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| Along Comes Cal - Cal Tjader - 1967 |
Label: Verve V6-8671 (USA)
Format: LP
From: USA
My rating: 7/10
Entered: 09/14/2002
Last updated: 01/19/2004
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Search on GEMM |  | This pleasant late 60s Latin Jazz album opens with the laid-back groove of 'Quando Quando Que Sera', and continues with an interesting and playful version of 'Round Midnight,' featuring Spanish lyrics. The first side continues with some familiar songs, including 'Yellow Days', 'Our day will come' (featuring some nice piano), and 'along comes mary'. The title track is very different from the Association's hit. While it's obviously the same song, much of Cal's version is taken up with a jam on the chorus melody.
The second side begins with 'Los Bandidos,' a very cool instrumental. It's long (at 7 minutes, much longer than most tracks I'm into) and jazzy with some great percussion. The album continues in a less poppy manner than the first side with 'Similau', 'Green peppers', and the percussive 'Samba do suenho'.
Overall, I like the album a lot. The arrangements are mostly by Chico O'Farrill, which had led me to expect things to be a bit more spikey and up-beat, but it's a great album anyway. | Cal Tjader recommendations at Musical Taste
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Morning
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| Links for Cal Tjader
http://www.caltjader.com/
A reasonably new site put together by the people behind Rudy's corner for Cal Tjader enthusiasts. All that's there right now is a short discography and a user forum, but the forum is quite active, making the site very useful.
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