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Black Orchid
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Track Listing
- Mi China
- Close Your Eyes
- Mambo at the "M"
- Contigo
- Bonita
- Lady Is a Tramp
- Black Orchid
- Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
- I've Waited So Long
- Out of Nowhere
- Cuajira at the Blackhawk
- I Want to Be Happy
- Nearness of You
- Pete Kelly's Blues
- Minor Goof
- Undecided
- Philadelphia Mambo
- Flamingo
- Stompin' at the Savoy
- Laura
- Lullaby of Birdland
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #37393 in Music
- Released on: 1993-03-21
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .21 pounds
Customer Reviews
Smooth and sophisticated
This is one of the best Cal Tjader CDs. The first part in stereo from 1959 is my favorite Tjader album. The quiet pieces have that cool breeze effect on your mood. This is small group jazz at its most intimate. Its a smooth, gorgeous sound they make that will make you feel you're right there at your most relaxed.
Absolutely gorgeous!
To be fair, and truthful really, you pick any of Tjader's Fantasy releases from the 50's and early 60's and you cannot go wrong. Even his early releases like "Plays Mambo" are absolutely stellar. But after he stole away the team of Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria from Tito Puente, and he obtained Cuban tenor man Jose "Chombo" Silva, he started producing some real absolute gems. This is one of them. Right there with "Blackhawk Nights," "Latin Concert" and even "Ritmos Calientes" this is Tjader at his finest, doing what he did best. It never, and I mean, NEVER, fails to please anyone I play it for, and has even silenced many who might otherwise accuse Tjader for being another gringo trying to rip off what Fania so aptly called, "our Latin thing." But, he solidly proved to anyone who doubts, he has what it takes and, since I mentioned Puente, even Puente was envious of what Tjader could do on the vibes and what he could lay down with his group. When he got Bobo and Mongo from Puente, fughettaboutit.
Get this, get this, get this. You'll kick yourself for waiting this long.
Cal Tjader Black Orchid
This cd is from the 60's...listening to it again has brought back many cherised memories.
