Results for "Cal Tjader; Charlie Byrd"

Cal Tjader: Best of Concord Years / Sextet; Charlie Byrd: Homage to Jobim

by Francis Lo Kee
October 8, 2005

Here are three sets of music by musicians associated under the expansive banner of Latin jazz. Stan Getz is usually credited with starting the fusion of Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. However, classically trained guitarist Charlie Byrd (and his sideman, perhaps most importantly the drummer Buddy Deppenschmidt) was among the first to go on a South ...