CAL TJADER 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Catch The Groove: Live At The Penthouse 1963-67 does what it says on the tin; with all of the performances heard on this set having previously unreleased, Latin jazz vibraphone legend Cal Tjader is heard with a variety of quintets at the seminal Pacific Northwest venue; he's heard 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. Part of a new series homing in on live jazz greats by record producer and "Jazz Detective" Zev Feldman, Tjader more than fits into this retrospective effort, with Feldman himself noting the bittersweet diminution of Tjader's popularity in the present era, despite commanding reams of attention from a massive audience while he was alive. All's well that ends well, then: this one comes as both a deluxe LP and CD edition for new-heads and completists alike.

Review: Vibraphone legend Cal Tjader could fuse a wide range of sound and styles into his own sounds. He is said to have been a big influence on the Latin rock sound as a whole, as well as specifically the legendary Carlos Santana. His skills are laid bare on Solar Heat, an album that stirs up excite, funk, tropical sounds, Latin and jazz into a suer warm and sunny collection of upbeat, life-affirming tunes. It is a set from 1968 tat is seriously catchy and it comes on virgin vinyl with original artwork.