Cal Tjader - Cal Tjader Quartet (1997) 320 kbps

Tracklist

01. Battle Hymn Of The Republic (3:21)
02. It Never Entered My Mind (3:41)
03. A Light Groove (5:16)
04. The Night We Called It A Day (3:10)
05. Fancy Bea (3:45)
06. A Fifth For Frank (4:54)
07. For All We Know (4:48)
08. Miss Wiggins (6:01)
09. Our Love Is Here To Stay (5:27)

personnel :

Cal Tjader - vib
Gerald Wiggins - p
Gene Wright - b
Bill Douglass - d

Vibraphonist Cal Tjader took a brief vacation from playing Afro-Cuban jazz to record this fine straight-ahead bop set. The 1956 LP matches Tjader with the underrated but always swinging pianist Gerald Wiggins, bassist Eugene Wright (shortly before he joined the Dave Brubeck Quartet), and drummer Bill Douglass. They perform four basic originals (two apiece by Wiggins and Wright) and five standards, including a swinging "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "Our Love Is Here to Stay." On this date, more than almost any other one, Tjader displays his debt to Milt Jackson's style.~Scott Yanow