Cast Your Fate to the Wind
Context
Composition by Vince Guaraldi, released in 1962 on the album Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus (Fantasy), in a trio with Monty Budwig and Colin Bailey. The single reached No. 22 on the American Hot 100 and the track won the 1963 Grammy for Best Original Jazz Composition. Heard on the radio, it led Lee Mendelson to entrust Guaraldi with the music for the Peanuts films.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Cool (Birth of the Cool), West Coast. Among the origins and influences of Cool: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Bossa nova, jazz samba.