Jazz / Cool; Latin Jazz; West Coast Jazz
Cal Tjader (pronounced "Chay-Der") is easily the most famous non-Latino leader of a Latin jazz band. His joyous, light vibes style worked in both Jazz and Latin contexts and he also played drums, timbales and bongos. In the late forties in San Francisco, Tjader joined with Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond as a drummer to form the Dave Brubeck Octet and during that period taught himself vibes. |
