Cal Tjader

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1925-07-16

Active to

1982-05-05

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

340,378

Total plays

3,105,266

Cal Tjader (July 16, 1925–May 5, 1982) was an American Latin jazz musician. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his death. Tjader (pronounced "chay-der") primarily played the vibraphone. He was also accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. He worked with numerous musicians from several cultures. He is often linked to the development of Latin rock and

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. A Comparison of Four Methods of Weaning Patients from Mechanical Ventilation

   · 1995 · cited 1,142x

2. Culture, Class, Distinction

   · 2009 · cited 874x

3. Traditional Framingham risk factors fail to fully account for accelerated atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus

   · 2001 · cited 822x

4. Effect of the carriers on the microstructure of mango powder obtained by spray drying and its functional characterization

   · 2005 · cited 767x

5. DNA–based immunization by in vivo transfection of dendritic cells

   · 1996 · cited 630x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

St. Louis

Place of death

Manila

Occupation

recording artist

Genre

Latin jazz

Instrument

vibraphone

Record label

Fantasy

Conflict

World War II

Military branch

United States Army

Official website

www.caltjader.com

Image

Cal Tjader.jpg

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