CAL TJADER: MILESTONES OF A LEGEND (10 CDS) DOCUMENT

Cal Tjader is a legend of Jazz vibraphone – Original albums by one of the pioneers of Latin Jazz and one of the most important musicians of the West Coast Jazz scene in California – Feat. Stan Getz, Anita O’Day, Dave Brubeck, Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, Paul Horn and many more. Cal Tjader was one of the pioneers of Latin Jazz and his principal instrument, the vibraphone, and one of the most important musicians of the West Coast Jazz scene in California. He was born in 1925 to a couple of Swedish dancers in St. Louis, Missouri, when the Vaudeville troupe to which his parents belonged made a stop-over there. The family settled down in San Mateo, California, two years later and Tjader received classical piano and tap dance lessons from his parents. Early live- and movie-appearances brought him the reputation of a tap dancing boy wonder. As a sixteen-year-old, he won a Gene Krupa talent contest as a drummer. After his military service as a paramedic he wanted to become a teacher via the G.I. bill, but he met Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond at San Francisco State College in the late Forties and soon became the drummer in Brubeck’s Octet. In Brubeck’s trio he switched to drums and vibraphone, being self-taught on the latter. After Brubeck had an accident, Tjader founded his own trio. As the vibraphonist of the popular George Shearing Quintets, he won the Downbeat Critics Poll for the first time in 1953. Tjader and bassist Al McKibbon convinced Shearing to include Cuban percussionists in the band, while Tjader also played bongos. With McKibbon he listened to the most important musicians of the Latin jazz scene: Machito, Chico O’Farrill and the great percussionists Mongo Santamaria and Willie Bobo, both members of Tito Puente’s orchestra. He left Shearing not much later and laid the foundation for his world career with the popular Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Quintet. Over the next ten years he recorded 30 albums for Fantasy Records, of which many highlights have been gathered here. He switched to Verve in the 60s, where he landed his biggest hit with 8222;Soul Sauce”. Sadly, he suffered a fatal heart attack on tour in 1982. His music is timeless and was discovered by a young audience through the Acid Jazz DJs at the end of the 80s and was used in a new context by countless samples in important hip-hop productions.

Tjader Plays Tjazz
1-1 Moten Swing
4:02
1-2 I’ve Never Been In Love Before
2:33
1-3 There Will Never Be Another You
5:06
1-4 How About You
3:04
1-5 Jeepers Creepers
3:18
1-6 A Minor Goof
3:57
1-7 My One And Only Love
2:47
1-8 Imagination
3:18
1-9 I’ll Know
2:59
1-10 Brew’s Blues
3:29

Tjader Plays Mambo
1-11 Yesterdays
3:23
1-12 Out Of Nowhere
3:03
1-13 Fascinatin’ Rhythm
2:46
1-14 Guarachi Guaro
2:59
1-15 The Lady Is A Tramp
2:54
1-16 It Ain’t Necessarily So
2:05
1-17 Have You Met Miss Jones?
3:05
1-18 For Heaven’s Sake
2:57
1-19 Mambo Macumba
2:20
1-20 East Of The Sun
3:03
1-21 Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
3:08
1-22 I Concentrate On You
2:00

CD 2
Mambo With Tjader
2-1 Mamblues
2:25
2-2 Midnight Sun
3:53
2-3 Sonny Boy
2:34
2-4 Cherry
3:22
2-5 I’ll Remember April
3:18
2-6 This Can’t Be Love
3:03
2-7 Tenderly
3:46
2-8 Dearly Beloved
3:55
2-9 Chloe
2:25
2-10 Lucero
3:14
2-11 Bye Bye Blues
2:57
2-12 Autumn Leaves
2:48

The Dave Brubeck Trio With Cal Tjader
2-13 You Stepped Out Of A Dream
2:59
2-14 Lullaby In Rhythm
3:34
2-15 Singin’ In The Rain
2:39
2-16 I’ll Remember April
3:26
2-17 Body And Soul
3:48
2-18 Let’s Fall In Love
2:45
2-19 Laura
2:48
2-20 Indiana
2:37
2-21 Blue Moon
3:01
2-22 Tea For Two
2:50
2-23 Undecided
2:34
2-24 That Old Black Magic
2:42

CD 3
Cal Tjader Quartet
3-1 Battle Hymn Of The Republic
3:19
3-2 It Never Entered My Mind
3:39
3-3 A Light Groove
5:12
3-4 The Night We Called It A Day
3:07
3-5 Fancy Bea
3:42
3-6 A Fifth For Frank
4:50
3-7 For All We Know
4:44
3-8 Miss Wiggins
5:59
3-9 Our Love Is Here To Stay
5:26

Brubeck/Tjader- The Dave Brubeck Trio
3-10 September Song
3:30
3-11 Sweet Georgia Brown
2:46
3-12 Spring Is Here
2:32
3-13 S’ Wonderful
2:44
3-14 Perfidia
2:22
3-15 Avalon
2:10
3-16 I Didn’t Know What Time It Is
2:37
3-17 Always
2:51
3-18 How High The Moon
3:07
3-19 Squeeze Me
3:48
3-20 Heart And Soul
2:22
3-21 Too Marvelous For Words
3:11

CD 4
Latin Kick
4-1 Invitation
4:13
4-2 Lover Come Back To Me
3:41
4-3 September Song
2:59
4-4 Will You Still Be Mine
3:28
4-5 I Love Paris
5:52
4-6 Tropicana
3:14
4-7 Moonlight In Vermont
2:56
4-8 Bye Bye Blues
3:37
4-9 Manuels Mambo
3:17
4-10 All The Things You Are
4:09
4-11 Blues From Havana
3:03

Cal Tjader Goes Latin
4-12 Mi China
2:17
4-13 Close Your Eyes
3:12
4-14 Mambo At The “M”
4:41
4-15 Contigo
2:40
4-16 Bonita
2:30
4-17 The Lady Is A Tramp
4:33
4-18 Black Orchid
3:25
4-19 Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
3:46
4-20 I’ve Waited So Long
2:09
4-21 Out Of Nowhere
3:27
4-22 Guajira At The Blackhawk
5:19

CD 5
San Francisco Moods
5-1 Running Out
3:24
5-2 Raccoon Straits
2:27
5-3 The Last Luff
3:41
5-4 Sigmund Stern Groove
4:40
5-5 Coit Tower
1:37
5-6 Triple T Blues
6:01
5-7 Union Square
4:22
5-8 Skyline Waltz
3:45
5-9 Viva Cepeda
3:43
5-10 Grant Ave. Suite
7:32

West Side Story
5-11 Prologue – Jet Song 7:41
5-12 Something’s Coming 2:42
5-13 Maria Interlude 1:29
5-14 Maria 2:48
5-15 Tonight 2:08
5-16 America 3:59
5-17 Cool 3:50
5-18 One Hand, One Heart 1:51
5-19 I Feel Pretty – Somewhere 6:42

CD 6
Concert By The Sea Vol I
6-1 Doxie
8:49
6-2 Afro Blue
6:34
6-3 Laura
5:20
6-4 Walkin’ With Wally
10:07
6-5 We’ll Be Together Again
5:13
6-6 Round About Midnight
6:07
Concert By The Sea Vol II
6-7 Love Me Or Leave Me
5:29
6-8 Tu Crees Que
5:29
6-9 S.S. Groove
5:19
6-10 Night In Tunisia
6:55
6-11 Bess, You Is My Woman Now
4:12
6-12 Lover Come Back To Me
3:13
6-13 Tumbao
4:53

CD 7
Concert On The Campus
7-1 S.S. Groove
4:48
7-2 Goodbye
4:28
7-3 Moment In Madrid
5:33
7-4 Rezo
6:02
7-5 Love For Sale
4:47
7-6 Then I’ll Be Tired Of You
4:50
7-7 Theme For Duke
2:53
7-8 Cuban Fantasy
6:39
Demasado Caliente
7-9 Manila
5:00
7-10 Key Largo
3:37
7-11 Tumbao
6:56
7-12 Bludan
3:10
7-13 Chispita
3:30
7-14 September Song
3:49
7-15 Cal’s Pal
3:39
7-16 Para-Ti
3:31
7-17 Mamblues
4:41

CD 8
Cal Tjader Plays – Mary Stalling Sings
8-1 Mighty Rumblin’ Blues 3:48
8-2 It Ain’t Necessarily So
2:29
8-3 God Bless The Child
3:17
8-4 Just Squeeze Me
2:35
8-5 I Didn’t Know About You
3:49
8-6 I’m Beginning To See The Light
3:07
8-7 Goodbye
2:40
8-8 Why Don’t You Do Right?
2:36
8-9 Honeysuckle Rose
2:08
8-10 I’m Just A Lucky So And So
2:29
8-11 Ain’t Misbehavin’ (I’m Saving My Love For You)
3:08
8-12 Mr. Blues
2:40

The Cal Tjader – Stan Getz Sextet
8-13 I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face
3:59
8-14 For All We Know
5:44
8-15 Ginza
11:00
8-16 Crow’s Nest
8:21
8-17 Liz Anne
3:48
8-18 Big Bear
4:35
8-19 My Buddy
5:14

CD 9
Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen
9-1 Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
3:08
9-2 Ill Wind (You’re Blowing Me No Good)
4:25
9-3 When The Sun Comes Out
2:42
9-4 Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe
3:27
9-5 I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
3:45
9-6 Come Rain Or Come Shine
3:52
9-7 Over The Rainbow
3:52
9-8 Out Of This World
2:55
9-9 Last Night When We Were Young
3:10
9-10 The Man That Got Away
4:02
9-11 Blues In The Night
3:32

Cal Tjader / Anita O’Day: Time For Two
9-12 Thanks For The Memory
2:49
9-13 It Shouldn’t Happen To A Dream
3:03
9-14 Just In Time
2:50
9-15 Under A Blanket Of Blue
2:25
9-16 That’s Your Red Wagon
2:52
9-17 Peel Me A Grape
3:05
9-18 An Occasional Man
2:30
9-19 The Party’s Over
2:23
9-20 I Believe In You
2:27
9-21 Mr. Sandman
1:58
9-22 Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
3:27
9-23 I’m Not Supposed To Be Blue Blues
2:34

CD 10
Latino
10-1 Mambo Terrifico
4:21
10-2 A Night In Tunisia
8:34
10-3 The Continental
4:45
10-4 Afro Blue
6:32
10-5 Cuban Fantasy
6:30
10-6 Rezo
5:55

Cal Tjader Plays The Contemporary Music Of Mexico And Brazil
10-7 Vai Querer
3:02
10-8 Qué Tristeza
2:48
10-9 Meditação
3:31
10-10 Soñé
3:07
10-11 Se É Tarde, Me Perdõa
2:47
10-12 Não Diga Nada
2:45
10-13 Silencoisa
3:24
10-14 Elizete
2:28
10-15 Imagen
2:40
10-16 Tentação Do Inconveniente
2:31
10-17 Preciosa
2:38
10-18 Chôro E Batuque
5:02