Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri El Sonido Nuevo 1966 latin jazz stereo Australia EX
A$
40
$
27
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri El Sonido Nuevo 1966 latin jazz stereo Australian EX
Original Australian stereo pressing on red/yellow Verve
El Sonido Nuevo, is a smoker from the very first track, with intense hot salsa and cool jazz. For this session, Cal Tjader and bassist Bobby Rodriguez joined up with Palmieri and La Perfecta, to create a new unit with a new sound. The cd's opening track, "Los Jibaros " starts off with a chunkier than usual mambo theme, which Tjader spices up in his vibes solo set. He plays to the trombone section and quickly gets into a call and response dialogue with them. "Ritmo Uni" begins with the grooving bass of Bobby Rodriguez, who is then joined by the feverish rhythms of Palmieri's always cooking percussion and brass sections, all of which combine to create a hypnotic, funky, montuno vibe that perfectly underpins Tjader's superb solo. The song prematurely fades out after a scant three minutes. Thankfully, the producers allowed the tape to run on "Picadillo," a hard-driving 7-minute exploration of Tito Puente's mambo classic. Palmieri reaches deep inside his Nuyorican soul to unleash a long, climactic piano solo filled with echoes of McCoy Tyner, Thelonious Monk, and Bud Powell. The band moves in heated rhythm behind him, playing with just the right amount of restraint, heightening the intensity of Palmieri's inspired solo. Tjader is given just the push he needs to take his playing one step beyond, and trombonist Barry Rogers brings it all home with his wide open solo. "Modesty," the theme to the now forgotten film Modesty Blaise, is a kitchy throwback to the groovy days of the Mod `60s, when men dressed like Austin Powers and actually looked cool (if only for a minute). "Unidos" opens with a mean Palmieri solo played with a thick Cuban accent. George Castro glides across the uptempo beat, serving up some funky Latin flute. Tjader swings pleasantly enough on the album's most inappropriate selection, the Broadway standard "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever." A decent enough track in its own right, but it was somebody's bad call to put it on the album (don't blame the Latin soul brothers for that one,... QUE!!? ...It wasn't me man!!). But the best is saved for last, and all the stops are pulled on the album's title cut, "El Sonido Nuevo." Loosely structured and jamming, it is on this track that all of the talents of the assembled players came together, producing a blazing masterpiece of Latin-jazz improvisation.
Personnel
Cal Tjader - vibraphone
Eddie Palmieri - piano, arranger
Julian Priester, Jose Rodriguez, Mark Weinstein - trombone
Barry Rogers - trombone, congas
George Castro - flute, percussion
Bobby Rodriguez- bass
Tommy Lopez, Manny Oquendo - drums
Ismael Quintana - percussion
Tracklist:
Los Jibaros 2:40
Gaujira En Azul 3:20
Ritmo Uni 3:45
Picadillo 7:00
Modesty ("Modesty Blaise" Theme) 2:30
Unidos 4:35
On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) 1:50
El Sonido Nuevo 5:50
CONDITION:
SLEEVE: VG+ No significant wear, no damage; flipbacks whole & unlifted, small blacked-out name on front
RECORD: EX Plays beautifully
price rating
