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The best single-disc overview of Cal Tjader's Verve years, this collection actually makes the vibraphonist's time spent at the label seem more rewarding than it actually was. While with Fantasy Records, Tjader usually spent his time cutting tough Latin jazz albums or releasing superb small-group, bop-tinged cool jazz sessions. But under the guidance of Creed Taylor, most of Tjader's Verve sessions put a smooth gloss on his Latin style and almost completely ignored his very real talents for mainstream small-group jazz. That doesn't mean that his Verve years weren't full of excellent music, because they were; it's just that he recorded less group music for Verve, so it's great to see that so much fine music shows up here. Every track's a winner, but the CD features such highlights as Tjader's surprise pop hit "Soul Sauce," a beautiful ballad reading of "The Way You Look Tonight," the amazingly frenetic big band recording of the Horace Silver tune "Tokyo Blues," and a hip-shaking version of "Moanin'" that has Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter sitting in. Judging by this collection alone, you'd think Tjader's Verve period was the perfect marriage of high-quality jazz and mainstream commercial instincts. If only "selling out" always sounded this good. Maybe there's more to Cal Tjader's Verve sessions than there appeared to be at the time.
© Nick Dedina /TiVo
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Dizzy Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Willie Bobo, Percussion, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Cal Tjader, MainArtist - Johnny Rae, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lonnie Hewitt, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Chano Pozo Gonzales, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer - John Hilliard, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cal Tjader, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1966 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cal Tjader, MainArtist - Nobuyuki Takeoka, Author - Sil Sedores, Composer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1963 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Armando Peraza, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Davis, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cal Tjader, MainArtist - Paul Laurence Griffin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - George S. Pomeroy, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer - Meade Minningerode, ComposerLyricist - Ted B. Galloway, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cal Tjader, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1961 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Armando Peraza, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Luciano "Chano" Pozo, ComposerLyricist - Walter Gilbert Fuller, ComposerLyricist - Cal Tjader, MainArtist - Johnny Rae, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lonnie Hewitt, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer - Terry Hilliard, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1965 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jerome Kern, ComposerLyricist - Dorothy Fields, ComposerLyricist - Cal Tjader, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1964 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Armando Peraza, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Davis, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Grady Tate, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cal Tjader, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Paul Laurence Griffin, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1965 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Horace Silver, ComposerLyricist - Cal Tjader, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1963 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cal Tjader, MainArtist - Ray Rivera, ComposerLyricist - Vin Roddie, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1966 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cal Tjader, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1967 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lalo Schifrin, ComposerLyricist - Cal Tjader, MainArtist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1963 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cal Tjader, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Creed Taylor, Producer
℗ 1963 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cal Tjader, Vibraphone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Bryant, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Val Valentine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Cal Tjader, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1968 Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bobby Timmons, ComposerLyricist - Cal Tjader, MainArtist
℗ 1968 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The best single-disc overview of Cal Tjader's Verve years, this collection actually makes the vibraphonist's time spent at the label seem more rewarding than it actually was. While with Fantasy Records, Tjader usually spent his time cutting tough Latin jazz albums or releasing superb small-group, bop-tinged cool jazz sessions. But under the guidance of Creed Taylor, most of Tjader's Verve sessions put a smooth gloss on his Latin style and almost completely ignored his very real talents for mainstream small-group jazz. That doesn't mean that his Verve years weren't full of excellent music, because they were; it's just that he recorded less group music for Verve, so it's great to see that so much fine music shows up here. Every track's a winner, but the CD features such highlights as Tjader's surprise pop hit "Soul Sauce," a beautiful ballad reading of "The Way You Look Tonight," the amazingly frenetic big band recording of the Horace Silver tune "Tokyo Blues," and a hip-shaking version of "Moanin'" that has Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter sitting in. Judging by this collection alone, you'd think Tjader's Verve period was the perfect marriage of high-quality jazz and mainstream commercial instincts. If only "selling out" always sounded this good. Maybe there's more to Cal Tjader's Verve sessions than there appeared to be at the time.
© Nick Dedina /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:04
- Main artists: Cal Tjader
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve
- Genre: Jazz
© 1994 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1994 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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