EDDIE PALMIERI / CAL TJADER - Bamboleate (1967-2007) RM / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

The second album pairing Palmieri and Tjader, Bamboleate moves beyond El Sonido Nuevo into the respective territories of each artist. "Bamboleate" is the dark Latin cooker ones expects from Palmieri --that persona was all but absent from the more subdued El Sonido Nuevo. "Semejanza" is an equally affecting jazz lilt led by Tjader. Framed by a melody that could have come straight off the Vince Guaraldi Trio's Charlie Brown Christmas album, it has an equally indelible, locomotive rhythm. Tjader's samba, "Samba de Los Suenho," is a welcome departure from the relative rigidity of El Sonido Nuevo. Also vital are the vocal tracks (Palmieri's), but the blatant channel-switching in "Guajira Candela" is an abuse of stereo separation. "Pancho's Seis por Ocho" is typical of the deep, midtempo Afro rhythm of Bamboleate and El Sonido Nuevo. Trombonist Mark Weinstein contributes the closing "Ven y Recibelo (Come an' Get It)," a mod/soul cooker on par with the best of Verve all-stars Tjader, Ogerman, Winding, and Schifrin. Finally, the album was reissued in 1977 as Tico LPS-88806 and distributed by Fania. The reissue at least features illustrations of Tjader and Palmieri by Jose Vargas. by Tony Wilds  
Tracklist :
1     Bamboleate 3:25
Eddie Palmieri
2     We've Loved Before 2:30
Jay Livingston / Henry Mancini
3     Resemblance 5:39
Eddie Palmieri
4     Mi Montuno 5:23
Eddie Palmieri / José Papo Rodríguez
5     Samba Do Sueno 3:53
Cal Tjader
6     Guajira Candela 3:48
Eddie Palmieri
7     Pancho's Seis por Ocho 5:37
Eddie Palmieri
8     Come and Get It 3:02
Mark Weinstein
Credits :
Piano [Uncredited] – Eddie Palmieri
Vibraphone [Uncredited] – Cal Tjader