Cal Tjader

Aliases: Cal Tjader and Orchestra
The Cal Tjader Quartet
Cal Tjader Quartet
Cal Tjader Quintet
Cal Tjader Sextet
The Cal Tjader Trio
Cal Tjader with Strings
Real name: Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr.
Born: July 16, 1925
Died: May 5, 1982
Country: United States
IPI: 00040597876 8 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Latin jazz musician, composer, most renowned for his talents on the vibraphone, but also accomplished on drums and bongos.
Related: Scott LaFaro Cal Tjader Sextet,

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Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
i	Afro Blue	The Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	(141 artists)
i	Alonzo	Cal Tjader	May 1963	The Estrada Brothers
i	Black Orchid	Cal Tjader Quintet	1959	(4 artists)
i	Coit Tower	Cal Tjader Quartet	1958	Tall Jazz
i	Curacao	Cal Tjader	May 1966	(4 artists)
i	Davito	Cal Tjader	1972	(2 artists)
i	Gary's Theme	Cal Tjader	February 1974	(7 artists)
i	Liz Anne	Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet	1958	(5 artists)
i	Lucero	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	Unverified
i	Mindanao	Cal Tjader	1982	Paul Vornhagen
i	Oran	Cal Tjader	May 1966	(2 artists)
	Peel Me a Grape	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader	August 1962	(99 artists)
i	Soul Burst	Cal Tjader	May 1966	Poncho Sanchez with Special Guest Tito Puente
i	Tanya	Cal Tjader	1965	The Essence All Stars

Covers by Cal Tjader

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	A Child Is Born	Cal Tjader	1975	Richard Davis
i	After You've Gone	Cal Tjader	1956	Campbell and Burr
i	A House Is Not a Home	Cal Tjader	1975	Brook Benton
	Ain't Misbehavin'	Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings	1961	Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
	All in Love Is Fair	Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae	1982	Stevie Wonder
i	All the Things You Are	Cal Tjader	1957	Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Stanley Worth REC, Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart PRF
i	Along Comes Mary	Cal Tjader - Arr. and cond. by Chico O'Farrill	July 1967	The Association
i	Amazonas	Cal Tjader	1976	João Donato - Arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman
i	A Message to Michael	Cal Tjader	1968	Jerry Butler
	An Occasional Man	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader	August 1962	Gloria DeHaven
i	Anyone Who Had a Heart	Cal Tjader	1968	Dionne Warwick
i	Aquarius	Cal Tjader	1969	Sergio Mendes Trio Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest
i	A Sunday Kind of Love	Cal Tjader	1956	Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
i	A Time for Love	Cal Tjader	1969	Janet Leigh [dubbed by Jackie Ward]
i	Bang Bang	Cal Tjader	1973	Joe Cuba Sextet
i	Battle Hymn of the Republic	Cal Tjader Quartet	1956	(unknown)
i	Bei mir bist du schoen	Cal Tjader	October 1954	Aaron Lebedeff and Lucy Levin
i	Ben-Hur	Cal Tjader	1962	Miklós Rózsa
i	Bernie's Tune	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Gerry Mulligan Quartet
	Bésame mucho	Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae	1982	Emilio Tuero PRF, Los Cadetes del Swing REC,REL
i	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	Cal Tjader	1962	Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	Big Noise from Winnetka	Cal Tjader	1958	Bob Haggart - Ray Bauduc
i	Black Narcissus	Cal Tjader and Charlie Byrd	1974	Joe Henderson [US1]
i	"Black Orpheus" Medley: Manha de carnaval, Samba de Orfeu	Cal Tjader	1977	Luiz Bonfá, Agostinho dos Santos
i	Blue and Sentimental	Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Blues in the Night	Cal Tjader	1962	William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
i	Blues in the Night	The Cal Tjader Quartet	1957	William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
i	Blues March	Cal Tjader	1968	Gigi Gryce
i	Bluesology	Cal Tjader	1977	Milt Jackson Quartet
i	Body and Soul	Cal Tjader	1977	Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i	Bolero	Cal Tjader	February 1974	Orchestre des concerts Straram PRF, Grand Orchestre Symphonique sous la direction de M. Piero Coppola REC
i	Bye Bye Blues	Cal Tjader	1957	Fred Hamm and His Orchestra
i	Bye Bye Blues	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	Fred Hamm and His Orchestra
i	Cherry	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	McKinney's Cotton Pickers
i	China Nights	Cal Tjader	September 1963	渡邊はま子 (Hamako Watanabe)
i	Chloe	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	Douglas Richardson
i	Close Your Eyes	Cal Tjader Quintet	1959	Freddie Martin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Elmer Feldkamp
i	Cloudburst	Cal Tjader	February 1974	Claude Cloud and His Thunderclaps
i	Come Rain or Come Shine	Cal Tjader	1962	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i	Cool	Cal Tjader and Orchestra	1960	Mickey Calin, Lee Becker, Grover Dale, Tony Mordente, Eddie Roll, David Winters, Tommy Abbott, Hank Brunjes, Martin Charnin, Frank Green, Lowell Harris
i	Cubano Chant	Cal Tjader	1956	Ray Bryant Trio Sampled by De La Soul
i	Dearly Beloved	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	Fred Astaire & Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
i	Django	Cal Tjader	1968	The Modern Jazz Quartet
	Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me	Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae	1982	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i	Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight	Cal Tjader	February 1974	James Taylor
i	Don't Look Back	Cal Tjader	1981	Irene Kral
i	Don't Make Me Over	Cal Tjader	1968	Dionne Warwick
	Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing	Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae	1982	Stevie Wonder
i	Doxie	Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
i	East of the Sun	Cal Tjader	1956	Tom Coakley and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Carl Ravazza REC, The Princeton University Triangle Club PRF
i	Elizete	Cal Tjader	1962	Unverified
i	El watusi	Cal Tjader	1973	Ray Barretto y su orquestra
i	Emily	Cal Tjader	1975	Julie Andrews
i	Evil Ways	Cal Tjader	1971	Willie Bobo
	Evil Ways	Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae	1982	Willie Bobo
i	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Cal Tjader	1964	Nan Wynn PRF, Benny Goodman Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Peggy Mann REC
i	Fascinatin' Rhythm	Cal Tjader	October 1954	Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire & Cliff Edwards PRF
i	Felicidade	Cal Tjader	1968	Agostinho dos Santos
i	First There Is a Mountain	Cal Tjader	1971	Donovan
i	Flamingo	The Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Herb Jeffries
i	For All We Know	Cal Tjader Quartet	1956	Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Allen REC, Morton Downey PRF
i	For Heaven's Sake	Cal Tjader	October 1954	Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
i	Georgy Girl	Cal Tjader	1968	The Seekers
i	Gimme Shelter	Cal Tjader	1971	Rolling Stones
i	Give Me the Simple Life	The Cal Tjader Trio	December 1953	John Payne BRD, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra REC, Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Betty Barclay REL
	God Bless the Child	Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings	1961	Billie Holiday
	Goodbye	Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings	1961	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i	Green Peppers	Cal Tjader - Arr. and cond. by Chico O'Farrill	July 1967	Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
i	Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe	Cal Tjader	1962	Ethel Waters BRD, Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL
i	Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe	Cal Tjader Quintet	1959	Ethel Waters BRD, Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL
i	Have You Met Miss Jones?	Cal Tjader	1956	Joy Hodges & Austin Marshall PRF, Joe Rines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Lee Sullivan REC,REL
	Heat Wave	Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae	1982	Ethel Waters PRF,REC,REL
i	Here	Cal Tjader	1968	Emil Richards
	Honeysuckle Rose	Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings	1961	Bert Stock and His Orchestra
i	How About You	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Judy Garland with Orchestra under direction of David Rose REC,REL, Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney BRD
i	How High the Moon	Cal Tjader	November 1965	Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest REC, Frances Comstock & Alfred Drake PRF
	I Believe in You	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader	August 1962	Robert Morse, Charles Nelson Reilly and Paul Reed REC,REL,PRF
i	I Can't Get Started with You	Cal Tjader	1975	Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i	I Concentrate on You	Cal Tjader	October 1954	Douglas McPhail BRD, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Shirley Howard REC,REL
	I Didn't Know About You	Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings	1961	Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Jo Stafford and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston & His Orchestra REL
i	If	Cal Tjader	1979	Bread
i	I Feel Pretty - Somewhere	Cal Tjader and Orchestra	1960	Carol Lawrence & Girls REC,REL, Carol Lawrence, Marilyn Cooper, Reri Grist, Carmen Gutierrez, Elizabeth Taylor & The Shark Girls PRF, Reri Grist & Ensemble REC,REL, Larry Kert, Reri Grist & Carol Lawrence PRF
i	If You Could See Me Now	Cal Tjader	1978	Unverified
i	I Got a Right to Sing the Blues	Cal Tjader	1962	Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
i	I Hadn't Anyone Till You	Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	Ray Noble and His Orchestra featuring Tony Martin
i	I'll Know	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley
i	I'll Remember April	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i	I'll Remember April	The Cal Tjader Quartet	1957	Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i	Ill Wind	Cal Tjader	1962	Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
i	I Love Paris	Cal Tjader	1957	Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
i	I Love Paris	Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	Les Baxter with His Chorus and Orchestra REC,REL, Lilo PRF
i	Imagination	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Jan Savitt and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bon Bon
	I'm Beginning to See the Light	Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings	1961	Harry James and His Orchestra
	I'm Just a Lucky So and So	Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings	1961	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Al Hibbler
i	I'm Old Fashioned	Cal Tjader	1964	Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Nan Wynn]
i	Invitation	Cal Tjader	1957	The MGM Studio Orchestra
i	I Remember You	Cal Tjader	1980	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i	I Say a Little Prayer	Cal Tjader	1968	Dionne Warwick
i	I Should Care	Cal Tjader with Strings	December 1958	Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i	It Ain't Necessarily So	Cal Tjader	October 1954	John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
	It Ain't Necessarily So	Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings	1961	John W. Bubbles PRF, Lawrence Tibbett REC,REL
i	It Never Entered My Mind	Cal Tjader Quartet	1956	Shirley Ross
	It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader	August 1962	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal by Albert Hibbler
i	It's You or No One	Cal Tjader	1956	Doris Day
i	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face	Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet	1958	Rex Harrison REL,PRF
i	I've Never Been in Love Before	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case REC,REL, Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley PRF
i	I've Never Been in Love Before	The Cal Tjader Quartet	1957	Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case REC,REL, Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley PRF
i	Ivy	Cal Tjader Trio (Cal Tjader)	1951	Unverified
i	I Want to Be Happy	Cal Tjader	1956	Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i	I Want to Be Happy	The Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i	I Want You Back	Cal Tjader	February 1974	The Jackson 5
i	Jeepers Creepers	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD, Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra REC
i	Joao	Cal Tjader	1965	Bud Shank & Clare Fischer
i	Just Friends	Cal Tjader	1964	Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
	Just in Time	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader	August 1962	Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
i	Key Largo	Cal Tjader	1960	Anita O'Day with Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i	La bamba	Cal Tjader	1968	El Jarocho
i	Lady Madonna	Cal Tjader	1969	The Beatles
i	Last Night When We Were Young	Cal Tjader	1962	Lawrence Tibbett with Orchestra – Nathaniel Shilkret, Director
i	Laura	The Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Alfred Newman
i	Laura	The Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	Alfred Newman
i	Linda Chicana	Cal Tjader	1980	Mongo Santamaría REC, East L.A. Car Pool REL
i	Line for Lyons	Cal Tjader Quintet	1958	Gerry Mulligan Quartet
i	Liz-Anne	Cal Tjader	1979	Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet
i	Love for Sale	Cal Tjader	1960	Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i	Love Me or Leave Me	Cal Tjader	1956	Ruth Etting REC,REL,PRF
i	Lover Come Back to Me	Cal Tjader	1957	Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i	Lover Come Back to Me	The Cal Tjader Quartet	1957	Evelyn Herbert PRF, Victor Arden-Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Male Quartet REC
i	Lover Man Medley	Cal Tjader Quintet	1958	Billie Holiday, Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra, Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i	Lullaby of Birdland	The Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	George Shearing Quintet
i	Lullaby of the Leaves	The Cal Tjader Trio	December 1953	Yves Montand BRD, Cora Vaucaire - Au piano : M. Philippe-Gérard REL
i	Mambo Inn	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Bobby Woodlen's Harlem Mambos
i	Manhã de carnaval	Cal Tjader	May 1963	Agostinho dos Santos
i	Manteca	Cal Tjader	May 1966	Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i	Maria	Cal Tjader and Orchestra	1960	Larry Kert PRF,REC,REL
i	Meditação	Cal Tjader	1962	Isaura Garcia
i	Midnight Sun	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
i	Milo's Other Samba	The Cal Tjader Quintet Featuring Armando Perazza (Cal Tjader, Armando Peraza)	1990	Unverified
i	Minority	Cal Tjader	1956	Gigi Gryce - Clifford Brown Sextet
i	Misty	Cal Tjader	1962	Erroll Garner Trio
i	Moanin'	Cal Tjader	1968	Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers
i	Modesty ("Modesty Blaise" Theme)	Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri	1966	David and Jonathan
i	Mood for Milt	Cal Tjader	October 1958	George Shearing Quintet Sampled by De La Soul
i	Moonlight in Vermont	Cal Tjader	1957	Billy Butterfield and His Orchestra - Vocal by Margaret Whiting
i	Morning	Cal Tjader	May 1966	Clare Fischer
i	Moten Swing	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
	Mr. Sandman	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader	August 1962	Vaughn Monroe with Orchestra
i	My cherie amour	Cal Tjader and Charlie Byrd	1974	Stevie Wonder
i	My Little Red Book	Cal Tjader	1968	Manfred Mann [band]
i	My One and Only Love	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i	My Reverie	Cal Tjader	May 1963	Germaine Alexandre
i	My Ship	Cal Tjader	May 1966	Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Bradley REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
i	Naima	Cal Tjader	1982	John Coltrane
i	Never My Love	Cal Tjader	1968	The Association
i	Never Say Goodbye	Cal Tjader	February 1974	The Jackson 5
i	Nica's Dream	Cal Tjader	1969	The Jazz Messengers
i	Nica's Dream	The Cal Tjader Quintet Featuring Armando Perazza (Cal Tjader, Armando Peraza)	1990	Unverified
i	Night in Tunisia	Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	Dizzy Gillespie
i	Noa noa	Cal Tjader	1976	Sergio Mendes & Bossa Rio
i	O barquinho	Cal Tjader	May 1963	Maysa [BR]
i	Ode to Billie Joe	Cal Tjader	1968	Bobbie Gentry
i	On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)	Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri	1966	Louis Jourdan
i	One Hand, One Heart	Cal Tjader and Orchestra	1960	Larry Kert & Carol Lawrence
i	On Green Dolphin Street	Cal Tjader	1962	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i	Our Day Will Come	Cal Tjader - Arr. and cond. by Chico O'Farrill	July 1967	Ruby and The Romantics - Arr. & Cond. by Leroy Kirkland
i	Our Love Is Here to Stay	Cal Tjader Quartet	1956	Kenny Baker [US1] BRD, Abe Lyman and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Frank Parrish REC
i	Out of Nowhere	Cal Tjader	1956	Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i	Out of This World	Cal Tjader	1962	Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	Over the Rainbow	Cal Tjader	1962	Judy Garland
i	People	Cal Tjader	1964	Barbra Streisand - Arr. & Cond. by Peter Matz REC,REL, Barbra Streisand PRF
i	Perdido	Cal Tjader	1958	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Perfidia Cha Cha	Cal Tjader	1958	Orquesta de Los Hermanos Domínguez
i	Pete Kelly's Blues	The Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Ella Fitzgerald REC,BRD, Ray Anthony REL
i	Picadillo	Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri	1966	Tito Puente and His Orchestra
i	Poinciana Cha Cha	Cal Tjader	1958	(unknown), David Rose and His Orchestra
i	Poinciana (Song of the Tree)	Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri	May 2, 1964	Unverified
i	Poor Butterfly	Cal Tjader	1964	Elizabeth Spencer
i	Prologue - Jet Song	Cal Tjader and Orchestra	1960	Orchestra – The Jets REC,REL, Mickey Calin, Lee Becker, Grover Dale, Tony Mordente, Eddie Roll, David Winters, Tommy Abbott, Hank Brunjes, Martin Charnin, Frank Green, Lowell Harris PRF
i	Quietly There	Cal Tjader	1981	Johnny Mandel - Vocal: Ruth Price
i	Reza	Cal Tjader	November 1965	Quarteto em Cy
i	'Round About Midnight	The Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
	Round Midnight	Cal Tjader - Arr. and cond. by Chico O'Farrill	July 1967	Cootie Williams and His Orchestra, Jackie Paris REC, Teddi King accompanied by Beryl Booker REL, (unknown)
i	Sally's Tomato	Cal Tjader	May 1963	Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus
i	Samba de Orfeu	Cal Tjader	November 1965	Luiz Bonfá
i	Se é tarde, me perdoa	Cal Tjader	1962	Silvia Telles
i	September Song	Cal Tjader	1957	Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
i	Serenata	Cal Tjader	1982	Boston Pops Orchestra
i	She's Leaving Home	Cal Tjader	1971	The Beatles
i	Shiny Silk Stockings	Cal Tjader	November 1965	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Similau	Cal Tjader - Arr. and cond. by Chico O'Farrill	July 1967	Gene Krupa and His Orchestra
i	Skylark	Cal Tjader with Strings	December 1958	Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i	Something's Coming	Cal Tjader and Orchestra	1960	Larry Kert REC,REL,PRF
i	Somewhere in the Night	Cal Tjader	1965	Jack Costanzo and His Orchestra REL, Billy May BRD
	Sonny Boy	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	Al Jolson REC,BRD
i	Soul Bird	Cal Tjader	November 1965	James Moody and His Bop Men featuring Chano Pozo
i	Speak Low	Cal Tjader	1962	Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
	Speak Low	Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae	1982	Mary Martin and Kenny Baker REL, Kurt Weill REC
i	Spooky	Cal Tjader	1969	Mike Sharpe
i	Spring Is Here	Cal Tjader with Strings	December 1958	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
	Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader	August 1962	Johnnie Johnston with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i	Stablemates	Cal Tjader Quartet	1962	The New Miles Davis Quintet
i	Stardust	Cal Tjader - Arranged & Conducted by Stan Applebaum	January 1964	Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i	Star Eyes	Cal Tjader with Strings	December 1958	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen REL, Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet - With George Shearing at the Piano (Vocalist : Beryl Davis) REC, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i	Stella by Starlight	Cal Tjader with Strings	December 1958	Victor Young and His Concert Orchestra - Ray Turner at the Piano REC,REL, Victor Young and His Orchestra BRD
i	Stompin' at the Savoy	The Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i	Stompin' at the Savoy	Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i	Summertime	Cal Tjader Quartet	1962	Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
	Summertime	Cal Tjader Quintet		Unverified
i	Tangerine	Cal Tjader	1956	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i	Tenderly	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i	Tereza My Love	Cal Tjader and Charlie Byrd	1974	Antonio Carlos Jobim
	Thanks for the Memory	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader	August 1962	Dorothy Lamour - Orchestra under direction of Cy Feuer REC, Bob Hope & Shirley Ross BRD
i	That's All	Cal Tjader Quintet	1958	Nat "King" Cole
i	The Bilbao Song	Cal Tjader	May 1966	Lotte Lenja, Begleitung: Theo Mackeben mit seinem Jazz-Orchester REC,REL, Oskar Homolka, Peter Lorre, unknown actor and Chorus PRF
i	The Continental	Cal Tjader	1982	Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Erik Rhodes and Lillian Miles
i	The Lady Is a Tramp	Cal Tjader	1956	Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
i	The Lady Is a Tramp	Cal Tjader Quintet	1959	Teddy Lynch with Fairchild and Carroll and Their Orchestra REC, Mitzi Green PRF
i	The Man That Got Away	Cal Tjader	1962	Judy Garland REC,BRD, Jeri Southern with Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke REL
i	Theme from "Burke's Law"	Cal Tjader - Arranged & Conducted by Stan Applebaum	January 1964	Al Caiola
i	Theme from MAS*H	Cal Tjader	1981	The Mash
i	The Nearness of You	The Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Chick Bullock accompanied by His Orchestra
i	The Night We Called It a Day	Cal Tjader Quartet	1956	Johnny Long and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Bob Houston
	The Party's Over	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader	August 1962	Judy Holliday, Ensemble PRF, Carmen McRae with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis REC,REL
i	There Will Never Be Another You	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	John Payne & Joan Merrill
i	These Foolish Things	The Cal Tjader Trio	December 1953	Dorothy Dickson PRF, Turner Layton REC
i	The Shining Sea	Cal Tjader	1981	Peggy Lee REC, Irene Kral BRD
i	The Tra-La-La Song	Cal Tjader	1969	Unverified
i	The Way You Look Tonight	Cal Tjader	1964	Fred Astaire
i	The Whiffenpoof Song	Cal Tjader	November 1965	The Whiffenpoofs
i	This Can't Be Love	Cal Tjader Quartet	1962	Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
i	This Can't Be Love	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	Eddie Albert & Marcy Westcott PRF, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Martha Tilton REC, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REL
i	This Couldn't Be the Real Thing	Cal Tjader	1980	George Shearing & Brian Torff
i	This Is Always	Cal Tjader	1980	George Paxton and His Orchestra - Vocal by Lee Taylor REL, Bobby Byrne and His Orchestra REC, (unknown performer) BRD
i	This Masquerade	Cal Tjader	1977	Leon Russell
i	This Time the Dream's on Me	Cal Tjader	1964	Priscilla Lane
i	Three Little Words	The Cal Tjader Trio	December 1953	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
i	Tokyo Blues	Cal Tjader	September 1963	The Horace Silver Quintet
i	Tonight	Cal Tjader and Orchestra	1960	Carol Lawrence & Larry Kert REC,REL, Larry Kert and Carol Lawrence PRF
i	Tres palabras	Cal Tjader	1978	Orquesta Casino de la Playa - Canto por Reinaldo Henríquez
i	Undecided	The Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
	Under a Blanket of Blue	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader	August 1962	Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenneth Sargent
	Upside Down	Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae	1982	Djavan Covered by (9 artists)
i	Violets for Your Furs	Cal Tjader	1964	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i	Wachi Wara	Cal Tjader	October 1954	Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra
i	Walk on By	Cal Tjader	1968	Dionne Warwick
i	Wear Your Love Like Heaven	Cal Tjader	1971	Donovan
i	We'll Be Together Again	The Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i	What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?	Cal Tjader	1971	Michael Dees
i	What'll I Do	Cal Tjader	1975	Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i	What the World Needs Now	Cal Tjader	1968	Jackie deShannon
i	When Lights Are Low	Cal Tjader Quintet	1958	Benny Carter and His Swing Quartet featuring Elisabeth Welch
i	When the Sun Comes Out	Cal Tjader	1962	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
i	When the Sun Comes Out	The Cal Tjader Quartet	1957	Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell
i	Where is the Love	Cal Tjader	February 1974	Keith Hamshere
i	Where or When	Cal Tjader	1964	Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
i	Why Did I Choose You	Cal Tjader	1975	Barbra Streisand - Arranged and conducted by Peter Matz
i	Why Did I Choose You?	The Cal Tjader Quintet Featuring Armando Perazza (Cal Tjader, Armando Peraza)	1990	Unverified
	Why Don't You Do Right	Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings	1961	Harlem Hamfats, Lil Green
i	Will You Still Be Mine	Cal Tjader	1957	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Connie Haines
i	Windy	Cal Tjader	1968	The Association REL, Ruthann Friedman REC
	Yellow Days	Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri	1966	(unknown)
	Yellow Days	Cal Tjader - Arr. and cond. by Chico O'Farrill	July 1967	(unknown)
i	Yesterdays	Cal Tjader	October 1954	Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fay Templeton PRF
i	You Keep Me Hangin' On	Cal Tjader	1971	The Supremes [US1]
i	You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)	Cal Tjader	1968	Dionne Warwick

Sampled songs

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Aquarius	Cal Tjader	1969	Originally by Sergio Mendes Trio Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest
i	Cubano Chant	Cal Tjader	1956	Originally by Ray Bryant Trio Sampled by De La Soul
i	Mood for Milt	Cal Tjader	October 1958	Originally by George Shearing Quintet Sampled by De La Soul

Songs written by Cal Tjader

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Black Orchid	Cal Tjader	Cal Tjader Quintet	1959	Covered by (4 artists)
Coit Tower	Cal Tjader	Cal Tjader Quartet	1958	Covered by Tall Jazz
Curacao	Cal Tjader	Cal Tjader	February 9, 1966	Covered by (4 artists)
Davito	Cal Tjader	Cal Tjader	1972	Covered by (2 artists)
Liz-Anne	Cal Tjader	Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet	February 1958	Covered by (5 artists)
Lucero	Cal Tjader	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	Unverified
Mindanao	Cal Tjader	Cal Tjader	1982	Covered by Paul Vornhagen
Mood for Milt	Cal Tjader	George Shearing Quintet	August 1955	Covered by (2 artists)
Soul Burst	Cal Tjader	Cal Tjader	February 10, 1966	Covered by Poncho Sanchez with Special Guest Tito Puente

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Fuego Vivo	Cal Tjader	1982	Concord Picante
Agua dulce	Cal Tjader	1971	Fantasy
Along Comes Cal	Cal Tjader	July 1967	Verve Records
Amazonas	Cal Tjader	1976	Fantasy
A Night at the Blackhawk	Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	Fantasy
Breeze from the East	Cal Tjader - Arranged & Conducted by Stan Applebaum	January 1964	Verve Records
Cal Tjader	Cal Tjader Quintet	1958	Fantasy
Cal Tjader at Grace Cathedral	Cal Tjader	1977	Fantasy
Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen	Cal Tjader	1962	Fantasy
Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings	Cal Tjader, Mary Stallings	1961	Fantasy
Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil	Cal Tjader	1962	Verve Records
Cal Tjader Plugs In	Cal Tjader	1969	Skye
Cal Tjader Quartet	Cal Tjader Quartet	1956	Fantasy
Cal Tjader's Concert by the Sea	The Cal Tjader Sextet	1959	Fantasy
Cal Tjader's Latin Concert	Cal Tjader	October 1958	Fantasy
Cal Tjader Sounds Out Burt Bacharach	Cal Tjader	1968	Skye
Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet	Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet	1958	Fantasy
Concert on the Campus	Cal Tjader	1960	Fantasy
Demasiado Caliente	Cal Tjader	1960	Fantasy
El sonido nuevo - The New Soul Sound	Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri	1966	Verve Records
Gozame! Pero Ya...	Cal Tjader	1980	Concord Picante
Guarabe	Cal Tjader	1977	Fantasy
Heat Wave	Cal Tjader, Carmen McRae	1982	Concord Jazz
Here	Cal Tjader	1979	Galaxy [US]
Hip Vibrations	Cal Tjader	1968	Verve Records
Huracán	Cal Tjader	1978	Crystal Clear Records
In a Latin Bag	Cal Tjader	1962	Verve Records
Jazz at the Blackhawk	The Cal Tjader Quartet	1957	Fantasy
La onda va bien	Cal Tjader	1980	Concord Picante
Last Bolero in Berkeley	Cal Tjader	February 1974	Fantasy
Last Night When We Were Young	Cal Tjader	1975	Fantasy
Latin for Lovers	Cal Tjader with Strings	December 1958	Fantasy
Latin Kick	Cal Tjader	1957	Fantasy
Live at the Funky Quarters	Cal Tjader	1972	Fantasy
Mambo with Tjader	Cal Tjader Quintet	October 1955	Fantasy
Más ritmo caliente	Cal Tjader	1958	Fantasy
Primo	Cal Tjader	1973	Fantasy
Ritmo Caliente!	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Fantasy
San Francisco Moods	Cal Tjader Quartet	1958	Fantasy
Saturday Night/Sunday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco	Cal Tjader Quartet	1962	Verve Records
Several Shades of Jade	Cal Tjader	September 1963	Verve Records
Solar Heat	Cal Tjader	1968	Skye
Soña Libré	Cal Tjader	May 1963	Verve Records
Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof	Cal Tjader	November 1965	Verve Records
Soul Burst	Cal Tjader	May 1966	Verve Records
Soul Sauce	Cal Tjader	1965	Verve Records
Tambu	Cal Tjader and Charlie Byrd	1974	Fantasy
The Cal Tjader Quintet	The Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Fantasy
The Cal Tjader Trio	The Cal Tjader Trio	December 1953	Fantasy
The Prophet	Cal Tjader	1969	Verve Records
The Shining Sea	Cal Tjader	1981	Concord Jazz
Time for 2	Anita O'Day - Cal Tjader	August 1962	Verve Records
Tjader	Cal Tjader	1971	Fantasy
Tjader Goes Latin	Cal Tjader Quintet	1959	Fantasy
Tjader Plays Jazz	Cal Tjader Quintet	1956	Fantasy
Tjader Plays Mambo [10"]	Cal Tjader	October 1954	Fantasy
Tjader Plays Mambo [12"]	Cal Tjader	1956	Fantasy
Vib-Rations	Cal Tjader / Don Elliott	1956	Savoy Records
Warm Wave	Cal Tjader	1964	Verve Records
West Side Story	Cal Tjader and Orchestra	1960	Fantasy

Tributes

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
For Hamp, Red, Bags and Cal	Gary Burton	2001	Concord Jazz
Soul Sauce - Memories of Cal Tjader	Poncho Sanchez	September 12, 1995	Concord Picante
Tjaderized - A Cal Tjader Tribute	Dave Samuels	1998	Verve Records

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