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Talkin' Verve: Roots of Acid Jazz
Released: Aug 28, 1961
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Released: Aug 28, 1961
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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...
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Jazz 'Round Midnight
Released: Aug 28, 1961
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Released: Aug 28, 1961
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Jazz Round Midnight is a pleasant 16-track sampler of some of the most laid-back and mellow tracks Cal Tjader recorded for Verve. Although there are some wonderful songs on the compilation, it is...
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Descarga
Released: 1971
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Released: 1971
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Descarga is a merger of two albums recorded near the beginning of the Seventies -- the fascinating studio session Agua Dulce and the self-explanatory Live at the Funky Quarters. Having not yet lost...
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Plugs In
Released: Feb 20, 1969
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Released: Feb 20, 1969
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The mostly obscure material (other than "Nica's Dream"), the audiophile reissue CD's title, and the time period may make one think that is an overtly commercial release from vibraphonist Cal...
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Cal Tjader's Latin Concert
Released: September 1958
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Released: September 1958
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This CD reissue gives one a pretty good sampling of vibraphonist Cal Tjader's influential Latin-jazz of the 1950s. With pianist Vince Guaraldi, bassist Al McKibbon, Willie Bobo on timbales and...
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Black Orchid
Released: 1956
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Released: 1956
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This CD has all of the music originally on the two LPs Cal Tjader Goes Latin and The Cal Tjader Quintet. Since each album had two sessions apiece, the CD does a fine job of giving one a sampling of...
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The Cal Tjader Trio
Released: 1953
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Released: 1953
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Recorded in the summer and fall of 1951, the eight songs on this 10" LP were the first that Tjader recorded for Fantasy. Jack Weeks was the bassist on these trio sessions, with Vince Guaraldi doing...
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Mas Ritmo Caliente
Released: Oct 11, 1957
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Released: Oct 11, 1957
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Great date w/ wonderful violinist/saxist Jose Silva. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
