tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74148722138962463382024-03-13T22:30:29.445+01:00Totally Tjaderized: The Cal Tjader BlogMike Weilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159950540257351952noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414872213896246338.post-77812550267754542122011-09-02T19:16:00.000+02:002011-09-02T19:16:06.039+02:00too much to do, too little time ...Dear Tjader fans,<br />
I am sorry to say that I am so busy at the time with my day job and my activities as a jazz percussionist that I have too little time to continue posting on this blog for a while.<br />
There definitely will be a Cal Tjader discography made available, either on my own website or a well known jazz discography site, but this will take some more time.<br />
Until then, please be patient ...Mike Weilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159950540257351952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414872213896246338.post-73206332071216446152011-02-15T23:49:00.002+01:002011-02-16T11:38:58.614+01:00The Dave Brubeck Trio ctd.<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;"><b>Session 1950-01</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">- <b>Dave Brubeck Trio</b> -: Dave Brubeck (piano) Ron Crotty (bass) Cal Tjader (vibraphone, drums, bongos)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">probably Sound Recorders, San Francisco, California, March 1950</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">3006 You Stepped Out Of A Dream </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">3008 Lullaby In Rhythm </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">3010 Singing In The Rain </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">3025 I'll Remember April </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">3029 Body And Soul </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">All titles also on </span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">Fantasy 3-1, Fantasy 3-204,</span><span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;"> Fantasy FCD-24726-2, Jazz Hour JHR 73616.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">The six tracks recorded in March 1950 were the very first (10 inch) LP released on the Fantasy label. Tjader had bought his first set of vibes only weeks before the session and was entirely self-taught, but Brubeck encouraged him to bring it along. Listen to <i>Lullaby In Rhythm</i> - the way they phrase the melody line on top of Crotty's walking bass ist unique. <i>Body And Soul</i> has Tjader on bongos - the head could need a bit of tightening, but on the other side it allows some pitch bending you couldn't do on a properly tuned Cuban bongo. This trio had its own unique way of appoaching standards.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0cCZiB6TMzZLOt6AzcGb7kjtA6FFump4gp-O4x5_C61Ob95JznuVGrrJ3_q2fca_9QU4fsoyyEnmiBlzCWma68CjgYszxCTfbhGZ2ri_J6iIpJMM8807UEgsrKaEhfHJHn5bkhRjj-U/s1600/Brubeck+Tjader++3-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0cCZiB6TMzZLOt6AzcGb7kjtA6FFump4gp-O4x5_C61Ob95JznuVGrrJ3_q2fca_9QU4fsoyyEnmiBlzCWma68CjgYszxCTfbhGZ2ri_J6iIpJMM8807UEgsrKaEhfHJHn5bkhRjj-U/s320/Brubeck+Tjader++3-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Mike Weilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159950540257351952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414872213896246338.post-70242090977131301792011-02-14T22:49:00.004+01:002011-02-17T23:00:56.496+01:00George Shearing 1919-2011<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">I just read that pianist <b>George Shearing</b> passed away. Tjader was invited to join Shearing's quintet in late 1952 and accepted - a wise choice, as this group toured nationally and gave him his first major exposure. When he decided to stay behind in California in March, 1954 he had already made a name for himself as one of the new vibes stars in jazz and led his first recording sessions for Savoy and Fantasy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">The Shearing sides with Tjader never were reissued on CD, as far as I know, except for a few single tracks on compilations, but would deserve it - they are very diversified, ranging from sophisticated ballads to Afro-Cuban romps with percussion. Al McKibbon was the bassist at that time. Armando Peraza joined the quintet for a few numbers with Cuban rhythms in each set. It was probably during a stay in New York that they took him to the Palladium, reinforcing his love for Cuban music. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">With Shearing the jazz scene has lost one of its last iconic figures from the bop era - R.I.P., and thanks for the music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">Heute war die Nachricht vom Tod des Pianisten <b>George Shearing</b> zu hören. Tjader wurde Ende 1952 Mitglied des Quintetts mit dem unverwechselbaren Blockakkord-Sound von Vibraphon, Gitarre und Klavier, in dem die meisten Vibraphonisten in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren mal gespielt haben. Eine kluge Wahl, denn Tjaders eigenes Trio hatte nicht genug Arbeit, und mit dem durch die USA reisenden Quintet wurde er landesweit bekannt. Als er im März 1954 beschloss, in Californien zu bleiben, hatte er bereits weitere eigene Aufnahmen für Savoy und Fantasy gemacht. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">Leider wurden die Aufnahmen Shearings mit Tjader nie auf CD wiederveröffentlicht, von ein paar Einzeltiteln auf Anthologien abgesehen. Sie hätten eine Gesamtausgabe verdient, denn sie sind sehr abwechslungsreich - von raffinierten Balladen und Bebop bis zu tänzerischen Nummern über kubanischen Rhythmen - und von hoher Qualität. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">Mit Shearing ist eine der letzten Jazzlegenden aus der späten Bebop Ära von uns gegangen. R.I.P. - herzlichen Dank für die viele wunderbare Musik. </span>Mike Weilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159950540257351952noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414872213896246338.post-50606160726364874812011-02-13T18:01:00.007+01:002011-02-14T23:50:01.671+01:00The Dave Brubeck Trio<div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Session 1949-03</span></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">- Dave Brubeck Trio -: Dave Brubeck</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> (piano) Ron Crotty (bass) Cal Tjader (drums)</span></span></div><div align="RIGHT" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sound Recorders,</span></span><span style="font-family: "MS Sans Serif", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">San Francisco, California, September 1949</span></span></div><div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All titles also on Fantasy 3-204, Fantasy FCD-24726-2, Jazz Hour JHR 73616.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Note:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The Coronet matrix numbers were kept for the Fantasy pressings.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For a working band, the Dave Brubeck Octet was too costly. A piano trio was the practical solution, Tjader still on drums exclusively. The session was held using a new brand of tape recorder, one of the latest inventions back then, but it kept malfunctioning - thirty minutes before closing time the engineers gave in and switched back to old falshioned disc reocorders, which meant the trio had to record the four tracks scheduled under enormous strain - one take only for each piece. The rest is history. The results were fine, and the Weiss brothers, who ran the studio and pressing plant, later bought the masters from the small but unsuccessful Coronet label and used them and the next recordings of the trio as starting point for their own Fantasy label. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The trio already displayed some of the features Brubeck later became notorious for, especially ununsual arrangements and rhythmic ideas - Tjader sure had his part in developping these. His own arrangements in the years to come lean towards a similar direction. You will never hear a more original arrangement of <i>Blue Moon</i> or <i>Tea For Two</i> ... unusual chord substitutions abound, inspired by Brubeck's studies with Milhaud.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These tracks have seen numerous reissues over the years, from 78 rpm shellac records to 45 rpm singles, EPs, ten inch and 12 inch LPs to CDs - the one linked below has the complete recordings of the trio. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">Das Octet hatte nur wenige Auftritte - als Brubeck einen als Trio angeboten bekam, sagte er zu und nahm Bassist und Schlagzeuger des Octet, Crotty und Tjader. Wegen der Popularität an der Westküste wurde eine erste Plattensession für das kleine Label Coronet augemacht, in den Studios der Brüder Max und Sol Weiss. Sie wollten eine brandneue Erfindung auspobieren, ein Tonbandmaschine der Firma Ampex, aber es gab ständig Fehlfunktionen. Nach zweieinhalb Stunden gaben sie auf und warfen eine der herkömmlichen Plattenschneidemaschinen an - das Trio musste die vier geplanten Titel in der verbleibenden halben Stunde aufnehmen - mit nur einem Take pro Nummer. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">Coronet wurde bald geschlossen, aber die Nachfrage nach den Platten des Trios blieb - die Brüder Weiss beschlossen, die Rechte zu kaufen und ihr eigenes Label <strong>Fantasy</strong> zu gründen ... Brubeck und später Tjader wurden die ersten Stars der Firma. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">Alles, was Brubecks Stil ausmacht, ist hier schon zu hören - ausgefallene Arrangements (so verrückt hat sonst niemand <em>Blue Moon</em> oder <em>Tea For Two</em> gespielt) und jede Menge ungewöhnlicher Akkordsubstitutionen, von Brubecks Studien bei Darius Milhaud inspiriert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "Helvetica", sans-serif;">Die erst auf Schellckplatten veröffentlichten Titel wurden auch auf EPs, drei 25 cm LPs und noch später zwei 30 cm LPs gepresst, und sind komplett auf der nachstehenden CD, die wie die LPs <em><strong>Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals</strong></em> betitelt ist.</span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">- Nick Esposito Boptette -:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Claude Gilroy (tenor saxophone) Buddy Motsinger (piano) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Nick Esposito</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> (guitar) Vernon Alley (bass) Joe Dodge (drums) Cal Tjader (bongos) Dottie Grae (phonetics)</span></span><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Note:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Some discographies list a 10 inch 78rpm single </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="de-DE"><span style="font-size: small;">4 Star 1294</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="de-DE"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Empty Ballroom Blues Part 1 & 2 </span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="de-DE"><span style="font-size: small;">as being recorded at the same session, but no bongos or vocals are heard on this recording. Some </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">discographies </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="de-DE"><span style="font-size: small;">list a 78 rpm single 4 Star 1481, but this is a misreading of </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="de-DE"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Empty Room Blues c/w She's A Killer </span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="de-DE"><span style="font-size: small;">by Ivory Joe Hunter.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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<div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These 78 rpm records on the small Californian <b>4 Star</b> label are extremely rare - it took me more than ten years to find them. Now I have to take them to a studio to have them transferred to digital. I had found the 78 with </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="de-DE"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Empty Ballroom Blues Part 1 & 2</span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span lang="de-DE"><span style="font-size: small;"> two years ago and was disappointed after listening through those two sides - no bongos to be heard. The label of that disc didn't list any personnel - those of the other two do. </span></span></span></div><div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One source says Tjader taught himself bongos to particpate in this recording session.</span></span></div><div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;">Diese beiden Schellack-Platten sind sehr selten - ich habe über zehn Jahre nach ihnen gesucht. Esposito's </span><span lang="de-DE"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Empty Ballroom Blues Part 1 & 2 </span></i></span><span style="color: #073763;">hatte ich schon vor zwei Jahren aufgetrieben, aber ich wurde enttäuscht - keine Bongos zu hören! Das Label nannte keine Besetzung, auch hier wieder ein kleiner Irrtum der älteren Discografien. Jetzt muss ich diese vier Stücke nur noch digitalisieren lassen ... angeblich brachte sich Tjader das Bongospielen selbst bei, um bei dieser Aufnahme dabei sein zu können. </span></span></div>Mike Weilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159950540257351952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414872213896246338.post-53708502558241647412011-02-11T01:36:00.005+01:002011-02-12T16:21:30.875+01:00Charles "Baron" Mingus Presents His Symphonic Airs<div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Session 1949-01</span></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Charles "Baron" Mingus Presents His Symphonic Airs:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> John Coppola, Vernon Carlson, Allen Smith, Andy Peele, Dick Collins (trumpet) Haig Eshow, Bob Lowry, possibly Hawes Coleman (trombone) Dante Perfumo (flute) Bob Olney (alto saxophone, clarinet, flute) Bud Hoven (alto saxophone) Morrie Stewart, Alex Megyesy, Don Smith (tenor saxophone) Herb Caro (baritone saxophone) Richard Wyands (piano) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Charles Mingus</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> (bass, arranger) Jean McGuire-Mitchell (cello) Cal Tjader (drums) Johnny Berger (percussion) Herb Gayle (vocals -1)</span></span></div><div align="RIGHT" lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">San Francisco, California, mid-February 1949</span></span></div><div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It has been reported Cal Tjader was </span><b><span style="font-size: small;">Charles Mingus</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">' favourite drummer - well that must have been before he met Dannie Richmond. Anyway, Mingus had Tjader drumming on one of his ambitious orchestral sessions. Richard Wyands, whom Tjader engaged on some of his first sessions as a leader, played piano. Tjader at age 24 was closely connected to the more progressive branches of the California jazz scene. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These two tracks were issued on an extremely rare 78 rpm record and first reissued on the fantastic Uptown CD depicted here. The producers took every effort to compile and restore Mingus' rare Californian recordings. Reward them by avoiding all other issues, which may be cheaper, but are rip-offs taking advantage of their work - you are rewarded with an 80-page booklet and, of course, some fascinating music by one of the greatest jazz composers. Unfortunately, the recording of Mingus' almost mythical piece </span><i><span style="font-size: small;">God's Portrait</span></i><span style="font-size: small;"> no longer exists. </span></span></div><div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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</div><div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Angeblich war Cal Tjader der Lieblingsdrummer von </span><b><span style="font-size: small;">Charles Mingus</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> - wahrscheinlich bevor er Dannie Richmond kennen lernte. Wie auch immer, Mingus engagierte Tjader als Schlagzeuger für eine seiner ambitionierten orchestralen Aufnahmen. Richard Wyands, den Tjader später für einige seiner ersten Aufnahmen unter eigenem Namen engagierte, saß am Klavier. Mit 24 Jahren war Tjader eng mit den progressiveren Zweigen der Jazz-Szene in Kalifornien verbunden.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Diese beiden Stücke wurden auf einer äusserst seltenen Schellackplatte veröffentlicht und erstmals auf der abgebildeten CD des Labels Uptown wiederveröffentlicht, deren Produzenten alles ihnen mögliche unternahmen, um Mingus schwer aufzutreibende Aufnahmen aus Kalifornien zu sammeln und zu restaurieren. Leider tauchten sehr bald billigere CDs mit dieser Musik auf - ich empfehle ausdrücklich nur die Uptown CD, die ein fantastisches 80seitiges Begleitbuch bietet, neben faszinierender Musik eines der großartigsten Komponisten des Jazz. Leider existiert die Aufnahme von Mingus' legendärem Stück </span><i><span style="font-size: small;">God's Portrait</span></i><span style="font-size: small;"> nicht mehr.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dick Collins (trumpet) Bob Collins (trombone) Paul Desmond (alto saxophone) Dave Van Kriedt (tenor saxophone) Bill Smith (baritone saxophone, clarinet) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Dave Brubeck </span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(piano, arranger -2) Jack Weeks (bass) Cal Tjader (drums) Jimmy Lyons (narration -1)</span></span></div><div align="RIGHT" lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">NBC audition, San Francisco, California, 1948</span></span></div><div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cal Tjader made his recording debut as a drummer, in 1948 - not in 1946, as the credits of the Fantasy LPs and CDs suggest, and the entries in all discographies. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In a </span><i><span style="font-size: small;">down beat</span></i><span style="font-size: small;"> interview in 1966, Tjader stated he joined the </span><b><span style="font-size: small;">Dave Brubeck Octet</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> in 1948 and </span><b><span style="font-size: small;">Joe Dodge</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> was the drummer before him. So Dodge plays on all tracks of the 1946 and 1947 sessions of the Brubeck Octet except the two listed above. All discographical sources, however, still list Tjader for all sessions.</span></span></div><div lang="de-DE" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: small;">Das Brubeck Octet war mehr oder weniger eine Rehearsal Band, gegründet von Kompositionsstudenten des französischen Komponisten </span></span><b><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: small;">Darius Milhaud</span></span></b><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: small;"> am UCLA, die ihre neuen Möglichkeiten mit Jazz verbinden wollten</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: small;">. Milhaud war sehr an Jazz und lateinamerikanischer Musik interessiert, was sich in zahlreichen Kompositionen niederschlug; die Ballettmusik </span></span><i><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: small;">La Création du Monde</span></span></i><span style="color: #073763;"><span style="font-size: small;"> ist vielleicht die bekannteste. </span></span></span><br />
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One of my activities over the last years was researching the discography of vibraphonist <b>Cal Tjader</b>, who is one of my favourite jazz musicians. I decided to start this blog to present and discuss his recordings session by session, as an introduction to his music and to publish some discographical findings. You will find all posts in English all well as <span style="color: #073763;">German</span> language. <br />
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My sincere thanks to <b>S. Duncan Reid</b>, author of a biography on Cal Tjader, whose interviews with musicians were of indispensable help in clearing many details.<br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">Hallo - mein Name ist Michael Weil.</span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;">Eine meiner Aktivitäten der letzten Jahre bestand in der Erstellung einer Discographie des Vibraphonisten Cal Tjader, einem meiner Lieblings-Jazzmusiker. Ich entschied mich, diesen Blog zu starten, um in seine Musik einzuführen und einige der discografischen Erkenntnisse zu veröffentlichen. Alle Posts werden parallel in </span>englischer<span style="color: #073763;"> und deutscher Sprache geschrieben. </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #073763;">S. Duncan Reid</span></b><span style="color: #073763;">, dem Autor einer demnächst erscheinenden Biographie über Cal Tjader, danke ich ganz herzlich, dass er die Inhalte der vielen Interviews, die er mit Musikern führen konnte, mit mir geteilt hat - ohne sie wären viele Details kaum zu klären gewesen.</span>Mike Weilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10159950540257351952noreply@blogger.com1