Tjader, Cal - Amazonas (Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series) (180 Gram Vinyl) From A Basement On The Hill (Newbury Comics Exclusive

Tjader, Cal - Amazonas (Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series) (180 Gram Vinyl) From A Basement On The Hill (Newbury Comics ExclusiveAmazonas 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 Series was cut from the original analog tapes (AAA) by Kevin Gray, pressed on 180 gram vinyl at RTI, and

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and the year prior to Wrong Way Up

Originally released in October 1981

This reissue marks the sixth release in the remaster campaign

Cody Carpenter

New liner notes by original album producer Hiroyoshi Shiokawa

Features the original album in it's entirety

with Stereogum placing it "somewhere at the intersection of '90s lo-fi and shoegaze

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Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series celebrates 70 years of the venerable jazz record label

as a part of the After Hours til Dawn Tour

He is most well known for singing and co-writing the hooks for the #1 hit Nothin' on You by B