After writing a piece profiling a 10-inch record, my interest in the other 10-inchers in my collection grew. Those clunky relics of the early 1950's are actually pretty neat. Especially when they come in crazy colors, like this album! The Music Tune: "Chopsticks Mambo" Recorded: November 1951 in California Personnel: Cal Tjader- Bongos Vince Guaraldi- [...]
Back to vinyl, back to records. This post is a nod to Dave Brubeck. Specifically, it's a post in honor of Dave Brubeck, who passed away five years ago on December 5th, 2012. He was 91, a day shy of his 92nd birthday. To celebrate (and reflect), I wanted to profile an Brubeck album of [...]
Continuing with my habit of profiling Brubeck albums that are less-known, here's another rather obscure album that Brubeck appeared on. Literally. The Music Tune: One For The Kids Recorded: May and June 1960 Personnel: Bill Smith- Clarinet Dave Brubeck- Piano Eugene Wright- Bass Joe Morello- Drums If Paul Desmond isn't on hand, and another horn [...]
I've been busy. So busy that I missed Cal Tjader's birthday, a wrong that is being writed (the pun makes up for the not good grammar) now. Cal was born 16 July, 1925, which woulda made him 92 this year. So here's to Cal Tjader! The Music Tune: Mambo Inn Tune: Bernie's Tune Personnel: Cal [...]
After much traveling, both planned and unplanned, I am back! While I did obtain quite a lot of 'new' records during my travels, here's a favorite of mine that I got by traveling to the local record store in my own neck of the woods. The Music Tune: Samba de Orpheus Tune: Manha de Carnival [...]
In addition to being infatuated with Latin music, Cal Tjader was a tasty straight-ahead jazz musician and one of the more famous jazz musicians to come from the West Coast. A native of San Francisco, Cal's group was a frequent denizen of the jazz clubs in the Bay Area, and called one club in particular [...]
Most people probably wouldn't recognize the name Vince Guaraldi, but most people would immediately recognize his music that ran as the soundtrack to numerous Charlie Brown 'Peanuts' television specials. From the classic Charlie Brown theme 'Linus and Lucy' to the Christmas standard 'Christmastime Is Here', Vince's music is loved by many, even if they don't [...]
The Music Lullaby of Birdland // Cal Tjader Quintet. Recorded 1956 Minor Goof // Cal Tjader Quintet. Recorded 1956 Cal Tjader - Vibraphone Manuel Duran - Piano Carlos Duran - Bass Luis Miranda - Conga Drums Bayardo Velarde - Timbales Ah, Cal Tjader. My favorite vibraphone player and a fellow Californian. A drummer-turned-vibraphone player, Callen [...]
It's A Raggy Waltz 