Amazonas 75597911466 Jordan Rakei

Jordan Rakei

' (to use its full title) available on vinyl again for the first time in 60 years

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Amazonas 75597911466 Jordan RakeiCal Tjader's 1975 session sees the legendary vibraphonist deep in conversation with Brazilian jazz, pulling rhythmic cues from Rio and translating them through a sun dazed Californian lens. With Airto Moreira producing, George Duke arranging, and Hermeto Pascoal, Raul De Souza and David Amaro lending their colour, it's a record built on expert interplay and breezy complexity. 'Amazonas' opens with percussive shimmer and modal drift, while 'Xibaba' and