Cal Tjader

1925 to 1982
from St. Louis

On fono: 47 songs
35 collaborators
11 cited facts
11 sources

latin jazz

The people around them

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Who makes their records

People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.

Creed Taylor
Produced by
31 songs
Phil Ramone
Engineered by
11 songs
Rudy van Gelder
Engineered by
11 songs
Ed Bogas
Produced by
6 songs
Brian Gardner
Engineered by
5 songs
Jim Stern
Mixed by
5 songs
Mike Fusaro
Engineered by
5 songs
Esmond Edwards
Produced by
4 songs
Val Valentin
Engineered by
3 songs
Lalo Schifrin
Written by
2 songs
Bernie Adam
Written by
1 song
Bob Thiele
Written by
1 song

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

Ed Bogas produced 5 of Cal Tjader’s top 10 songs
Creed Taylor is Cal Tjader’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 31 songs
Cal Tjader recorded most at A&R Recording Studio (12 songs)
Cal Tjader wrote or co-wrote 7 of 47 songs on fono (15%)
Credited songs by Cal Tjader span 51 years, 1963 to 2014 (46 songs)

Top songs

1
The Fakir
Cal Tjader, 1963
From Agua Dulce
1. 2
  Ran Kan Kan
  1971
2. 3
  Descarga Cubana
  1971
3. 4
  Agua Dulce (Cool-Ade)
  1971
4. 5
  Curacao
  1971
5. 6
  Now
  1971
7
Tokyo Blues
Cal Tjader, 1994
8
Cuchy Frito Man
Cal Tjader, 1966
From Several Shades of Jade
1. 9
  Borneo
  1963
2. 10
  Sahib
  1963

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Where the songs were made

A&R Recording Studio12 songs
Van Gelder Studio11 songs

Releases

2014
- Big Eyes: Music From the Original Motion Picture
  Album
1994
- Verve Jazz Masters 39
  Album
1973
- Primo
  Album
1971
- Agua Dulce
  Album
1968
- Cal Tjader Sounds Out Burt Bacharach
  Album
- Solar Heat
  Album
- The Prophet
  Album
1967
- Along Comes Cal
  Album
- Hip Vibrations
  Album
1966
- El sonido nuevo
  Album

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Elsewhere

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Sources (11)

Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.

1MusicBrainz Cal Tjader is a member of Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Orchestra
Cal Tjader is a member of Cal Tjader Modern Mambo Orchestra
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2MusicBrainz Cal Tjader is a member of Cal Tjader Quartet
Cal Tjader is a member of Cal Tjader Quartet
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3MusicBrainz Cal Tjader is a member of Cal Tjader Sextet
Cal Tjader is a member of Cal Tjader Sextet
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4MusicBrainz Cal Tjader is a member of Cal Tjader Trio
Cal Tjader is a member of Cal Tjader Trio
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5MusicBrainz Cal Tjader is a member of Cal Tjader's Modern Mambo Quintet
Cal Tjader is a member of Cal Tjader's Modern Mambo Quintet
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MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Cal Tjader is a member of The Cal Tjader Quintet
Cal Tjader is a member of The Cal Tjader Quintet
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7MusicBrainz Cal Tjader is a member of The Dave Brubeck Octet
Cal Tjader is a member of The Dave Brubeck Octet
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8MusicBrainz Cal Tjader is a member of The George Shearing Quintet
Cal Tjader is a member of The George Shearing Quintet
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9MusicBrainz Cal Tjader is a member of Vido Musso Sextette
Cal Tjader is a member of Vido Musso Sextette
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10MusicBrainz Cal Tjader is from St. Louis
Cal Tjader is from St. Louis
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11Wikidata The genre of Cal Tjader is latin jazz
The genre of Cal Tjader is latin jazz
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CC0 1.0 UniversalRetrieved Oct 7, 2026