Cal Tjader - Catch the Groove. Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 (CD)

Producer Zev Feldman's new imprint, Jazz Detective, launches never before released Cal Tjader live sets recorded in the 1960s at the Penthouse Jazz Club in Seattle. This is the first official release of previously unissued live Cal Tjader music in nearly 20 years.

All of the performances heard on this set are previously unreleased. Legendary vibraphone player Tjader is heard with a variety of quintets, backed by pianists Clare Fischer, Lonnie Hewitt and Al Zulaica, bassists Fred Schreiber, Terry Hilliard, Monk Montgomery and Stan Gilbert, drummers Johnny Rae and Carl Burnett, and percussionists Bill Fitch and Armando Peraza.

Transferred from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman, Cal Tjader's Catch the Groove. Live At The Penthouse 1963-1967 is presented as a deluxe 2CD set and also a 180gram triple vinyl set. The package includes reflections by producer Zev Feldman and jazz writer Greg Casseus, as well as interviews with Poncho Sánchez, Eddie Palmieri, Joe Locke, Gary Burton, Carl Burnett, and Brent Fischer, and a statement by Tjader's son and daughter Rob and Liz Tjader. The extensive booklet contains previously unpublished photos by Ray Avery and Fred Seligo.

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Tracklist:

CD 1:
1. Take the 'A' Train
2. In Your Own Sweet Way
3. It Never Entered My Mind
4. Morning of the Carnival (Manha De Carnaval)
5. Insight
6. Sunset Boulevard
7. Here's That Rainy Day
8. Davito
9. Pantano
10. Leyte
11. Half and Half
12. On Green Dolphin Street

CD 2:
1. The Shadow of Your Smile
2. Bags Groove
3. Morning
4. Mambo Inn
5. On Green Dolphin Street
6. I Can't Get Started
7. Soul Burst
8. Cuban Fantasy
9. O Morro Nao Tem Vez
10. Fuji
11. Lush Life
12. Along Comes Mary