title: Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof
text: # Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof
  
  Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof is an album by Latin jazz vibraphonist Cal Tjader recorded in 1965 and released on the Verve label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson awarded the album 3 stars stating, "it's an enjoyable demonstration of the vibist's ability to be a bit more commercial than usual and still maintain his bop-based integrity".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "The Whiffenpoof Song" (Tod Galloway, Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy) - 2:04
  * "Soul Bird (Tin Tin Deo)" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo) - 2:41
  * "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) - 4:08
  * "That's All" (Bob Haymes, Alan Brandt) - 2:04
  * "Soul Motion" (Lonnie Hewitt) - 3:10
  * "Reza" (Rey Guerra, Edu Lobo) - 4:10
  * "The Prophet" (Cal Tjader) - 3:01
  * "Sonny Boy" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) - 3:32
  * "Doxy" (Sonny Rollins) - 4:21
  * "Samba de Orfeu" (Luiz Bonfá) - 2:01
  * "Shiny Stockings" (Frank Foster) - 2:33
  * "Daddy Wong Legs" (Tjader) - 3:41
  * Recorded at A & R Studios in New York City on June 1 & 2 (tracks 1, 5, 6, 9 & 12), and at Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ on June 22 (tracks 2-4, 7, 8, 10 & 11), 1965
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Cal Tjader - vibraphone
  * Paul Griffin (tracks 1, 5, 6, 9 & 12), Lonnie Hewitt (tracks 2-4, 7, 8, 10 & 11) - piano
  * Richard Davis (tracks 1, 5, 6, 9 & 12), John Hilliard (tracks 2-4, 7, 8, 10 & 11) - bass
  * Grady Tate (tracks 1, 5, 6, 9 & 12), Johnny Rae (tracks 2-4, 7, 8, 10 & 11) - drums
  * Armando Peraza - percussion
  