All About Jazz is celebrating Cal Tjader's birthday today! Cal Tjader crafted one the sleekest and most distinctive sounds in Latin jazz. His cool, shimmering, jazz vibes, gliding fluidly atop fiery, ...

Born of Swedish American parents in St. Louis in 1925, Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. would have seemed an unlikely candidate to become a champion of Latin jazz. But as pianist and arranger Eddie ...

Jazz musicians have long mined Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and even pop music for material. Here are five Latin interpretations of... Jazz musicians have long mined Broadway, the Great ...

Cal Tjader’s 1976 Latin jazz-rock fusion album Amazonas reissued on 180g vinyl offers lush vibes, killer solos, and essential listening. When I first started collecting Cal Tjader records, ...

Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. (July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) crafted one the sleekest and most distinctive sounds in Latin jazz. His cool, shimmering, jazz vibes, gliding fluidly atop fiery, hot ...

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Cal Tjader became one of the most popular and influential bandleaders in Latin jazz history, easily ranking as the idiom’s greatest non-Latino performer. Though he began as a drummer with Dave Brubeck ...

Cuban musicians have been dispersed around the world for more than half a century while seeking freedom and opportunity, but the family-like ties binding them together endure. Those ties and brilliant ...