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Cal Tjader: America (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 08, 09

Immigrants have been coming to America's shores for a millennium, and some witty reflections on that fact can be foun...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MUSICAL AMERICANA

         Jazz Americana, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Shortly ...

Cal Tjader: Prologue / The Jet Song (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music February 08, 09

Prologues of musicals serve two main purposes: to introduce the major tunes and themes of the score, and to allow for...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: WEST SIDE STORY

Scads of Broadway show tunes have become jazz standards, but probably no single musical proved more popular with...

Cal Tjader: Colorado Waltz (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music November 19, 07

Touring the U.S. in 1882 to lecture on Aestheticism, a dandified Oscar Wilde ("I have nothing to declare," he assured...

Cal Tjader: Invitation (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 22, 07

Born in St. Louis of Swedish stock, Cal Tjader was to Latin jazz what New York pianist Martin Denny was to the South ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: JAZZ EXOTICA

Exotica is armchair tourism. We experience foreign strangeness without the hassles of leaving home. No passports, imm...

Cal Tjader: When Lights Are Low (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music May 13, 09

Cal Tjader recorded prolifically for Berkeley's Fantasy label, but his last project is my favorite. Released as Brea...

Cal Tjader: Soul Sauce (Guachi Guaro) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Quite possibly the most famous non-Latino Latin jazz musician, vibraphonist Cal Tjader recorded a very popular remake...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE LATIN JAZZ CLASSICS

         Percussionist,  artwork by Suzanne Cerny Editor's n...

Cal Tjader: Maramoor Mambo (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 03, 08

Cal Tjader fell in love with Latin music early in his career, and from 1954 to his death in 1982 primarily led Latin ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: GREAT VIBES

Vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, in the notes to his 1989 Overview release, made the following observations about his in...

Dave Brubeck Octet: Curtain Music (Closing Theme) (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 12, 09

This signature theme from the Dave Brubeck Octet—a short snippet from 1946—predates the Miles Davis Birth of the Cool...

A History of Cool Jazz in 100 Tracks (Part 2) posted in Features and Interviews May 16, 09

Edited by Ted Gioia We continue with our history of cool jazz in 100 tracks. Below we present the final fifty r...

Levine, Mark posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Levine, Mark, pianist, educator, composer, author; b. Concord, NH, 4 October 1938. He grew up in Concord and went to ...

A Classic Revisited posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 12, 07

A Classic Revisited was a regular feature at jazz.com from December 2007 through October 2009. Five days per week, ...

LaFaro, Scott (Rocco) posted in Encyclopedia September 21, 08

Scott LaFaro helped bring the bass out of the rhythm section's mix to make it an independent melodic instrument. In a...

Martin, Mel (Melvyn Kenneth) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Martin, Mel (Melvyn Kenneth), soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, flute, piccolo and alto flute, clari...

Fischer, Clare (Douglas) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Fischer, Clare (Douglas), composer, pianist, educator; b. Durand, MI, 22 October 22 1928. His parents are Luella Blan...

Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: August 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages September 01, 09

Twenty-somethings on a jazz mission They want to build the jazz audience with money borrowed from mom. Re...

Tom (Thomas Albert) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07

Tom (Thomas Albert), tenor saxophone; b. San Francisco, CA, 20 July 1926. His father, Milton Joseph Hart (1895-1972),...

Caribbean Jazz Project (with Dave Samuels): Soul Sauce (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music March 25, 08

This is a song with a history. Cal Tjader had a huge hit with "Soul Sauce" in 1965. But he borrowed the song - well...

The United States of Jazz posted in Features and Interviews April 06, 08

by Alan Kurtz When, in the course of musical events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the bands...

McFarland, Gary posted in Encyclopedia August 21, 08

Composer, arranger and vibes player Gary McFarland earned comparisons to Duke Ellington and Benny Carter, although he...

101—Count 'Em!—Classic Tracks posted in The Jazz.com Blog August 20, 09

I give you some credit. Every day you take your vitamins, go to the gym for a workout, take the dog for a walk, ...

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