Artist
Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader is a latin artist from St. Louis, Missouri, USA formed in 1925. 55 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Latin · St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Best latin albums
- 55
- Releases
- 1951–2026
- Active years
- 1925
- Formed
Artist
Cal Tjader is a latin artist from St. Louis, Missouri, USA formed in 1925. 55 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Latin · St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Best latin albums
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Amazonas
1994
El Sonido Nuevo
1966
Latin Kick
1956
Soul Burst
1966
The Prophet
1968
Bamboléate
1967
Monterey Concerts
1989
Palmieri & T'Jader
2026
Both Sides Of The Coin
2020
The Best Of The Concord Years
2020
Tjader Play Tjazz
2020
Cal Tjader's Latin Concert
2019
Talkin' Verve: Roots Of Acid Jazz
2018
The Grace Cathedral Concert (Live)
2017
Cuban Fantasy (Live)
2017
Concerts In The Sun (Live)
2017
Good Vibes (Live)
2017
Our Blues
2017
The Shining Sea
2017
Gozame! Pero Ya...
2017
Soña Libré
2017
Tjader Plays Mambo
2017
Breeze From The East
2017
A Fuego Vivo (Live)
2017
Tambu
2017
Agua Dulce
2014
Compact Jazz: Cal Tjader
2013
Latino!
2010
Soul Sauce
2007
Primo
2007
Verve Jazz Masters 39: Cal Tjader
2007
Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings
2006
Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof
2002
Concerts In The Sun
2002
Several Shades Of Jade
2001
Plays The Contemporary Music Of Mexico And Brazil
2000
Ultimate Cal Tjader
1999
Jazz 'Round Midnight
1996
Latino Con Cal Tjader
1994
Huracán
1990
Concert On The Campus
1987
La Onda Va Bien
1980
Breathe Easy
1978
Last Bolero in Berkeley
1973
Descarga
1972
Plugs In
1969
Solar Heat
1968
Cal Tjader Sounds Out Burt Bacharach
1968
Hip Vibrations
1967
Along Comes Cal
1967
Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen & West Side Story
1961
San Francisco Moods
1958
Más Ritmo Caliente
1957
Cal Tjader Quintet
1956
Good Vibes
1951
Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. (known professionally as Cal Tjader), was born July 16, 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri, to touring Swedish American vaudevillians. His father tap danced and his mother played piano, a husband-wife team going from city to city with their troupe to earn a living. Throughout his professional performing career, Tjader was primarily a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his death. Tjader primary instrument was the vibraphone. He was also accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. He worked with numerous musicians from several cultures. He is often linked to the development of Latin rock and acid jazz. Although fusing jazz with Latin music is often categorized as "Latin jazz" (or, earlier, "Afro-Cuban jazz"), Tjader's output swung freely between both styles. He won a Grammy in 1980 for his album La Onda Va Bien, capping off a career that spanned over forty years. Just as lifelong performer Tjader was born on tour, he also died on tour. On the ro…