CAL TJADER - Cal Tjader Quartet (1956-1997) RM / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Vibraphonist Cal Tjader took a brief vacation from playing Afro-Cuban jazz to record this fine straight-ahead bop set. The 1956 LP matches Tjader with the underrated but always swinging pianist Gerald Wiggins, bassist Eugene Wright (shortly before he joined the Dave Brubeck Quartet), and drummer Bill Douglass. They perform four basic originals (two apiece by Wiggins and Wright) and five standards, including a swinging "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "Our Love Is Here to Stay." On this date, more than almost any other one, Tjader displays his debt to Milt Jackson's style. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Battle Hymn of the Republic 3:28
Julia Ward Howe / William Steffe
2     It Never Entered My Mind 3:38
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
3     A Light Groove 5:11
Gerald Wiggins
4     The Night We Called It a Day 3:06
Tom Adair / Matt Dennis
5     Fancy Bea 4:16
Eugene Wright
6     A Fifth for Frank 4:50
Gerald Wiggins
7     For All We Know 4:43
J. Fred Coots / Sam M. Lewis
8     Miss Wiggins 5:57
Eugene Wright
9     Love Is Here to Stay 5:26
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
Credits :
Bass – Eugene J. Wright
Drums – Bill Douglass
Piano – Gerald Wiggins
Vibraphone – Cal Tjader