Pensativa
| "Pensativa" | |
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| Composition by Clare Fischer from the album Bossa Nova Jazz Samba | |
| Released | September 1, 1962 December 11, 2012 (reissue) |
| Genre | Bossa nova, jazz |
| Length | 3:28 |
| Label |
Pacific Jazz ST-90059 Solar Records (Reissue) DIS-135420 |
| Writer(s) | Clare Fischer Not heard here; lyrics first recorded in 1982 |
| Composer(s) | Clare Fischer |
| Producer(s) | Albert Marx |
| Bossa Nova Jazz Samba track listing | |
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"Pensativa" is a bossa nova jazz standard by American pianist/composer/arranger Clare Fischer, first recorded in 1962 by a quintet under the joint leadership of Fischer and saxophonist Bud Shank, and released that year as part of an album entitled Bossa Nova Jazz Samba, comprising music in this style, as per its title, all of it arranged by Fischer, and, with the exception of Erroll Garner's "Misty", composed by him as well. In retrospect, this would prove to be just the first of countless forays by Fischer into various areas of Latin music (with "area" denoting both genre and geographic region). This particular song was one of the first, and almost certainly the most famous, of all the foreign-born - i.e. non-Brazilian - bossa novas. Its form, though extended (64 mm.), is standard A-A-B-A, with each section consisting of 16 measures instead of eight.
With the exception of his contrastingly Cuban-styled composition, "Morning", "Pensativa" is by far Fischer's most frequently recorded work; it has been performed by a wide variety of instrumental groupings, ranging from assorted unaccompanied instruments - including piano, guitar and flute - to string orchestras, big bands, and a large assortment of ensemble sizes in between.
In addition to numerous recordings by the composer himself (including at least five released under his own name, plus many more featuring the composer as either co-leader, sideman, or arranger, all of them employing Fischer's arrangements), it has been covered by a multitude of artists, including Bill Evans, Dave Valentin, Gene Harris, Jack Wilson, Bill Perkins, Brian Bromberg, Bob Florence, and Rob McConnell. Many more, including George Shearing,Gene Bertoncini,Hubert Laws,Billy Taylor,Bill Mays,Marian McPartland,Benny Green,Sam Most,Gary Foster, and Freddie Hubbard, have made "Pensativa" part of their regular repertoires.
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