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Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce (1965) [Reissue 1994]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 1, 2019
Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce (1965) [Reissue 1994]

Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce (1965) [Reissue 1994]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 327 MB | Covers - 21 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (314 521 668-2)

Soul Sauce is one of the highlights from Tjader's catalog with its appealing mixture of mambo, samba, bolero, and boogaloo styles. Tjader's core band - long-time piano player Lonnie Hewitt, drummer Johnny Rae and percussionist's Willie Bobo and Armando Peraza - starts things off with a cooled down version of Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo's latin jazz classic "Guachi Guaro (Soul Sauce)". With the help of guitarist Kenny Burrell, trumpeter Donald Byrd, and tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath they offer up a lively version of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue." Sticking to his music's "Mambo Without a Migraine" reputation, though, Tjader's musicians keep things fairly calm, especially on Latinized ballads such as Billy May's "Somewhere In the Night" and on midtempo swingers like "Tanya"…

Cal Tjader - Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (1965) [Reissue 2002]  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 22, 2023
Cal Tjader - Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (1965) [Reissue 2002]

Cal Tjader - Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (1965) [Reissue 2002]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 210 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 88 MB | Covers - 72 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Cool Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (549111-2)

In the '60s, R&B was a much larger market than jazz. While John Coltrane or Art Blakey could fill a small club like The Village Vanguard, James Brown and the Temptations were selling out large auditoriums - gone were the days when jazz was very much a part of popular culture and Benny Goodman's name was all over the pop charts. Soul's popularity wasn't lost on Verve, which is why some of Cal Tjader's '60s LPs had titles like Soul Sauce and El Sonido Nuevo: The New Soul Sound - Verve wanted the baby boomers who were buying Stax and Motown releases to notice Tjader as well. However, Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof isn't the R&B-drenched project that some might expect it to be. Tjader's vibes solos are soulful in that he plays with a lot of feeling, but he isn't trying to be Marvin Gaye…

Cal Tjader - Los Ritmos Calientes [Recorded 1954-1957] (1992)  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 21, 2023
Cal Tjader - Los Ritmos Calientes [Recorded 1954-1957] (1992)

Cal Tjader - Los Ritmos Calientes [Recorded 1954-1957] (1992)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 379 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 171 MB | Covers - 9 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Fantasy Records (FCD-24712)

Vibraphonist Cal Tjader's 1950s recordings for Fantasy did a great deal to popularize Latin jazz and solidify its innovations. Los Ritmo Caliente features such fine sidemen as flutist Jerome Richardson, pianists Richard Wyands, Eddie Cano, Manuel Duran, and Vince Guaraldi, bassists Al McKibbon, Bobby Rodriguez, and Eugene Wright, and quite a few percussionists (most notably Armando Peraza and, on three songs, Mongo Santamaria and Willie Bobo). The fusion of bop and Latin music results in some exciting playing. In addition to group originals, tunes such as Ray Bryant's "Cubano Chant," "Mambo Inn," "Bernie's Tune," "Perdido," and even "Big Noise from Winnetka" receive lively treatment.
Cal Tjader - Catch The Groove (Live at The Penthouse 1963-1967) (2024)

Cal Tjader - Catch The Groove (Live at The Penthouse 1963-1967) (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:26:51 | 719 / 335 Mb
Genre: Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova

Arriving on Record Store Day in 2023, Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 by vibraphonist, composer, and bandleader Cal Tjader is an event. Despite a catalog spanning four decades, Tjader seems almost a marginal figure in the 21st century. He was arguably the first non-Latin musician to completely devote himself to establishing Latin jazz as a genre and a commercial success from the '50s until his death in 1982. Between 1967's Along Comes Cal and 1977's Guarabe, Tjader melded cool jazz, hard bop, boogaloo, salsa, guaracha, Latin funk, and fusion on fine recordings such as The Prophet, Cal Tjader Plugs In, Agua Dulce, Primo, and Amazonas. That said, the tide may be blowing in his direction again. In January, electronic producer Chris Bangs featured Tjader's "Samba Sueno" as the lead cut on Firebird. In April, the vibraphonist's Huracan, an obscure but star-studded 1978 direct-to-disc LP, was remastered and reissued. In May, esteemed critic Tom Moon published a review of it and celebrated Tjader's '70s recordings.
Cal Tjader - Talkin' Verve - Roots Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1961-1967] (1996)

Cal Tjader - Talkin' Verve - Roots Of Acid Jazz [Recorded 1961-1967] (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 425 MB | Covers - 26 MB
Genre: Afro-Cuban Jazz, Latin Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (314 531 562-2)

In apparent response to the sampling of old Latin jazz records by hip-hop artists, Verve raided its Cal Tjader archive to come up with this fiercely grooving collection drawn from nine of his Verve albums. For all of producer Creed Taylor's '60s penchant for fashioning two- to four-minute cuts aimed at airplay, he allowed Tjader's groups considerable room to stretch out on several of the tracks included here, particularly on the live "Los Bandidos" and the hypnotic collaboration with pianist Eddie Palmieri, "Picadillo." More importantly, Tjader's records with Taylor were more varied in texture than his earlier discs, venturing now and then from his solid Afro-Cuban base into Brazilian rhythms, soul, big-band backings, and '60s pop touches…

Cal Tjader - Tjader Plays Mambo (1956) [Reissue 1996]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 6, 2022
Cal Tjader - Tjader Plays Mambo (1956) [Reissue 1996]

Cal Tjader - Tjader Plays Mambo (1956) [Reissue 1996]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 188 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 80 MB | Covers - 23 MB
Genre: Jazz, Latin Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/Fantasy Records/ZYX Music (OJCCD 274-2)

Having finished his tenure with George Shearing in 1954, a thoroughly Latin-inoculated Cal Tjader took off on his own, recording several short slices of infectious Latin jazz, from which a dozen were selected for this album. Many of the selections are standards retrofitted with percolating Latin rhythms, cut and shaped to fit the old three-minute limit of 45 or 78 rpm singles. Tjader's crystalline vibes are teamed with a San Francisco Latin percussion section that lays down the grooves crisply and succinctly, with an occasional emulation of the more laid-back Shearing Latin sound ("East of the Sun"). Elsewhere, Cal experiments with a hot four-man trumpet section on four of the tracks, the best of which is a rhumba version of "Fascinating Rhythm"…
Cal Tjader - Soul Burst (1966) {Verve 557 446-2, Verve By Request Series rel 1998)

Cal Tjader - Soul Burst (1966) {Verve 557 446-2, Verve By Request Series rel 1998)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 232 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 93 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 18 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1966, 1998 Verve / PolyGram | 557 446-2
Jazz / West Coast Jazz / Latin Jazz / Post Bop / Vibes

By the mid-'60s, vibraphonist Cal Tjader was recording regularly for Verve in a wide variety of settings but with pretty consistent success. For this popular outing, Tjader plays a few then-current Latin numbers (including Clare Fischer's famous "Morning"), revives "Manteca," and performs a pair of Kurt Weill standards ("My Ship" and "The Bilbao Song"). With Jerome Richardson, Seldon Powell, and/or Jerry Dodgion prominent on flutes, such sidemen as the young pianist Chick Corea, guitarist Attila Zoller, bassist Richard Davis, drummer Grady Tate, and some fine charts written by Oliver Nelson, the music is quite catchy and accessible, commercial but still creative within the genre.

Cal Tjader - Solar Heat (1968) [Reissue 1994]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Aug. 16, 2022
Cal Tjader - Solar Heat (1968) [Reissue 1994]

Cal Tjader - Solar Heat (1968) [Reissue 1994]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 132 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 67 MB | Covers - 19 MB
Genre: Jazz, Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: DCC Jazz (DJZ-618)

"Solar Heat" featured the vibraphonist and bandleader in a stellar group with conguero Ray Barretto, João Donato on organ, Michael Abene on harpsichord and Fender Rhodes, both McFarland (who arranged this recording) and Tjader on vibes, percussionist Orestes Vilató, and bassists Bobby Rodriguez and Chuck Rainey. It's a killer program of pop tunes like "La Bamba," and "Never My Love," as well as killer McFarland originals such as "Fried Bananas." Track list notwithstanding, this is one of Tjader's finest moments on record. His soloing and melodic invention is delightfully showcased as the logical center between Donato's brilliant organ playing and the crystalline arrangements.
Cal Tjader With Bobo & Mongo Santamaria - Latino (1960-1962) [Reissue 1994]

Cal Tjader With Bobo & Mongo Santamaria - Latino (1960-1962) [Reissue 1994]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 468 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 174 MB | Covers - 8 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Fantasy Records (00025218243223)

Vibraphonist Cal Tjader is heard leading five different groups throughout this set, but the identities of the flutists, bassists, and pianists are less important than knowing that Tjader, Willie Bobo (on drums and timbales), and the great conga player Mongo Santamaria are on every selection. The music really cooks, with torrid percussion, inspired ensembles, and occasional solos from the sidemen (which sometimes include pianists Lonnie Hewitt or Vince Guaraldi, bassist Al McKibbon, and flutist Paul Horn). Highlights include Latinized versions of "Key Largo" and "September Song," "Night in Tunisia," "The Continental," and a definitive version of Santamaria's "Afro Blue." This is Latin jazz at its finest.

Cal Tjader - At Grace Cathedral (1977)  Vinyl & HR

Posted by v3122 at July 6, 2022
Cal Tjader - At Grace Cathedral (1977)

Cal Tjader - At Grace Cathedral (1977)
Vinyl Rip | 24-bit/192 kHz | Flac(Tracks) > 1.53 Gb | Artwork > 243 Mb
Fantasy, F-9521 | Afro-Cuban Jazz, Cool, Latin Jazz

~ Recorded live at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA on May 22, 1976 ~