Monterey Concerts

Monterrey Concerts

Por fortuna, se empieza a reconocer y reeditar la obra de este músico de origen frío pero de sangre caliente, enamorado de los ritmos latinos. Su obra es muy prolífica y toda de excelente nivel. Son memorables todos sus directos a lo largo de su obra, ya sean los de los años 50: "Jazz at the Blackhawk" del 57, "Cal Tjader's Latin Concert" del 58, "Monterrey Concerts" y "Night at the Black Hawk" del 59; de los 60: "Concert on the Campus" y otros tantos que jalonan su obra hasta el de 1981 "A fuego vivo" que realizó un año antes de su muerte. Tocó con ó tocaron con él, George Shearing, Stan Getz, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaría, Willie Bobo, Paul Horn,... y homenajeó a la música latina (afrocubana, mejicana, brasileña,...) como en "Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brasil", u otros que dedicó al mambo y otros palos de los ritmos calientes. Cal Tjader es música esencial para los amantes del jazz latino.

Album: Monterey Concerts [Live]

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Intérprete(s): Cal Tjader

Release Date: 1959
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Classic Jazz, Bebop, West Coast, Jazz Cool, Latin Jazz, Post-Bop, Afro-Cuban Jazz - Sello: Fantasy / Prestige -
Año de Edición: 1989

1. Doxy 8:47
2. Afro Blue 6:32
3. Laura 5:20
4. Walkin' With Wally 10:04
5. We'll Be Together Again 5:10
6. 'Round Midnight 6:11
7. Love Me Or Leave Me 5:55
8. Tu Crees Que? 5:26
9. S.S. Groove 5:17
10. A Night in Tunisia 6:53
11. Bess, You Is My Woman Now 4:09
12. Lover, Come Back to Me 3:12
13. Tumbao 4:56

Tiempo Total: 2:03:51

Album: Monterey Concerts [Live] . Intérprete(s): Cal Tjader - ALBUM DETAILS: Release Date: Jul 11 1989 Original Release Date: 1959 Total Running time: 2:03:51 Label: PRESTIGE Catalog No.: 24026 UPC: 25218542623

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If there was a non-Latino King of Latin music it was the vibist Cal Tjader. Enamored of Latin rhythms while with George Shearing's quintet in the early-'50s, this gringo of Scandanavian descent nurtured an innovative Latin-jazz concept until his death in 1982. Tjader was one of the music's most popular and prolific bandleaders, recording dozens of important albums for a variety of labels -- his '60s work on Verve is well worth investigating. This 78-minute live CD, originally two LPs, features one of the great tandems in Latin music history -- conguero Mongo Santamaria and timbalero-drummer {|Willie Bobo|}, both of whom had recently left Tito Puente's Orchestra for Tjader's band. This breezy set of standards and originals -- including an early airing of Santamaria's classic "Afro Blue" -- finds Tjader and company -- flutist Paul Horn, bassist Al McKibbon, and pianist Lonnie Hewitt-- snuggling right into the tight Santamaria-Bobo rhythmic cushion. Lee Jeske - AMAZONE

This CD (which reissues all of the music from the two LPs Concert by the Sea and Vol. 2) is the definitive early Cal Tjader album and one of the high points of his career. For a Carmel concert that was considered a preview concert for the 1959 Monterey Jazz Festival, Tjader was teamed up with flutist and altoist Paul Horn, pianist Lonnie Hewitt, bassist Al McKibbon, Willie Bobo (on drums and timbales), and percussionist Mongo Santamaria. Their renditions of Latinized jazz tunes along with a few Latin originals practically define the idiom. Highlights include "Doxy," one of the earliest versions of Santamaria's "Afro Blue" (predating John Coltrane's famous rendition by four years), "Love Me or Leave Me," and "A Night in Tunisia." Essential music for everyone's Latin jazz collection. Scott Yanow - All Music Guide