Cal Tjader

• Deluxe 2-CD SET

• TRIFOLD DIGIPACK EDITION

• PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED CAL TJADER MUSIC IN NEARLY 20 YEARS

• INCLUDES 28-PAGE BOOKLET

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.

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 The extensive booklet contains previously unpublished photos by Ray Avery and Fred Seligo.

TRACKS, DATES & PERSONNEL:

• CD ONE:

• 01. TAKE THE "A"TRAIN
• 02. IN YOUR OWN SWEET WAY
• 03. IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND
• 04. MORNING OF THE CARNIVAL (MANHA DE CARNAVAL)
• 05. INSIGHT

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

• Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on February 2, 1963
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• 06. SUNSET BOULEVARD
• 07. HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY
• 08. DAVITO
• 09. PANTANO
• 10. LEYTE
• 11. HALF AND HALF
• Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on May 6, 1965

• 12. ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
• 13. LOVE FOR SALE
• 14. REZA
• 15. MARAMOOR MAMBO
• Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on May 13, 1965

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

• 01. THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE
• 02. BAGS' GROOVE
• 03. MORNING
• 04. MAMBO INN
• Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on June 9, 1966

• 05. ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET
• 06. I CAN'T GET STARTED
• 07. SOUL BURST
• 08. CUBAN FANTASY
• Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on June 16, 1966

• Cal Tjader - (vibes)
• Al Zulaica - (piano)
• Monk Montgomery - (bass)
• Carl Burnett - (drums)
• Armando Peraza - (conga, bongo)
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• 09. O MORRO NÃO TEM VEZ
• 10. FUJI
• 11. LUSH LIFE
• 12. ALONG COMES MARY
• Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on June 8, 1967

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