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  CAL TJADER - SHOSHANA - LATIN JAZZ

  Cal Tjader vibes (1925 -1982) Cal Tjader crafted one the sleekest and most distinctive sounds in Latin jazz. His cool, shimmering, jazz vibes, gliding fluidly atop fiery, hot Afro-Cuban rhythms, made for a sonic signature that helped introduce the genre into a mainstream audience. Cal Tjader's mother was a concert pianist, his father a vaudeville performer. He grew up with them on the road, tap-dancing his way through early childhood. Later, the family settled down in San Mateo on the San Francisco Peninsula, and his father opened a dancing school. After high school and a stint in the Navy, Cal ended up at San Francisco State College, where he first met up with Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond. Tjader graduated in 1950 with a BA in education and a minor in music. With Brubeck, Tjader hit the big time and he liked it. The years between 1949 and 1951 were spent with Brubeck. Then, after a short stint as leader of his own group, Cal joined George Shearing's Quintet as featured vibraphonist and percussionist. While with Shearing Cal made frequent trips to New York and began listening to the Latin New York bands of Tito Puente and Machito. When Tjader left Shearing, he formed his own group again and began to record prolifically for Fantasy. Between 1954 and 1962, Tjader cut a series of over 20 albums for Fantasy. The list of people who recorded with him during that time is truly impressive. Some are Eddie Palmieri, (on whom he had a major influence) Vince Guaraldi, Mongo ...

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Name At Birth:

Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr.

Birth Date:

July 16, 1925

Occupation:

musician, bandleader

Instrument Played:

vibraphone, drum kit, piano, timbales, bongos and congas.

Record Label:

Fantasy, Verve, Skye, Concord Records

Years Active:

1948 - 1982

Associated With:

The Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet, The Cal Tjader Quartet

Genre:

latin jazz, jazz

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