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Cal Tjader and His Sextet - In A Latin Bag (1961/2016) [Official Digital Download - HDTT - DXD 24/352]

Cal Tjader and His Sextet - In A Latin Bag (1961/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/352,8 kHz | Time - 34:04 minutes | 2,08 GB
or FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 34:04 minutes | 802 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

"In a Latin Bag" is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader featuring performances recorded in 1961 and released on the Verve label. AllMusic review stating "Cal Tjader recorded prolifically for Verve during the first half of the 1960s, though this is one of his lesser-known dates … it is well worth snapping up if found".
Cal Tjader Quintet - Sona Libre (1963/2016) [Official Digital Download > HDTT - DXD 24/352]

Cal Tjader - Soña Libré (1963/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/352,8 kHz | Time - 39:16 minutes | 2,2 GB
or FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 39:16 minutes | 788 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front + PDF

Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. was an American Latin jazz musician, known as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, even as he continued to perform the music of Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America for the rest of his life. "Soña Libré" is his 1963 album. Billboard magazine reviewed the album in their May 25, 1963 issue and wrote that on the album Tjader has "a solid collection of tracks that have swing and a quiet insistent sound".

Cal Tjader - Latin Kick (Remastered 2024) (1956/2024)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Dec. 12, 2024
Cal Tjader - Latin Kick (Remastered 2024) (1956/2024)

Cal Tjader - Latin Kick (Remastered 2024) (1956/2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 237 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 96 MB
40:58 | Jazz, Latin Jazz | Label: Craft Recordings

Cal Tjader fuses Afro-Cuban rhythms and mainstream jazz solos in his1956 album, Latin Kick. Alongside Tjader (vibraphone) the album also features Brew Moore (sax), Luis Miranda (congas), Bayardo Velarde (timbales), Manuel Duran (piano), and Carlos Duran (bass). This new edition of the album is released as part of the Original Jazz Classics Series and is pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI with all-analog mastering from the original tapes at Cohearent Audio and presented in a Tip-On Jacket.
Howard Alden, Lloyd Ellis, Cal Collins - Famous Door: Ace Guitarists (1976-1988) [3CD Box Set, 2015]

Howard Alden, Lloyd Ellis, Cal Collins - Famous Door: Ace Guitarists (1976-1988) [3CD Box Set, 2015]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 758 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 321 MB | Covers - 284 MB
Genre: Jazz, Bop, Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Guitar Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Progressive Records (PCD-7156-58)

Three Phenomenal Guitarists From The Famous Door Record Label. The three enjoyable straight ahead jazz sessions that are reissued in this package have several things in common. They have been out-of-print for years, they are led by talented guitarists who are stimulated by the presence of two other major soloists, each date fatures a quintet that includes swinging bass and drum team, and all of the projects came about due to the guidance of producer Harry Lim, a true friend of Jazz…
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 & Eddie Palmieri - El Sonido Nuevo (1966) [Reissue 1993]

Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri - El Sonido Nuevo (1966) [Reissue 1993]
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 288 MB | Covers - 13 MB
Genre: Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Verve (314 519 812-2)

El Sonido Nuevo is a popular collaboration between vibraphonist Cal Tjader and pianist Eddie Palmieri (who provided the arrangements). Despite the claims of greatness expressed in the liners ("a landmark in the history of Latin jazz"), much of the music is actually quite lightweight although enjoyable enough, and the easy listening melodies and accessible rhythms hold one's interest. Despite the changing personnel, Tjader is generally the lead voice, and he is in fine form even if the overall results are not all that memorable or unique.

Cal Tjader - Four Classic Albums (1955-1959) [Reissue 2018]  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 26, 2023
Cal Tjader - Four Classic Albums (1955-1959) [Reissue 2018]

Cal Tjader - Four Classic Albums (1955-1959) [Reissue 2018]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 862 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 364 MB | Covers - 11 MB
Genre: Jazz, Latin Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Avid Jazz (EMSC1318)

Avid Jazz continues with its Four Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD set release from Cal Tjader, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details. “Tjader Plays Tjazz”; “San Francisco Moods”; “Concert By The Sea Volumes 1 & 2.”
There is a very small and very elite list of classic vibes players and Cal Tjader is certainly high up on that list. Primarily known as a Latin jazz musician, Cal was however a fine straight ahead cool jazz musician as our four fine selections will show. Take a listen to Tjader Plays Tjazz where the great man switches from vibes to drums on a cooled out straight ahead jazz set. For more cool, fun sounds try San Francisco Moods where Cal and gang capture the special atmosphere of his adopted city, San Francisco on an excellent, mostly Tjader composed set…

Cal Tjader - Agua Dulce (1971) {BGP}  Music

Posted by tiburon at Feb. 16, 2024
Cal Tjader - Agua Dulce (1971) {BGP}

Cal Tjader - Agua Dulce (1971) {BGP}
X Lossless Decoder | FLAC tracks | Cue+Log+M3U | Scans 300dpi | 197MB + 5% Recovery
MP3 CBR 320 Kbps | 81MB + 5% Recovery
Genre: Latin Jazz, Salsa

One of the most successful, most recorded and most influential jazz players of his time, Cal Tjader is these days a largely overlooked figure in the music’s history. Part of the cause of his lack of recognition is present in the reasons he was so successful. Tjader made no great leaps forward harmonically or rhythmically, but instead showed how jazz and Afro-Cuban music could blend together with the vibraphone as the lead instrument, its percussiveness working very well in that musical context. In doing so, he was followed by many others, his commercial success affording him the opportunity to record a great number of albums.

Cal Tjader - Cal Tjader Quartet (1956) Remastered 1997  Music

Posted by Designol at Jan. 22, 2024
Cal Tjader - Cal Tjader Quartet (1956) Remastered 1997

Cal Tjader - Cal Tjader Quartet (1956) Remastered 1997
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 221 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 109 Mb | Scans included
Label: Fantasy, Original Jazz Classics | # 3-227, OJCCD-950-2 | Time: 00:40:23
Bop, Cool, Mainstream Jazz, Vibraphone Jazz, Latin Jazz

Vibraphonist Cal Tjader took a brief vacation from playing Afro-Cuban jazz to record this fine straight-ahead bop set. The 1956 LP matches Tjader with the underrated but always swinging pianist Gerald Wiggins, bassist Eugene Wright (shortly before he joined the Dave Brubeck Quartet), and drummer Bill Douglass. They perform four basic originals (two apiece by Wiggins and Wright) and five standards, including a swinging "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "Our Love Is Here to Stay." On this date, more than almost any other one, Tjader displays his debt to Milt Jackson's style.
Cal Tjader & Mary Stallings - Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings (1962) [Reissue 2005]

Cal Tjader & Mary Stallings - Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings (1962) [Reissue 2005]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 246 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 94 MB | Covers - 39 MB
Genre: Vocal Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/Fantasy Records (OJCCD-1106-2 (F-8068)

Mary Stallings was just 22 at the time this album, her first, was cut in 1961. Fortunately, she was teamed up with a group of top professionals led by vibist Cal Tjader. She also sticks with mostly tried and true material, with Duke Ellington's songs getting a big play. Tjader is not a virtuoso on the vibes, but has made a name for himself because of his attachment to Latin rhythms. With no such music on this album, Tjader's playing seems somewhat stiff at times, particularly on ballads and slow blues. However, alternating pianists Lonnie Hewitt and Clare Fischer get with the program to give Stallings the backing she needs. The vibes player also loosens up on up-tempo tunes like "It Ain't Necessarily So." The singer has a powerful voice with a straight from the shoulder, no holds barred delivery…