Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: Cal Tjader Title: Black Hawk Nights Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Fantasy Original Release Date: 1/1/1958 Re-Release Date: 5/23/2000 Album Type: Live Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop, Latin Music Styles: South & Central America, Brazil, Brazilian Jazz, Cool Jazz, Latin Jazz, Modern Postbebop, Bebop, Easy Listening, Latin Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 025218245524, 090204922925 |
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Vibraphonist Cal Tjader was a pioneer in mating the cool textures of West Coast jazz with Afro-Cuban and Latin beats, creating effervescent music with percussion in the foreground. This CD combines two LPs recorded live at... more » |
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Amazon.com Vibraphonist Cal Tjader was a pioneer in mating the cool textures of West Coast jazz with Afro-Cuban and Latin beats, creating effervescent music with percussion in the foreground. This CD combines two LPs recorded live at San Francisco's Black Hawk in 1958 and 1959. The earlier session has a band loaded with future stars, including pianist Vince Guaraldi and a superb rhythm section, with the big-toned bassist Al McKibbon and the percussion duo of Willie Bobo on drums and Mongo Santamaría on congas. Little-known Cuban tenor player José "Chumbo" Silva is a key presence as well, with a sound that suggests Stan Getz and a taut rhythmic edge. Guaraldi, Bobo, and Santamaría turn "I Love Paris" into a riveting tempest of percussion, while "Night in Tunisia" is an extended flight into Afro-Cuban bop. The later set focuses more on Tjader's lyrical side with a straight-ahead quartet and a program emphasizing standards. His shimmering sound and liquid phrasing are well matched with the boppish pianist Lonnie Hewitt. --Stuart Broomer Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsA fantastic re-issue Robert J. Cruce | Muskogee, OK United States | 09/16/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "Just when I thought I was going to have to rely on my used Fantasy albums (in that beautiful red translucent vinyl)from now on (they couldn't possibly know these were the two albums I most wanted to see paired in a re-issue!)- what do they do but read my mind and put out this splendid disc. It really is a dream come true to have two classic Tjader albums together like this. The music is that ultra sophisticated sound we have come to love with piano, vibes and a gorgeous sax among other treats. If you love 50's small group jazz you have to have this." Great content, weak acoustics Jeff | Northern California | 03/22/2005 (3 out of 5 stars) "I'm very fond of Cal (not Carl) Tjader's music and own a half dozen albums of his. Although I really enjoyed the arrangments and the playing on this disc, it sounds as if the microphones were too far away from the musicians during the recording.
This is not uncommon with live recordings from this era, several Charlie Parker albums disappoint in this dimension as well. One could only wish for a time machine to go back and rerecord because the music was right and the bands were tight. For anyone considering a purchase, listen to the samples before purchasing. Or order something more recent from Cal. He was one of the greats and we owe a lot to him for popularizing Latin music way ahead of his time!" |
