CAL TJADER - Soul Sauce (1964-1994) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Soul Sauce is one of the highlights from Tjader's catalog with its appealing mixture of mambo, samba, bolero, and boogaloo styles. Tjader's core band -- long-time piano player Lonnie Hewitt, drummer Johnny Rae and percussionist's Willie Bobo and Armanda PerazaÑ -- starts things off with a cooled down version of Dizzy Gillespie and Chano Pozo's latin jazz classic "Guachi Guaro (Soul Sauce)". With the help of guitarist Kenny Burrell, trumpeter Donald Byrd, and tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath they offer up a lively version of Mongo Santamaria's "Afro Blue." Sticking to his music's "Mambo Without a Migraine" reputation, though, Tjader's musicians keep things fairly calm, especially on Latinized ballads such as Billy May's "Somewhere In the Night" and on midtempo swingers like "Tanya." On Soul Sauce Tjader had perfected a middle ground between the brisk, collegiate mambo of his early Fantasy records and the mood-heavy sound of Asian themed albums like Breeze From the East. In the process, he dodged the "Latin lounge" label with an album full of smart arrangements, subtly provocative vibe solos, and intricate percussion backing. by Stephen Cook  
Tracklist :
1 Soul Sauce 2:24
Dizzy Gillespie / Chano Pozo
Percussion – Willie Bobo
2 Afro-Blue 4:27
Mongo Santamaria
Bass – Bob Bushnell, Richard Davis
Drums – Grady Tate
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Guitar – Kenny Burrell
Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Heath
Trumpet – Donald Byrd
3 Pantano 3:35
Lonnie Hewitt
4 Somewhere In The Night 3:14
 Mack Gordon / Billy May / Josef Myrow / Milt Raskin
5 Maramoor Mambo 4:00
Armando Peraza
6 Tanya 5:28
Lonnie Hewitt
7 Leyte 5:18
Lonnie Hewitt / Cal Tjader
8 Spring Is Here 4:00
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
9 Joao 4:50
Clare Fischer
10 Soul Sauce (Guachi Guaro) 2:30
Dizzy Gillespie / Chano Pozo
11 Monkey Beams 5:40
12 Ming    8:39    
13 Mamblues 3:49
Credits:
Cal Tjader - vibraphone
Lonnie Hewitt - piano
Richard Davis (tracks 2, 11 & 12), John Hilliard (tracks 1, 3-10 & 13) - bass
Grady Tate (tracks 2, 11 & 12), Johnny Rae (tracks 1, 3-10 & 13) - drums (tracks 1, 3-10 & 13)
Willie Bobo, Armando Peraza, Alberto Valdes - percussion
Donald Byrd - trumpet (tracks 2, 11 & 12)
Jimmy Heath - tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 11 & 12)
Kenny Burrell - guitar (tracks 2, 11 & 12)
Bob Bushnell - electric bass (track 2)