Cal Tjader & Stan Getz SACD

Ricardo

What a pleasant surprise when I played this today.

I ordered a few SACD's from Concord (Thanks Danny! http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92703) and included this one to get to the minimum for free shipping.

Never heard of Cal Tjader, but I'm a fan of Getz and have a lot of his work. So when I saw it I thought what the heck, let's give it a try.

This is a very nice recording if you like vibes. Originally recorded in 1958 so the channel separation is very obvious (hardly anything comes from the center stage), but sounds really good and the witdh is amazing.

And for $12 even better.

Some great musicians playing:

Stan Getz - tenor saxophone
Cal Tjader - vibes
Vince Guaraldi - piano
Eddie Duran - guitar
Scott LaFaro - bass
Billy Higgins - drums

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beardog03

I love Cal Tjader !

My Dad played the vibes, so I grew up listening to this music.

I also met Cal in a club in San Francisco...my Pop`s introduced me...what a night that was !!

This was many years ago, of course !

polkatese

Vibes is one of the best instrument in my ear, Ricardo, check out Modern Jazz Quarter (MJQ) if you like Vibes...

Ricardo

polkatese wrote: »

Vibes is one of the best instrument in my ear, Ricardo, check out Modern Jazz Quarter (MJQ) if you like Vibes...

Thanks for the recommendation. I went ahead and got the "Complete MJQ Prestige & Pablo Recordings". Very nice!!

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Modern-Quartet-Prestige-Recordings/dp/B0000DIJPJ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1262278704&sr=8-3

hearingimpared

Nice grab Ric! +1 on the vibes.