Cal Tjader - Black Orchid

This CD combines two Fantasy LPs "Cal Tjader Goes Latin" and "Cal Tjader Quintet" from 1950s.

Fantasy
ASIN B000000XFN

Available at many places including Amazon (clips) and Descarga (review).

1. Mi China 2:15 (Mongo Santamaria)
2. Close Your Eyes 3:11 (Bernice Petkere)
3. Mambo At The "M" 4:39 (Luis Kant)
4. Contigo 2:40 (Pedro Flores)
5. Bonita 2:28 (Lonnie Hewitt)
6. Lady Is A Tramp 4:32 (Rodgers-Hart)
7. Black Orchid 3:32 (Cal Tjader)
8. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe 3:44 (Arlen-Harburg)
9. I've Waited So Long 2:07 (Jerry Lordan)
10. Out Of Nowhere 3:26 (Heyman-Green)
11. Guajira At The Blackhawk 5:20 (Santamaria)
12. I Want To Be Happy 3:15 (Caesar-Youmans)
13. Nearness Of You 3:65 (Carmichael-Washington)
14. Pete Kelly's Blues 3:48 (Cahn-Heindorf)
15. Minor Goof 3:53 (Milton Moore)
16. Undecided 3:23 (Shavers-Robin)
17. Philadelphia Mambo 3:20 (Tito Puente)
18. Flamingo 4:12 (Grouya-Anderson)
19. Stompin' At The Savoy 4:00 (Sampson-Webb-Goodman)
20. Laura 3:21 (Raksin-Mercer)
21. Lullaby Of Birdland 4:00 (Shearing-Forster)

Another consistently nice-sounding latin jazz album. Probably the most obvious Salsa dance track is Philadelphia Mambo, which in my opinion might be better than the version recommended by salsanewyork.com (Philly Mambo - Cal Tjader ... from 1970s). Another possibility is Stompin' At The Savoy.

CD includes liner notes from both original LPs as well as more detail on musician lineup.

Musicians tracks 1-11 (originally released as Cal Tjader Goes Latin (Fantasy 8030), recorded in four sessions 1957, 1958 and 1959)

Paul Horn / flute
Lonnie Hewitt / piano
Al McKibbon / bass
Mongo Santamaria / conga
Willie Bobo / timbales, drums
Jose "Chombo" Silva / tenor saxophone
Vince Guarardi / piano
Eugene Wright / bass
Luis Kant / conga
Bayardo Velarde / timbales
Cal Tjader / vibraphone (piano on track 7?)

Musicians tracks 12-21 (originally released as Cal Tjader Quintet (Fantasy 8085), recorded 1956)

Manuel Duran / piano
Carlos Duran / bass
Luis Miranda / conga
Bayardo Velarde / timbales
Cal Tjader / vibraphone