Cal Tjader

Cal Tjader (July 16, 1925 — May 5, 1982) was an American Latin-jazz vibraphonist from St. Louis with a recording career that spanned more than three decades, starting with a 1949–53 stint in the Dave Brubeck Trio. As a bandleader, Tjader released eight albums on Fantasy during the late 1950s and 11 albums on Verve during the 1960s. He modernized his sound to incorporate bossa nova and soul-jazz on the 1968 Skye Records release Solar Heat. During the 1970s, he moved into Latin-funk territory on a series of albums on Fantasy and Galaxy.

Discography:

• The Cal Tjader Trio (1953 • The Cal Tjader Trio)
• Mambo With Tjader (1954 • Cal Tjader’s Modern Mambo Quintet)
• Ritmo Caliente! (1954 • Cal Tjader Quintet)
• Tjader Plays Mambo (1954)
• Cal Tjader Quintet (1956 • Cal Tjader Quintet)
• Tjader Plays Tjazz (1956)
• Mas Ritmo Caliente (1957)
• Latin Kick (1957)
• Cal Tjader – Stan Getz Sextet (1958 • Cal Tjader – Stan Getz Sextet)
• San Francisco Moods (1958)
• Latin for Lovers (1959)
• Tjader Goes Latin (1959)
• Cal Tjader Quartet (1960 • Cal Tjader Quartet)
• Latino (1960)
• Demasiado caliente (1960)
• In a Latin Bag (1961)
• Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil (1962)
• Time for 2 (1962 • Anita O’Day & Cal Tjader)
• Several Shades of Jade (1963)
• Soña libre (1963)
• Breeze From the East (1964)
• Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (1965)
• Soul Sauce (1965)
• El sonido nuevo (1966 • Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri)
• Soul Burst (1966)
• Along Comes Cal (1967)
• Bamboléate (1967 • Eddie Palmieri & Cal Tjader)
• Hip Vibrations (1967)
• Cal Tjader Sounds Out Burt Bacharach (1968)
• Solar Heat (1968)
• The Prophet (1969)
• Agua Dulce (1971)
• Tjader (1971)
• Last Bolero in Berkeley (1973)
• Primo (1973)
• Tambu (1974 • Cal Tjader & Charlie Byrd)
• Amazonas (1976)
• Guarabe (1977)
• Huracán (1978)
• La Onda Va Bien (1980)
• Heat Wave (1982 • Cal Tjader & Carmen McRae)