Black Orchid

by Cal Tjader

Overview

This CD has all of the music originally on the two LPs Cal Tjader Goes Latin and The Cal Tjader Quintet. Since each album had two sessions apiece, the CD does a fine job of giving one a sampling of the influential vibraphonist's popular Latin jazz groups of the era. Among the key sideman are flutist Paul Horn; Jose "Chombo" Silva on tenor; pianists Lonnie Hewitt, Vince Guaraldi, and Manuel Duran; and Mongo Santamaria and Willie Bobo on percussion. The music (a mixture of Latinized standards and newer originals) is quite appealing, showing why this infectious blending of bop with Latin rhythms has always been one of the most accessible styles of jazz. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	03/21/1993
Label:	Fantasy
UPC:	0025218243025
Rank:	127409

Tracks

1. Mi China
2. Close Your Eyes
3. Mambo at the "M"
4. Contigo
5. Bonita
6. The Lady Is a Tramp
7. Black Orchid
8. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
9. I've Waited So Long
10. Out of Nowhere
11. Cuajira at the Blackhawk
12. I Want to Be Happy
13. The Nearness of You
14. Pete Kelly's Blues
15. A Minor Goof
16. Undecided
17. Philadelphia Mambo
18. Flamingo
19. Stompin' at the Savoy
20. Laura
21. Lullaby of Birdland

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cal Tjader   Primary Artist,Vibraphone
Bayardo Velarde   Primary Artist,Timbales,Featured Artist
Manuel Duran   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Piano,Featured Artist
Willie Bobo   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Drums,Timbales,Featured Artist
Jose "Chombo" Silva   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor),Featured Artist
Mongo Santamaria   Guest Artist,Congas,Featured Artist
Vince Guaraldi   Guest Artist,Piano,Featured Artist
Luis Kant   Congas,Featured Artist
Carlos Duran   Bass,Double Bass,Featured Artist
Al McKibbon   Bass,Double Bass,Featured Artist
Paul Horn   Flute,Featured Artist
Gene Wright   Double Bass
Eugene Wright   Bass,Featured Artist
Lonnie Hewitt   Piano,Featured Artist
Jose Silva   Sax (Tenor)
Luis Miranda   Congas,Featured Artist
Manuel "Manny" Duran   Piano

Technical Credits

Sammy Cahn   Composer
Edward Anderson   Composer
Luis Kant   Composer
Deb Sibony   Design
Pedro Lopez   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Jerry Lordan   Composer
Ray Heindorf   Composer
Ted Grouya   Composer
Sid Robin   Composer
Sydney Robin   Composer
Pedro Flores   Composer
Andy Razaf   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Chick Webb   Composer
Benny Goodman   Composer
Charlie Shavers   Composer
Edgar Sampson   Composer
John W. Green   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Lonnie Hewitt   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Mongo Santamaria   Composer
Tito Puente   Composer
Brew Moore   Composer
George Shearing   Composer
Cal Tjader   Composer
George David Weiss   Composer
Vincent Youmans   Composer
Hoagy Carmichael   Composer
Bernice Petkere   Composer
Irving Caesar   Composer
Edward Heyman   Composer
Edmund Anderson   Composer
E.Y. "Yip" Harburg   Composer
David Raksin   Composer
Johnny Green   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Phil DeLancie   Engineer