Cal Tjader: Colorado Waltz
Musicians:
Cal Tjader (vibes),
Joe Kloess (piano), Paul Warburton (bass), Michael Buono (drums), Armando Peraza (conga)
.Composed by Cal Tjader
.Recorded: Burbank, CA, 1968
Rating: 86/100 (learn more)
Touring the U.S. in 1882 to lecture on Aestheticism, a dandified Oscar Wilde ("I have nothing to declare," he assured a customs inspector, "except my genius") was ridiculed by snooty San Franciscans but caused an absolute sensation amongst the silver-mining ruffians of Leadville, Colorado. Eighty-six years later, Cal Tjader continues this ill-advised tradition of aesthetic arbitrage between Bay Area and Rocky Mountains. To a state with one of the U.S.'s highest proportions of Hispanics, Tjader dedicates a waltz—a form forged in that crucible of Spanish culture, 18th-century Vienna. An attractive piece, a lilting performance, but like Oscar Wilde, it's Coloradan by adoption only.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Tags: jazz waltz
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