Soul Burst

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Soul Burst
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Studio album by
Released1966
RecordedFebruary 9, 10, 11, 1966
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length38:46
Label Verve
V6-8637
Producer Creed Taylor
Cal Tjader chronology
Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof
(1966)
Soul Burst
(1966)
El Sonido Nuevo
(1966)

Soul Burst is an album by American Latin jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader recorded in early 1966 and released on the Verve label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars, stating, "the music is quite catchy and accessible, commercial but still creative within the genre". [2]

Track listing

  1. "Cuchy Frito Man" (Ray Rivera, Vin Roddie) – 2:20
  2. "Descarga Cubana" (Osvaldo Estivill) – 2:55
  3. "Soul Burst" (Cal Tjader) – 4:38
  4. "The Bilbao Song" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 2:16
  5. "Manteca" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo) – 6:34
  6. "It Didn't End" (João Donato) – 3:55
  7. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Weill) – 2:59
  8. "Morning" (Clare Fischer) – 2:56
  9. "Orán" (Chick Corea) – 3:58
  10. "Curaçao" (Tjader) – 6:15

Personnel

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References

  1. Verve Records discography accessed April 3, 2014
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed April 4, 2014
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1405. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.