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La Catedral Y El Toro |
| Produced by Ralph MacDonald & William Eaton | |
| Released on 1977 | |
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| BS 3121 cover [high resolution scan] |
N o columnar arpeggiated meditations here, just cool libations from the last Latin quarter of a century. Twas Chixwork what hatched the idea of taking a toro of this catedral, and like a lord at his supper, I was peasantly supplied. The scary cover notwithstanding--and smelling vaguely of cat urine, which is probably why I got this for ninety-eight cents and in fairness should have paid for using change I’d fished out of urinals--La Catedral Y El Toro is ingratiating, mainstream jazz from the Seventies. Yes, there really is such a thing as mainstream jazz. Or was in the Seventies anyway. That’s when jazz and disco were dating--sometimes in a sexy threesome with their friend, Funk--and jazz players actually/supposedly got laid or at least paid attractive models to appear on their album covers and make it look like they got laid. The title track is the bull on the dancefloor, a black classical beast that matches the arty aspirations of the cover nearly note for note with a Latin classical suite more suited to CC and his musical fantasias. The rest of it’s remarkably down to earth, employing friendly and familiar melodies that pass like a cool breeze through my rusty junkyard of an imagination. (Sometimes a not even iota I add says I.) Let’s try that again. La Catedral Y El Toro is music from the heart and the hips, passed through the lips and fingertips, breathing life into amiable melodies and sending them dancing down the streets. Similar to but sexier than Chick Corea’s popular jazz from the same period (Tap Step, Secret Agent), with a sunnier disposition and a stellar crew that includes Eric Gale, Steve Gadd and Ralph MacDonald. That, in case you’re thinking of buying a used copy of this elpee. In case you’re thinking of buying my used copy, I’d tell you different: Urine for a real surprise.
TRACK LISTING
CREDITS
JOE FARRELL -- soprano sax, tenor sax, flute, oboe
STEVE GADD -- drums
ERIC GALE -- guitar
ANTHONY JACKSON -- bass
RALPH MacDONALD -- conga, percussion, mixing
RICHARD TEE -- piano
Rubens Bassini -- additional percussion (3,6)
Jay Berliner -- guitar prologue (1)
Kenneth Bichel -- synthesizer (1)
Stanley Clarke -- piccolo bass (1)
Dave Grusin -- mini moog (4)
Chris Parker -- orchestra snare drum (1)
Ray Alonge, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Jim Buffington, Ronnie Cuber, Paul Faulise, Tony Miranda, Victor Paz, Tony Price, Barry Rogers, Alan Rubin, Dave Taylor, Brooks Tillotson, George Young -- horns
Sanford Allen, Julien Barber, Alfred Brown, Selwart Clarke, Harry Cykman, George Duvivier, Max Ellen, Regis Iandiorio, Charles Libove, Joe Malin, Kermit Moore, David Nadien, Max Pollikoff, Alan Shulman, Avram Weiss -- strings
Richard Alderson -- engineer, mixing
William Eaton -- mixing
John Cabalka -- art direction
Hiro Ito -- backcover photograph
Vartan Kurjian -- illustration
Rod Dyer, Inc. -- design
| REGION | RELEASE DATE | LABEL | MEDIA | ID NUMBER | FEATURES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | 1977 | Warner Bros. | LP | BS 3121 |
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