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Cal Tjader: The Best of the Concord Years
by Russell Moon
From 1979 to his death in 1982, Cal Tjader recorded six albums for Concord. The record label created a new imprint, Concord Picante, for his Latin recordings. Concord has now released The Best Of The Concord Years, which is made up of two 55 minute CDs, comprising more than a third of Tjader's output for the ...
Cal Tjader: The Best of the Concord Years
by Charlie B. Dahan
The Best of the Concord Years celebrates the acclaimed composer, bandleader and vibraphonist Cal Tjader’s last four years, 1979 through 1982. Tjader combined Latin, be bop and cool West Coast themes into an inspiring and influential blend of some of the best modern recordings of jazz. This double disc package opens with two ...
Cal Tjader: The Best of the Concord Years
by John Kelman
Vibraphonist/percussionist/bandleader Cal Tjader said it right when he claimed “I am not an innovator. I am not a pathfinder. I am a participator.” While he never pushed the envelope of Afro-Cuban music, he did go a long way in popularizing it. With albums like La Onda Va Bien winning a Grammy award, the humble Tjader managed ...
Cal Tjader: Cuban Fantasy
by Chris M. Slawecki
George Shearing's bands with percussionists Willie Bobo, Armando Peraza, and Mongo Santamaria also featured Cal Tjader. After his time with Shearing, Tjader employed his drums, timbales, percussion and vibes as a longstanding pillar of the San Francisco jazz scene. Bobo and Santamaria would later realign with Tjader in some of these bands. So did Vince Guaraldi, ...
Latin Concert
By Cal Tjader
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Viva Cepeda! 2. Mood For Milt 3. The Continental 4. Lucero 5.
Concerts In the Sun
By Cal Tjader
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Love For Sale 2. Goodbye 3. Raccoon Straits 4. Walkin' With Wally 5.
My Romance 6. Sigmund Stern Groove 7. Cubano Chant 8. Afro Blue 9.
Tumbao 10. Day In, Day Out.
Cal Tjader: Cuban Fantasy
by Russell Moon
The brand new Cuban Fantasy is an album of previously unreleased material Cal Tjader recorded in concert in San Francisco over two nights in June, 1977. Tjader's band had the same instrumental makeup as his 1969 Plugs In band – vibes, electric piano, electric bass, trap drums, conga drums – with the addition of an electric ...
Cal Tjader: Latin Concert
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point : Classic. In hindsight, it is rather easy to understand why this 1958 Cal Tjader group was his best ever. The groove among them is a model of economy, good taste, and simple-yet-profound depth. It sure shows in “The Continental,” with its expertly and tastily executed dynamics converging on Vince Guaraldi’s ...
Cal Tjader: Concerts In the Sun
by David Rickert
Concerts in the Sun languished in the vaults for 42 years, but it's now finally available on CD. The recording finds Cal Tjader in a state of transition between the West Coast cool jazz he helmed with Dave Brubeck and a full-blown commitment to integrating Afro-Cuban rhythms into jazz. Culled from two concerts, one in Honolulu ...
