Cal Tjader - AmazonasAmazonas finds legendary vibraphonist Cal Tjader deep in his 70s Brazilian jazz fusion bag, operating at the sonic intersection between Rio and California, backed by a pairing of Airto Moreira on production, and George Duke on arrangements, and guest performances by Hermeto Pascoal, David Amaro, and Raul De Souza. This Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf reissue of Amazonas was cut from the original analogue tapes (AAA) by Kevin Gray, pressed on 180 gram vinyl

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rhythmic exchanges

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There's A Kind Of Hush (All Over The World)

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Guest performers were called in only when absolutely necessary: Hannah Williams lent her vocals to 'Summer Rain'

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the compositions unfold at an unhurried pace

Track A samples: Vocal from Iggy Pop - African Man Vocal from Herman Kelly - Let's Dance To The Drummer's Beat Synth from Kraftwerk - Numbers Horns from Santa Esmeralda - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood Break from Liquid Liquid - Optimo

and its own game of perspective - feel this rhythm in more ways than one

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