Cal Tjader - Catch the Groove: Live at the Penthouse 1963-1967 / 2CD set

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 The extensive booklet contains previously unpublished photos by Ray Avery and Fred Seligo.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

CD 1

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)

6. Sunset Boulevard

7. Here's That Rainy Day
8. Davito
9. Pantano
10. Leyte
11. 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)

12. On Green Dolphin Street
13. Love For Sale
14. Reza
15. 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)

CD 2

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)

5. On Green Dolphin Street
6. I Can't Get Started
7. Soul Burst
8. 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)

9. O Morro Não Tem Vez
10. Fuji
11. Lush Life
12. 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)