Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce

Styles: Vibraphone Jazz
Year: 1964
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:30
Size: 134,7 MB
Art: Front

(2:27)  1. Soul Sauce (Guachi Guaro)
(4:30)  2. Afro-Blue
(3:38)  3. Pantano
(3:16)  4. Somewhere in the Night
(4:03)  5. Maramoor Mambo
(5:30)  6. Tanya
(5:21)  7. Leyte
(4:03)  8. Spring Is Here
(4:52)  9. João
(2:32) 10. Soul Sauce (Rough Mix)
(5:42) 11. Monkey Beams
(8:42) 12. Ming
(3:48) 13. Mamblues

Soul Sauce is one of the highlights from Tjader's catalog with its appealing mixture of mambo, samba, bolero, and boogaloo styles. Tjader's core band  long-time piano player Lonnie Hewitt, drummer Johnny Rae and percussionist's Willie Bobo and Armanda PerazaÑ starts things off with a cooled down version of Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo's latin jazz classic "Guachi Guaro (Soul Sauce)". With the help of guitarist Kenny Burrell, trumpeter Donald Byrd, and tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath they offer up a lively version of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue." Sticking to his music's "Mambo Without a Migraine" reputation, though, Tjader's musicians keep things fairly calm, especially on Latinized ballads such as Billy May's "Somewhere In the Night" and on midtempo swingers like "Tanya." On Soul Sauce Tjader had perfected a middle ground between the brisk, collegiate mambo of his early Fantasy records and the mood-heavy sound of Asian themed albums like Breeze From the East. In the process, he dodged the "Latin lounge" label with an album full of smart arrangements, subtly provocative vibe solos, and intricate percussion backing. ~ Stephen Cook http://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-sauce-mw0000319658

Personnel: Cal Tjader (vibraphone); Willie Bobo (vocals, percussion); June Magruder (vocals); Kenny Burrell (guitar); Jimmy Heath (tenor saxophone); Donald Byrd (trumpet); Lonnie Hewitt (piano); Bob Bushnell (electric bass, bongos); Grady Tate, Johnny Rae (drums); Alfredito Valdez, Jr., Alberto Valdés, Armando Peraza (percussion).

Soul Sauce

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