Latin Kick

by Cal Tjader

Latin Kick cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1957
  • Label: Fantasy
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:03
  • Community rating: 3.39/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Seamlessly blending the breezy sophistication of West Coast cool with the driving, syncopated rhythms of Afro-Cuban percussion, the vibraphonist crafts a highly infectious instrumental session. The meticulously arranged tracks feature stellar interplay with Brew Moore's tenor saxophone, avoiding chaotic percussion jams in favor of tight, melodic Latin swing. It remains a quintessential, highly accessible example of the mid-century mambo-jazz crossover.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, desert

Tracklist

  1. Invitation (4:16)
  2. Lover, Come Back To Me (3:45)
  3. September Song (3:03)
  4. Will You Still Be Mine (3:30)
  5. I Love Paris (5:55)
  6. Tropicville (3:16)
  7. Moonlight In Vermont (2:59)
  8. Bye Bye Blues (3:39)
  9. Manuel's Mambo (3:19)
  10. All The Things You Are (4:12)
  11. Blues From Havana (3:04)

Credits

  • Cal Tjader - primary artist, vibraphone [vibes], written-by
  • Arnold Roth - artwork
  • Carlos Duran - bass
  • Luis Miranda - congas
  • Manuel Duran - piano
  • Brew Moore - tenor saxophone
  • Bayardo Velarde - timbales
  • Kaper - written by

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