Cal Tjader Quartet Jazz At The Blackhawk (1957) Part 1 ( Full Album)

Track List: 13 1. Bill B. (0:00) 2. Land s End (6:56) 3. I ll Remember April (11:03) Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Jazz at the Blackhawk Allmusic Review by Richard S. Ginell Latin jazz collectors note: the title emphatically is Jazz at the Blackhawk, and even the most determined listener will not find an iota of Cal Tjader s explorations of Latin rhythms here. In its place, we get a sturdy set of bopflavored workouts by Tjader s expert quartet, recorded live in San Francisco s famous longdefunct nightspot. Tjader himself often sounds like Milt Jackson as he handles the mallets fluidly through a set of standards, a pair of originals by himself and his wife, and appropriately enough a witty Baroquelike tune by his pianist Vince Guaraldi called Thinking of You, Eugene The Senator Wright (bass) and Al Torre (piano) make up the bop