![]() He is often linked to the development of Latin rock and acid jazz. He worked with numerous musicians from several cultures. He was also accomplished on the drums, bongos, congas, timpani, and the piano. Tjader primary instrument was the vibraphone. Unlike other American jazz musicians who experimented with the music from Cuba, the Caribbean, and Latin America, he never abandoned it, performing it until his death. Throughout his professional performing career, Tjader was primarily a Latin jazz musician, though he also explored various other jazz idioms. His father tap danced and his mother played piano, a husband-wife team going from city to city with their troupe to earn a living. Louis, Missouri, to touring Swedish American vaudevillians. (known professionally as Cal Tjader), was born Jin St.
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