CAL TJADER - Mambo Inn

CAL TJDER: (July 16, 1925May 5, 1982) was a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his death. Tjader primarily played the vibraphone. He was also accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. He worked with numerous musicians from several cultures. He is often linked to the development of Latin rock and acid jazz. Although fusing jazz with Latin music is often categorized as "Latin jazz" (or, earlier, "Afro-Cuban jazz"), Tjader's output swung freely between both styles. He won a Grammy in 1980 for his album La Onda Va Bien, capping off a career that spanned over forty years.

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Music

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• CAL
• TJADER
• Mambo
• Inn
• latin
• jazz
• vibes
• New York
• Jewish
• Afro-Cuban jazz
• latin music
• George Shearing

[ljliljohn]

Check out the George Shearing version, which is on Youtube.

[ramoburg]

@ljliljohn The George Shearing version of "Mambo Inn" was put in by ramoburg. I like this one more than the Tjader version.

[ocnoreen]

Love all Cal Tjader music.  He and Clare Fischer laid new groundwork.

[birdybill]

Emil Richards was the vibes player with George Shearing. Tjader really understood the clave.

[hwgray]

@klavier1us RenéTouzet's version, for instance. Tjäder is for certain on vibes on Shearing's version and the vibist on Touzet's version sounds a hell of a lot like Tjäder. IMO, Benson's version doesn't kick much ass. But, different strokes for different folks.

[juancarlosvibraphone]

sabrozoooooooooo

[chaunt100]

mantequilla!

[voodoowop60s]

beautiful1 by tjader ...reminds me of his "mambo in miami" tune

[superslonic]

Cal Tjader's version has more of that "old school" feeling.

The outro is just brilliant.

[sailin1934]

billy taylor also made a great recording of this tune with his trio

[boowannabe]

Great stuff. The only other version I've heard was Grant Green's on "The Latin Bit."