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Cal Tjader: Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-1980

Read "Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-1980" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert
November 5, 2008

Cal Tjader began his career as a stalwart member of the West Coast jazz scene, swinging his vibes through breezy versions of standards with the likes of Vince Guaraldi and Stan Getz. Along the way he delved into Latin music and after that it colored almost everything he did. His progression as an artist is explored ...

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Fried Bananas

By Cal Tjader

Label: Caligola Records
Released: 2005

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La Onda Va Bien

By Cal Tjader

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2004

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Cuban Fantasy

By Cal Tjader

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: Cuban Fantasy; Guarabe; Tamanco no Samba (Samba Blim); Tu Crees Que?; Silenciosa; Descarga Cachao; Manuel Deeghit; Guachi Guara.

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The Best Of The Concord Years

By Cal Tjader

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2004
Track listing: Disc One: Serengeti; Linda Chicana; Aleluia; Evil Ways; Close Enough for Love; Roger's Samba; Quietly There; Besame Mucho; Mambo Mindoro; Don't Look Back; Bye Bye Blues;
Disc Two: Speak Low; Will You Still Be Mine?; Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing; Cuban Fantasy; Gauchi Guaro (Soul Sauce); Naima; Shoshana; The Continental; Santo Domingo; Mindano

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Cal Tjader: The Best of the Concord Years

Read "The Best of the Concord Years" reviewed by Russell Moon

by Russell Moon
April 15, 2004

From 1979 to his death in 1982, Cal Tjader recorded six albums for Concord. The record label created a new imprint, Concord Picante, for his Latin recordings. Concord has now released The Best Of The Concord Years, which is made up of two 55 minute CDs, comprising more than a third of Tjader's output for the ...

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Cal Tjader: The Best of the Concord Years

Read "The Best of the Concord Years" reviewed by Charlie B. Dahan

by Charlie B. Dahan
April 10, 2004

The Best of the Concord Years celebrates the acclaimed composer, bandleader and vibraphonist Cal Tjader’s last four years, 1979 through 1982. Tjader combined Latin, be bop and cool West Coast themes into an inspiring and influential blend of some of the best modern recordings of jazz. This double disc package opens with two ...

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Cal Tjader: The Best of the Concord Years

Read "The Best of the Concord Years" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
April 8, 2004

Vibraphonist/percussionist/bandleader Cal Tjader said it right when he claimed “I am not an innovator. I am not a pathfinder. I am a participator.” While he never pushed the envelope of Afro-Cuban music, he did go a long way in popularizing it. With albums like La Onda Va Bien winning a Grammy award, the humble Tjader managed ...

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Cal Tjader: Cuban Fantasy

Read "Cuban Fantasy" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
February 13, 2004

George Shearing's bands with percussionists Willie Bobo, Armando Peraza, and Mongo Santamaria also featured Cal Tjader. After his time with Shearing, Tjader employed his drums, timbales, percussion and vibes as a longstanding pillar of the San Francisco jazz scene. Bobo and Santamaria would later realign with Tjader in some of these bands. So did Vince Guaraldi, ...

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Concerts In the Sun

By Cal Tjader

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Love For Sale 2. Goodbye 3. Raccoon Straits 4. Walkin' With Wally 5. My Romance 6. Sigmund Stern Groove 7. Cubano Chant 8. Afro Blue 9. Tumbao 10. Day In, Day Out.