A&M Records Highlights: Nat Adderley

Revisiting A&M Records No. 33
Nat Adderley: ‘You, Baby’ (late winter ’68)

Sometimes these CTI albums impress immediately, seizing our attention with intricate compositions, remarkable interplay and an enveloping warmth that offsets bracing coolness. Other times it takes multiple spins before arrangements click, distinctive solos sink in and subtler charms emerge.

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A&M Records Highlights: Tambra 4

Revisiting A&M Records No. 26
Tamba 4: ‘We and the Sea’ (November ’67)

Now this is serious shit. Makes Sérgio Mendes seem exactly like the lightweight he was — highly capable, yes, and plenty enjoyable, just nowhere near the heavyweight class that this prodigious quartet was punching at by the time sunset fell on the Summer of Love.

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