Mark Crooks / Nat Steele Sextet play 'Stan Getz and Cal Tjader Tribute'

Mark Crooks – Sax (picture left)

Nat Steele – Vibes (picture right)

Matyas Gayer – Piano

Colin Oxley – Guitar

Mark Taylor – Drums

Jeremy Brown – Bass

The combination of tenor sax with vibraphone is a particularly warm and luxurious sound and has been featured very successfully by several leading tenor players including Sonny Rollins (with Milt Jackson) and Joe Henderson (with Bobby Hutcherson). Stan Getz and Cal Tjader had an especially successful partnership in the late 1950s, leading an all-star sextet including Scott La Faro, Vince Guaraldi, Eddie Duran and on his very first recording drum master Billy Higgins. The sextet led by tenor player Mark Crooks and vibraphonist Nat Steele celebrate this collaboration, playing selections from their brilliant 1958 album.