN: May 12, 1932 (Recife, Brazil)
DIED: September 4, 1986 (San Francisco, CA)
LIVED IN: the San Francisco area after coming to the U.S.
Reach Out For Me
Walter Wanderley Lyrics
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Bacharach and David When you go through a day And the things that people…
David T. Walker Why don't you reach for me Why don't you reach for…
Dionne Warwick When you go through a day And the things that people…
P.J If you run You won't see All the beauty All the beauty Betwe…
Roy Hamilton When you go through a day And the things that people…
T. W. Ardy Another million miles from the Truth now I know there's peac…
The Burt Bacharach When you go through a day And the things that people…
York & Alex M.O.R.P.H. If you run You won't see All the beauty All the beauty Betwe…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Walter Wanderley:
A Certain Sadness Look out the window when that rain storm I let the…
A Certain Smile A certain smile, a certain face Can lead an unsuspecting…
Bahia Você já foi à Bahia, nêga? Não? Então vá! Quem vai ao "Bonfi…
Batucada Batucada, come on To the hills, hey come on Come with me…
Call Me If you're feeling sad and lonely There's a service I…
Girl From Ipanema Tall and tan and young and lovely The girl from Ipanema…
Goodbye Sadness La la la- la La la la la- la la la La…
Here's That Rainy Day Maybe I should have saved those left over dreams Funny, but…
It It's a lovely day today So whatever you've got to do You've…
Nega Do Cabela Duro Ondulado e permanente Teu cabelo é de sereia E a…
O Barquinho Dia de luz, festa de sol E o barquinho a deslizar No…
On The South Side Of Chicago Fancy girls out working honky tonk's a place these were…
Por Causa De Voc Por causa de você bate em meu peito Baixinho, quase calado C…
Samba De Orpheu Someone to hold me tight that would be very nice Someone…
So Nice Someone to hold me tight That would be very nice…
Soulful Strut Why don't you stop And look me over? Am I the same…
The Girl From Ipanema Tall and tan and young and lovely The girl from Ipanema…
The Great Love Haja o que houver Há sempre um homem, para uma mulher E…
Tristeza La la la- la La la la la- la la la La…
Você Podem me chamar e me pedir e me rogar E podem…
Voce Ja Foi Bahia Você já foi à Bahia, nêga? Não? Então vá! Quem vai ao "Bonfi…
Who Needs Forever? Who needs forever? (Forever) Who needs forever? (Forever) Wh…
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Paulo Roberto Machado
Uma obra prima! O melhor disco de Walter Wanderley. Com um grupo espetacular. Nota 10 para o conjunto da obra!
Carlos Eduardo
muito bom!
Henrique Araujo
Maravilhoso
Zoë L
LYRICS:
Reach out for me
Don’t you worry- I’ll see you through.
You just have to reach out for me,
I’ll be there and comfort you.
I’ll comfort you and love you.
Oh, how i’m gonna love you! (x3)
Israel
MI abuelo tenía ese album. 😭😭😭
Michael Leroy
Best Organ player ever
Villa Golden Sri Lanka
Nice one too!
Ken Newell
Thank you!