Gatefold Cover is VG (soiling, five inch seam split)
Record is G+
Labels are clean

Visually Graded

Tracklist

1        Cuchy Frito Man  2:16
2        Descarga Cubana  2:53
3        Soul Burst (Guajera)  4:32
4        The Bilbao Song  2:15
5        Manteca 6:40

Side 2
1        It Didn't End (Nao Se Acabou)  3:15
2        My Ship  2:55
3        Morning  2:55
4        Oran  3:55
5        Curacao  6:20

Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr., a.k.a. Cal Tjader (July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his death.

Tjader primarily played the vibraphone. He was also accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. He worked with numerous musicians from several cultures. He is often linked to the development of Latin rock and acid jazz. Although fusing jazz with Latin music is often categorized as "Latin jazz" (or, earlier, "Afro-Cuban jazz"), Tjader's output swung freely between both styles.

He won a Grammy in 1980 for his album La Onda Va Bien, capping off a career that spanned over forty years.

Alongside Lionel Hampton and Milt Jackson, many vibraphonists today count Tjader as a vital influence, including Dave Pike, Spyro Gyra's Dave Samuels, and Ruben Estrada. Latin rock guitarist Carlos Santana also named Tjader as a precursor.

Tjader's legacy is associated with Gábor Szabó and Gary McFarland's, who worked and founded Skye Records together.

The American hip-hop band A Tribe Called Quest sampled songs from Cal's "Aquarius" as an outro to most of the songs on the album Midnight Marauders.