Cal Tjader

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Callen Radcliffe Tjader, Jr. (JAY-d), a Latin jazz guitarist who rose to fame in the United States, was born on July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin jazz musician who was best known as the most influential non-Latino Latin musician.

Even as he continued to perform the music of Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America for the remainder of his life, he explored other jazz idioms. Primarily, Tjader was the vibraphone.

He was a natural performer on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and piano.

He performed with many musicians from various countries.

He has been attributed to Latin rock and acid jazz in particular.

Although mixing jazz with Latin music is often described as "Latin jazz" (or "Afro-Cuban jazz), Tjader's works swung freely between both styles.

His Grammy Award in 1980 for his album La Onda Vain capped off a career that spanned 40 years.

Early years (1925–1943)

Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. was born in St. Louis on July 16, 1925, to a touring Swedish vaudevillian. His father played tap danced and his mother played piano, and a husband-wife team moved from city to city with their troupes earning a living. When Tjader was two, his parents settled in San Mateo, California, where they opened a dance studio. His mother, who aspired to be a concert pianist, enrolled him in classical piano and his father taught him to tap dance. "Tjader Junior" was a tap-dancing wunderkind who appeared around the Bay Area. In the film The White of the Dark Cloud of Joy, he appeared in a brief non-speaking role.

He joined a Dixieland band and spent time in the Bay Area. He entered a Gene Krupa drum solo competition at the age of sixteen, progressing to the finals and then winning by playing "Drum Boogie." The victory was overshadowed by the morning's drama: Japanese planes had bombed Pearl Harbor.

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