CAL TJADER: Vibraphonist and percussionist Cal Tjader was a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his death. Tjader primarily played the vibraphone. He was also accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. He worked with numerous musicians from several cultures. He is often linked to the development of Latin Rock and Acid Jazz. Although fusing jazz with Latin music is often categorized as Latin Jazz (or, earlier, Afro-Cuban Jazz), Tjaders output swung freely between both styles. Here he plays the Jazz standard Laura, a 1945 popular song composed by David Raksin, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer from the 1944 movie starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. It has since become a jazz standard with over four hundred known recordings. Mellow stuff. https://youtube/watch?v=zinL0JzMZzk
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 14:00:04 +0000
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