Word: tjader
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...Orbit In is pretty close to Modernist heaven. As you sip your complimentary Orbitini, listen to Mambo with Tjader on the poolside stereo and watch the sun slip behind the mountains, it's easy to forget that much of Palm Springs' architectural heritage is still at risk. Despite victories like the saving of Frey's Fire House No. 1, new threats arise every day. Tramway Gas--the building that started the preservation movement in Palm Springs and most recently housed a gallery--abruptly closed its doors last month and has been sold. Although it has the protection of historic-site...
...SONIDO NUEVO (Verve) is not a new sound at all but old-fashioned Latin dance music played by Vibraphonist Cal Tjader (Soul Sauce), along with half a dozen softspoken, hypnotic percussionists and a trio of growling, pulsating trombonists. What lifts the album to the top groove is the piano of Eddie Palmieri, whose syncopated rhythmic sallies are a quiet contrast to Tjader's smoothly bubbling vibes...
SOUL SAUCE (Verve) features the brittle tracery of Cal Tjader's vibes and some Cuban percussion. Tjader plays in Latin dance halls, and his combo maintains a steady, inesthetic drive in pieces like Afro-Blue, Tanya and Joao...
...Charles Street, Boston, lovely Ingrid serves coffee in front of a cheery hearth and the sounds of Cal Tjader fill the room. Here you are treated as a guest as well as a customer who now can take advantage of a gigantic clearance sale on ski sweaters, stretch pants and equipment...
...George Wein. White Pianist Paul Winter, 22, who has three Negroes in his sextet, agrees: "We're right in the middle of a Crow Jim period. Out in Chicago they told us, 'Don't go to New York-you're ofay.' "* Echoes Drummer Cal Tjader: "I don't think I'd very much like to be a white boy just starting out in New York...