Heat Wave (Cal Tjader and Carmen McRae album)
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| Heat Wave | ||||
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| Released | January 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Coast Recorders, San Francisco, California, US | |||
| Genre | Latin jazz, vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 40:50 | |||
| Label | Concord Jazz CJ-189 (12" LP) CCD-4189-2 (CD) | |||
| Producer | Carl Jefferson | |||
| Cal Tjader chronology | ||||
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| Carmen McRae chronology | ||||
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Heat Wave is a 1982 studio album by vibraphonist Cal Tjader and jazz singer Carmen McRae. Tjader died four months after the completion of Heat Wave, it was his final recording.[1]
The album was arranged by pianists Mark Levine and Marshall Otwell. McRae and Tjader did not get on well during the recording, and Tjader later overdubbed his parts without McRae present. McRae chose to sing "Besame Mucho" in its original Spanish language lyrics, and Willie Bobo helped her with the pronunciation.[2]
Heat Wave peaked at 25 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.[1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album two and a half stars and reviewer Scott Yanow said that "the potentially exciting combination does not really come off that well...The musicians had little to do. McRae sounds OK in the Latin setting, but does not uplift the diverse material...and the effort overall is somewhat forgettable and disappointing".[1]
