Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil is a 1962 studio album by Cal Tjader.[2]

Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil
Studio album by Cal Tjader
Released	1962
Recorded	March 5–7, 1962
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:08
Label	Verve
Producer	Creed Taylor
Cal Tjader chronology
The Cal Tjader Quartet/Saturday Night/Sunday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco (1962) Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil (1962) Time for Two (1962)

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Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Vai Querer" (Laurindo Almeida, Fernando Lobo) – 3:03
2. "Qué Tristeza" (Mario Ruiz Armengol) – 2:51
3. "Meditação (Meditation)" (Newton Mendonça, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Norman Gimbel) – 3:32
4. "Soñé" (Armengol) – 3:09
5. "Se é Tarde, Me Perdoa" (Ronaldo Bôscoli, Carlos Lyra) – 2:48
6. "Não Diga Nada" (Carlita, Noacy Mercenes) – 2:50
7. "Silenciosa" (Armengol) – 3:28
8. "Elizete" (Clare Fischer) – 2:30
9. "Imagen" (Armengol) – 2:40
10. "Tentaço do Incoveniente" (Manoel Da Conceição, Augusto Mesquita) – 2:33
11. "Preciosa" (Armengol) – 2:42
12. "Chôro e Batuque" (Almeida) – 5:02

Personnel

• Freddie Schreiber - double bass
• Changuito - conga
• Laurindo Almeida - guitar
• Johnny Rae - percussion, drums, timbales
• Milt Holland - percussion
• Clare Fischer - piano, arranger
• Gene Cipriano - woodwind
• Bernard Fleischer
• Paul Horn
• John Lowe
• Don Shelton
• Cal Tjader - vibraphone
• Ardeen DeCamp - vocals

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