Cal Tjader: The Life and Recordings of the Man Who Revolutionized Latin Jazz
- Author: Reid, S. Duncan
Provided plenty of information, some quite provocative, and, in doing so, has filled a gap in documenting a musician who achieved one of history's most compelling fusions of jazz and Latin music...strongly... — More…
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Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Gary Foster
- Preface
- One. Tap Dancing with Bojangles to Playing with Brubeck
- Two. Tjader Plays Mambo and Tjazz
- Three. Reaching for the Skye
- Four. Last Bolero in Berkeley
- Five. Flying with Concord
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1. An Interview with Elizabeth A. Tjader
- Appendix 2. An Interview with Robert C. Tjader
- Musical Glossary by Michael Weil
- Discography by Michael Weil and S. Duncan Reid
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography and Sources
- Index