The second album pairing
Palmieri and
Tjader,
Bamboleate moves beyond
El Sonido Nuevo into the respective territories of each artist. "Bamboleate" is the dark Latin cooker ones expects from
Palmieri --that persona was all but absent from the more subdued
El Sonido Nuevo. "Semejanza" is an equally affecting jazz lilt led by
Tjader. Framed by a melody that could have come straight off
the Vince Guaraldi Trio's
Charlie Brown Christmas album, it has an equally indelible, locomotive rhythm.
Tjader's samba, "Samba de Los Suenho," is a welcome departure from the relative rigidity of
El Sonido Nuevo. Also vital are the vocal tracks (
Palmieri's), but the blatant channel-switching in "Guajira Candela" is an abuse of stereo separation. "Pancho's Seis por Ocho" is typical of the deep, midtempo Afro rhythm of
Bamboleate and
El Sonido Nuevo. Trombonist
Mark Weinstein contributes the closing "Ven y Recibelo (Come an' Get It)," a mod/soul cooker on par with the best of
Verve all-stars
Tjader,
Ogerman,
Winding, and
Schifrin. Finally, the album was reissued in 1977 as Tico LPS-88806 and distributed by Fania. The reissue at least features illustrations of
Tjader and
Palmieri by
Jose Vargas.