Monterey Concerts

• Artist: Cal Tjader
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• Release Date: April 20, 1959
• Total Time: 123:51
• Type: Live, Instrumental
• Genre: Jazz

Review

This CD (which reissues all of the music from the two LPs Concert by the Sea and Vol. 2) is the definitive early Cal Tjader album and one of the high points of his career. For a Carmel concert that was considered a preview concert for the 1959 Monterey Jazz Festival, Tjader was teamed up with flutist and altoist Paul Horn, pianist Lonnie Hewitt, bassist Al McKibbon, Willie Bobo (on drums and timbales), and percussionist Mongo Santamaria. Their renditions of Latinized jazz tunes along with a few Latin originals practically define the idiom. Highlights include "Doxy," one of the earliest versions of Santamaria's "Afro Blue" (predating John Coltrane's famous rendition by four years), "Love Me or Leave Me," and "A Night in Tunisia." Essential music for everyone's Latin jazz collection. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Doxy	Sonny Rollins	Cal Tjader	(8:47)
Afro Blue	Mongo Santamaría, John Coltrane	Cal Tjader	(6:32)
Laura	Johnny Mercer, David Raksin	Cal Tjader	(5:19)
Walkin' With Wally	Lonnie Hewitt	Cal Tjader	(10:04)
We'll Be Together Again	Frankie Laine, Carl Fischer	Cal Tjader	(5:10)
'Round Midnight	Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams	Cal Tjader	(6:11)
Love Me or Leave Me	Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson	Cal Tjader	(5:55)
Tu Crees Que?	Mongo Santamaría	Cal Tjader	(5:26)
S.S. Groove	John Mosher	Cal Tjader	(5:17)
A Night in Tunisia	Frank Paparelli, Dizzy Gillespie	Cal Tjader	(6:53)
Bess, You Is My Woman Now	George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin	Cal Tjader	(4:09)
Lover, Come Back to Me	Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg	Cal Tjader	(3:12)
Tumbao	Cal Tjader, Rubén González	Cal Tjader	(4:56)

Credits

Lonnie Hewitt (?), Philip Elwood (Liner Notes), Paul Horn (?), Mongo Santamaría (Conga), Al McKibbon (?), Willie Bobo (Timbales), Paul Horn (Flute), Al McKibbon (Bass (Upright)), Mongo Santamaría (Percussion), Al McKibbon (Bass), Lonnie Hewitt (Piano), Joe Tarantino (Mastering), Mongo Santamaría (Bongos), Mongo Santamaría (?), Tony Lane (Photography), Tony Lane (Art Direction), Lonnie Hewitt (Drums), Cal Tjader (Vibraphone), Willie Bobo (Drums)