Cal Tjader - Soul Sauce - Original 1965 Verve LP Release Rare Classic
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Soul Sauce Studio album by Cal Tjader Released 1965 Recorded November 19, 20 & 23, 1964Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ and A & R Studios, New York City Genre Jazz Length 57:54 Label Verve
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Soul Sauce is an album by Latin jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader recorded in late 1964 and released on the Verve label.
Reception
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllmusicThe Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4½ stars, stating: "Soul Sauce is one of the highlights from Tjader's catalog with its appealing mixture of mambo, samba, bolero, and boogaloo styles. Tjader's core band -- long-time piano player Lonnie Hewitt, drummer Johnny Rae and percussionist's Willie Bobo and Armanda PerazaÑ -- starts things off with a cooled down version of Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo's latin jazz classic "Guachi Guaro (Soul Sauce)". With the help of guitarist Kenny Burrell, trumpeter Donald Byrd, and tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath they offer up a lively version of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue." Sticking to his music's "Mambo Without a Migraine" reputation, though, Tjader's musicians keep things fairly calm, especially on Latinized ballads such as Billy May's "Somewhere In the Night" and on midtempo swingers like "Tanya." On Soul Sauce Tjader had perfected a middle ground between the brisk, collegiate mambo of his early Fantasy records and the mood-heavy sound of Asian themed albums like Breeze From the East. In the process, he dodged the "Latin lounge" label with an album full of smart arrangements, subtly provocative vibe solos, and intricate percussion backing."
Track listing
- "Soul Sauce (Guachi Guaro)" (Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo) - 2:24
- "Afro Blue" (Mongo Santamaría) - 4:27
- "Pantano" (Lonnie Hewitt) - 3:35
- "Somewhere in the Night" (Billy May, Milt Raskin) - 3:14
- "Maramoor Mambo" (Armando Peraza) - 4:00
- "Tanya" (Hewitt) - 5:28
- "Leyte" (Lonnie Hewitt, Cal Tjader) - 5:18
- "Spring Is Here" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:00
- "João" (Clare Fischer) - 4:50
- "Soul Sauce (Guachi Guaro)" [rough mix] (Gillespie, Pozo) - 2:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Monkey Beams" (Gary McFarland) - 5:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Ming" (Composer Unknown) - 8:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Mamblues" (Cal Tjader) - 3:49 Bonus track on CD reissue
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