Tambu

Charlie Byrd, Cal Tjader | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Z2C
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #283,273 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tambu (Tombo in 7/4)

2. Tereza My Love

3. Black Narcissus

4. Sad Eyes

5. My Cherie Amour

6. San Francisco River

7. Samba de Oneida

8. Don't Lend Your Guitar to Anyone (Violão Não Se Empresta a Ninguém)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 3 and a half, actually...Charlie and Cal caught in time.., September 29, 2003

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"douglasnegley" (Pittsburgh, Pa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tambu (Audio CD)

This LP was released in 1973 (the promo, at least), and it was a very strange time for jazz - even cross-over jazz. Listening today to "My Cherie Amour", I don't feel the same way about it as I did then. Then, it was an attempt to popularize the LP for more mass appeal. It didn't work...and yet, I like it now. The one REALLY 5-star tune is their version of Tom Jobim's "Tereza, My Love", a stunningly beautiful tune that Charlie plays really well. Cal eats it alive, cascading perfect rhythmic and melodic runs up and down his instrument. "Tambu", the title cut, is a movin' Afro-Latino train. It's too bad that this one was caught in a kind of 'time warp'. Hopefully it will get its due.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Solid but lacking drive, January 4, 2001

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[e-mail] (Italy/Russia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tambu (Audio CD)

A good album with some sound playing by Charlie Byrd and attempts by Cal Tjader to stay tuned into the mainstream and Brazilian-flavored jazz. Byrd plays acoustic and electric guitars with his usual elegance but quite often lacks inventive, Tjader is definitely not in his best shape, sometimes sounding even dull and bored. Some fine examples of playing by the backing musicians bring the overall rating to an album that is good in playing and sound quality, though stereo separation sometimes is not well expressed, but definitely not a Must-Buy for either of the musicians.

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't pass this up!, September 23, 2001

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GA Russell (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tambu (Audio CD)

I've enjoyed this one since '75, and still listen to it often. This is not groundbreaking stuff. Just great melodies played by great musicians. Laid back bossa nova, best enjoyed after dinner. For this $6.99 price, you can't go wrong!