Cal Tjader

• TRIPLE 180-GRAM LP SET

• DELUXE TRIFOLD LIMITED EDITION

• REMASTERED AUDIO FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES REELS

• EXTENSIVE BOOKLET WITH UNPUBLISHED PHOTOS

THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED LIVE CAL TJADER MUSIC IN NEARLY 20 YEARS!

Transferred from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman, Cal Tjader: Catch The Groove – Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 is presented as a 180-gram vinyl limited edition 3-LP SET and will also be available as a Deluxe 2-CD set and as a digital download.

Package includes reflections by producer Zev Feldman and jazz writer Greg Casseus, as well as interviews with Poncho Sánchez, Eddie Palmieri, Joe Locke, Gary Burton, Carl Burnett, and Brent Fischer, and a statement by Tjader’s son and daughter Rob and Liz Tjader. The extensive booklet contains previously unpublished photos by Ray Avery and Fred Seligo.

All of the performances heard on this set are previously unreleased. Legendary vibraphone player Tjader is heard with a variety of quintets, backed by pianists Clare Fischer, Lonnie Hewitt and Al Zulaica, bassists Fred Schreiber, Terry Hilliard, Monk Montgomery and Stan Gilbert, drummers Johnny Rae and Carl Burnett, and percussionists Bill Fitch and Armando Peraza.

• LP ONE:

• PERSONNEL, DATES & TRACKS ON SIDE A:

• Cal Tjader - (vibes)
• Clare Fischer - (piano)
• Fred Schreiber - (bass)
• Johnny Rae - (drums, timb)
• Bill Fitch - (conga, percussion)

• Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on February 2, 1963

• A1. TAKE THE "A"TRAIN
• A2. IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY
• A3. IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND
• A4. MORNING OF THE CARNIVAL (MANHA DE CARNAVAL)
• A5. INSIGHT

• PERSONNEL, DATE & TRACKS ON SIDE B:

• Cal Tjader - (vibes)
• Lonnie Hewitt - (piano)
• Terry Hilliard - (bass)
• Johnny Rae - (drums, timb)
• Armando Peraza (conga, bongo)

• Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on May 6, 1965

• B1. SUNSET BOULEVARD
• B2. HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY
• B3. DAVITO
• B4. PANTANO
• B5. LEYTE
• B6. HALF AND HALF
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• LP TWO:

• PERSONNEL, DATE & TRACKS ON SIDE C:

• Cal Tjader - (vibes)
• Lonnie Hewitt - (piano)
• Terry Hilliard - (bass)
• Johnny Rae - (drums, timb)
• Armando Peraza (conga, bongo)

• Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on May 13, 1965

• C1. ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
• C2. LOVE FOR SALE
• C3. REZA
• C4. MARAMOOR MAMBO

• PERSONNEL, DATE & TRACKS ON SIDE D:

• Cal Tjader - (vibes)
• Al Zulaica - (piano)
• Monk Montgomery - (bass)
• Carl Burnett - (drums, timb)
• Armando Peraza - (conga, bongo)

• Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on June 9, 1966

• D1. THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
• D2. BAGS' GROOVE
• D3. MORNING
• D4. MAMBO INN
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• LP THREE

• PERSONNEL, DATE & TRACKS ON SIDE E:

• Cal Tjader - (vibes)
• Al Zulaica - (piano)
• Monk Montgomery - (bass)
• Carl Burnett - (drums, timb)
• Armando Peraza - (conga, bongo)

• Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle. WA on June 16, 1966

• E1. ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
• E2. I CAN'T GET STARTED
• E3. SOUL BURST
• E4. CUBAN FANTASY

• PERSONNEL, DATE & TRACKS ON SIDE F:

• Cal Tjader - (vibes)
• Al Zulaica - (piano)
• Stan Gilbert - (bass)
• Carl Burnett - (drums, timb)
• Armando Peraza - (conga, bongo)

• F1. O MORRO NÃO TEM VEZ
• F2. FUJI
• F3. LUSH LIFE
• F4. ALONG COMES MARY