Jazz / Cool; Latin Jazz; Post-Bop; Afro-Cuban Jazz
Recorded:
* November 25-26, 1963; New York
* May 24-26, 1966 and March 28-29, 1967, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
* Track 11: January 1967, live at El Matador Club, San Francisco, California
Cal Tjader - vibraphone, percussion
Eddie Palmieri - arranger, piano
Stan Applebaum - arranger, cello
Claus Ogerman - arranger
Barry Rogers - trombone, conga
Julian Priester
Jose Rodriguez
Mark Weinstein - trombones
George Castro - flute, percussion
Jerry Dodgion - flute
Lonnie Hewitt
Al Zulaica - piano
Dick Hymann - organ
Bobby Rodriguez
George Duvivier
Stan Gilbert - bass
Tommy Lopez
Manny Oquendo
Carl Burnett - drums
Ray Baretto - conga
Ismael Quintanna - percussion
Cal Tjader's 1966 collaboration with Eddie Palmieri on el sonido nuevo was a landmark in the history of Latin jazz. Of course, jazz and Latin musicians had joined forces before (Charlie Parker with Machito and Dizzy Gillespie with Chano Pozo, to cite two pioneering examples), but the meeting of Tjader and Palmieri produced what was truly a new sound - the new sound, el sonido nuevo - blending cool jazz and a hot Latin sound in a way that had never been done before. Newly remastered and issued here for the first time on CD - including six bonus tracks from other Tjader sessions.
* Tracks 9-14 are bonus tracks that did not appear on the original LP, el sonido nuevo.
Includes liner notes by Larry Birnbaum. |
