Articles by S. Duncan Reid
Book Excerpts
Cal Tjader: The Life and Recordings of the Man Who Revolutionized Latin Jazz
by S. Duncan Reid
The following is an excerpt from the Reaching for the Skye" chapter of Cal Tjader: The Life and Recordings of the Man Who Revolutionized Latin Jazz by S. Duncan Reid (McFarland, 2013). Tjader had reached the East Coast by November and on November 17, he arrived at Van Gelder Studio for a session ("Willow Weep for Me" and Joey Joey") that probably included tenor sax man Jimmy Heath and trumpeter Donald Byrd. Two days later, Heath, Byrd, ...
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