Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing his highly successful exploration of pan-American rhythms, Cal Tjader utilizes his cool jazz vibraphone technique to interpret the emerging sounds of Bossa Nova alongside Mexican folk forms. The arrangements strike a delicate balance between authentic rhythmic syncopation and the slick, accessible gloss of West Coast easy listening. The album helped significantly popularize Latin jazz idioms among mainstream American audiences.