TJADER-IZED: A CAL TJADER TRIBUTE

TJADER-IZED: A CAL TJADER TRIBUTE

Dave Samuels – Tjader-ized: A Cal Tjader Tribute

The virtuoso vibraphonist Cal Tjader, who died in 1982, is honored on "Tjader-ized" by vibraphonist Dave Samuels, who can also be heard on marimba. It turned out to be a beautiful CD, on which giants from Latin jazz such as Dave Valentin (flute), Ray Barretto and Marc Quiñones (both percussion), David Sanchez (tenor saxophone) and Eddie Palmieri (piano), among others, contributed. Two pieces by Cal Tjader have been recorded: "Viva cepeda" and "Triste". The song "Resemblance" comes from the 1977 album "Palmieri & Tjader". "Tjader-ized" also features new compositions, such as the title track written by Palmieri and Duo plus four written by Samuels and Palmieri. The influence of Tjader is clearly present in all eleven songs on this CD. The arrangements of existing songs like "Bachi" (Clare Fischer) and "Soul dance" (Dizzy Gillespie / Chano Pozo) are very nice. Fine contemporary Latin jazz with Cal Tjader as a starting point! And Dave Samuels, best known for his work with Spyro Gyra, clearly shows on this CD why he can be counted among the best vibraphonists of our time.

Dave Samuels

1998

CD

English

Jazz

JAZ.SAM

USA