Paul Desmond -- The Theme from Black Orpheus

Repairs to a Pioneer PL-A35 Turntable. & Paul Desmond -- The Theme from Black Orpheus..
The PL-A35 combines studio quality performance with the operational ease of a fully automatic.

Simply flick the function lever to the Start position once, and the tonearm will be automatically moved over and lowered onto the record and, at the end of the disc, will return to its rest.

One touch Cue and Repeat features let you interrupt and repeat any record freely.

The platter is driven by a synchronous 4-pole motor of excellent stability independent from power voltage fluctuations.

The belt drive is precision finished on both sides, a feature that helps reduce wow and flutter to an absolute minimum (the tonearm is moved by a separate, geared motor).
This turntable cost about $300 or $350 new in 1975. Now on eBay they are going for around $250.00

Black Orpheus (A Day in the Life of a Fool)
Latin Jazz

"Black Orpheus" is the most common title for this tune, but the original title is "Manha de Carnaval" (in English "Morning of the Carnival"). It also goes by the title "A Day in the Life of a Fool" which is the first line of the English lyric.



The Black Orpheus play along has some tasty brazillian guitar. Black Orpheus is most commonly played in the key of A minor, and the Black Orpheus play along and changes are in the standard key.



Black Orpheus was written by Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfa as a theme for the 1959 Portuguese film "Orfeu Negro"(Black Orpheus). There are different sets of lyrics written to this tune. The English verse "A Day in the Life of a Fool" by Carl Sigman is widely known in jazz circles. This song has been performed and recorded by many musicians in and out of the jazz realm. It's a very popular tune.

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Just love Paul Desmond thanks for playing