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Cal Tjader: Catch The Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967

By Stefano Merighi
February 5, 2025
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Cal Tjader: Catch The Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967

Ancora registrazioni inedite dal Penthouse di Seattle, ancora un impeccabile documento editoriale a cura di Zev Feldman, che recupera smaglianti esibizioni del vibrafonista

Cal Tjader

vibraphone
1925 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Cal Tjader, datate 1963-1967.

Tjader �� figura anomala del panorama jazzistico, scomparso anzitempo nei primi anni '80, testimone di una rara versatilit�� stilistica, considerato un caposaldo da maestri come

Terry Gibbs

vibraphone
b.1924

" data-original-title="" title="">Terry Gibbs e

Gary Burton

vibraphone
b.1943

" data-original-title="" title="">Gary Burton (le loro note sono parte del consueto elegante libretto interno).

Oltre ad avere buona padronanza del linguaggio swing e bop, Tjader aveva spopolato come interprete di latin-jazz, pur non avendo il relativo background (americano di origine svedese). Eppure anche un gigante come

Eddie Palmieri

piano
1936 - 2025

" data-original-title="" title="">Eddie Palmieri indica Tjader tra gli apripista di questo connubio che in campo afroamericano aveva avuto come campione

Dizzy Gillespie

trumpet
1917 - 1993

" data-original-title="" title="">Dizzy Gillespie.

Se non vi garba il latin, potete dunque saltare. In caso contrario, godimento assicurato, con un repertorio che si destreggia tra standards come "Take the "A" Train," "Lush Life," "I Can't Get Started," perle di jazz-bossa e fragranti mambo cubani tra cui "Mambo Inn" di

Mario Bauza

trumpet
1911 - 1993

" data-original-title="" title="">Mario Bauza.

Le formazioni sono varie e se quella del '63 con

Clare Fischer

piano
1928 - 2012

" data-original-title="" title="">Clare Fischer al piano �� quella pi�� ricordata, sembra migliore in realt�� quella del '65 con

Lonnie Hewitt

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Lonnie Hewitt al piano,

Terry Hilliard

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Terry Hilliard al basso,

Johnny Rae

drums
b.1934

" data-original-title="" title="">Johnny Rae a batteria e percussioni e

Armando Peraza

congas
b.1924

" data-original-title="" title="">Armando Peraza a congas e bongos. Peraza far�� poi carriera luminosa, fino ai fasti della Santana Band.

Tjader �� strumentista sorvegliato, elegante, mai eccedente; stimato bandleader, intelligente arrangiatore. Tra i ventisette brani del doppio CD svettano "Manha de Carnaval" di Jobim-Bonfa, "Pantano," "Maramoor Mambo" di Peraza, "Fuji," firmata dal leader.

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Track Listing

CD 1:
Take the ��A�� Train; In Your Own Sweet Way; It Never Entered My Mind; Morning of the Carnival (Manha de Carnaval); Insight; Sunset Boulevard; Here��s That Rainy Day; Davito; Pantano; Leyte; Half and Half; On Green Dolphin Street; Love for Sale; Reza; Maramoor Mambo.
CD 2:
The Shadow of Your Smile; Bags�� Groove; Morning; Mambo Inn; On Green Dolphin Street; I Can��t Get Started; Soul Burst; Cuban Fantasy; O Morro N?o Tem Vez; Fuji; Lush Life; Along Comes Mary.

Personnel

Cal Tjader

vibraphone

Clare Fischer

piano

Lonnie Hewitt

piano

Al Zulaica

piano

Fred Schreiber

bass, acoustic

Terry Hilliard

bass, acoustic

Monk Montgomery

bass

Stan Gilbert

bass, acoustic

Johnny Rae

drums

Carl Burnett

drums

Bill Fitch

percussion

Armando Peraza

congas

Album information

Title: Catch The Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 | Year Released: 2023 | Record Label: Jazz Detective

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