Cal Tjader - Catch The Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963 - 1967

BLACK FRIDAY RSD SPECIAL EDITION AVAILABLE ON NOVEMBER 24TH, 2023

LIMITED EDITION OF 2500 COPIES

LIMITED 3 LP GATEFOLD EDITION

THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED LIVE CAL TJADER MUSIC IN NEARLY 20 YEARS!

CD VERSION AVAILABLE ON DECEMBER 1ST

Transferred from the original tapes, reels, and mastered for vinyl by Bernie Grundman, Cal Tjader: Catch The Groove - Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 is presented as a 180-gram vinyl limited edition.

The deluxe package includes reflections by producer Zev Feldman and Brent Fischer (son of pianist Clare Fischer), liner notes by DJ and music journalist Greg Casseus, as well as interviews with Poncho Sánchez, Eddie Palmieri, Joe Locke, Gary Burton, Carl Burnett, and a statement by Tjader's son and daughter Rob and Liz Tjader. The extensive booklet contains previously unpublished photos by Ray Avery and Fred Seligo.

All of the performances heard on this set are previously unreleased. Vibraphone legend Cal Tjader is heard with a variety of quintets, backed by pianists Clare Fischer, Lonnie Hewitt and Al Zulaica, bassists Fred Schreiber, Terry Hilliard, Monk Montgomery and Stan Gilbert, drummers Johnny Rae and Carl Burnett, and percussionists Bill Fitch and Armando Peraza.

Tracklist

SIDE A 

1. Take The "A" Train 

2. In Your Own Sweet Way  

3. It Never Entered My Mind 

4. Morning of the Carnival (Manha De Carnaval) 

5. INSIGHT 

Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on February 2, 1963 Cal Tjader (vil), Clare Fischer (p), Fred Schreiber (b), Johnny Rae (dr, timb), Bill Fitch (cga, perc)

SIDE B

1. Sunset Boulevard 

2. Here's That Rainy Day 

3. Davito 

4. Pantano

5. Leyte  

6. Half and Half 

Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on May 6, 1965, Cal Tjader (vib), Lonnie Hewitt (p), Terry Hilliard (b), Johnny Rae (dr, timb), Armando Peraza (cga, bgo)

SIDE C:

1. On Green Dolphin Street  

2. Love for Sale 

3. Reza 

4. Maramoor Mambo 

Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on May 13, 1965 Cal Tjader (vib), Lonnie Hewitt (p), Terry Hilliard (b), Johnny Rae (dr, timb), Armando Peraza (cga, bgo)

SIDE D:

1. The Shadow Of Your Smile 

2. BagS' Groove 

3. Morning 

4. Mambo Inn 

Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on June 9, 1966, Cal Tiader (vib), Al Zulaica (p), Monk Montgomery (b), Carl Burnett (dr, timb), Armando Peraza (cga, bgo)

SIDE E:

1. On Green Dolphin Street 

2. I Can't Get Started 

3. Soul Burst 

4. Cuban Fantasy 

Recorded at the Penthouse Jazz Club in Seattle. WA on June 16, 1966, Cal Tjader (vib), Al Zulaica (p), Monk Montgomery (b), Carl Burnett (dr, timb),  Armando Peraza (cga, bgo)

SIDE F:

1. O Morro Não Tem Vez 

2. Fuji 

3. Lush Life

4. Along Comes Mary

Recorded at the Penthouse jazz club in Seattle, WA on June 8, 1967, Cal Tjader (vib), Al Zulaica (p), Stan Gilbert (b), Carl Burnett (dr, timb), Armando Peraza (cga, bgo)

Release Date: November 24th, 2023