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Released
  
1965

Release date
  
1965

Label
  
Impulse! Records

Tijuana Jazz (1965)
  
Profiles (1966)

Producer
  
Bob Thiele

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
December 3, 6 & 7, 1965

Artists
  
Gary McFarland, Clark Terry

Similar
  
Gary McFarland albums, Jazz albums

Tijuana Jazz is an album by American jazz vibraphonist Gary McFarland and trumpeter Clark Terry featuring performances recorded in 1965 for the Impulse! label. The album was also released also on the HMV label as (E)CLP3541.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "McFarland's arrangements are fine, but the solos are quite short, and the Mexican-flavored music is not particularly memorable. A blown opportunity".

Track listing

All compositions by Gary McFarland except as indicated
  1. "South of the Border" (Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr) - 2:06
  2. "Acapulco at Night" - 2:52
  3. "Fantastic, That's You" (George Cates, George Douglas) - 2:54
  4. "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) - 3:37
  5. "Tijuana" (Cates, Douglas) - 2:09
  6. "Marcheta" (Victor Schertzinger) - 2:55
  7. "Granny's Samba" - 3:30
  8. "Soul Bird (Tin Tin Deo)" (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) - 4:01
  9. "Mexicali Rose" (Jack Tenney, Helen Stone) - 2:27
  10. "Ira Schwartz's Golden Dream" - 3:32
  11. "Mary Jane" - 3:05
  12. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) - 2:06
  • Recorded in New York City on December 3, 1965 (tracks 1, 2, 6 & 9), December 6, 1965 (tracks 4, 8, 11 & 12), and December 7, 1965 (tracks 3, 5, 7 & 10)

    • Personnel

  • Gary McFarland – marimba, electric piano
  • Joe Newman, Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Toots Thielemans - harmonica, guitar
  • Barry Galbraith - guitar
  • Bob Bushnell – electric bass
  • Mel Lewis, Grady Tate – drums

    • Songs

    1South of the Border2:06
    2Acapulco at Night2:52
    3Fantastic - That's You2:54

    References

    Tijuana Jazz Wikipedia
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