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Cal Tjader

I've been a long-time fan of Tjader's work and feel he's an important and underrated American jazz musician. One of his more notable accomplishments was to bring authentic Cuban and Carribbean players to American audiences, although he did much work with musicians of other backgrounds as well.

What I found most fascinating in my research was to learn how highly regarded he is in Latin America, Mexico, and Carribbean countries. There he's known as "the Greatest Anglo Latin Jazz Player", a high compliment considering how central music is to those cultures.

I am worried about bias in the article as well as contributing a complete, well-rounded article to Wikipedia. Any suggestions, additions, or thoughtful criticisms are certainly welcome.

Request submitted by Jimbonator at 15:56, May 19, 2005 --Allen3 ^talk 21:02, May 19, 2005 (UTC)

• Boy, I learned a lot about Cal Tjader, who I had only thought of as a vibraphonist. My main comment is that you now have made the Tito Puente article look puny by comparison, so that one will need upgrading. ;-) (And the red-links in the article show that a few articles need to be written, such as Poncho Sanchez.) The one thing that I see missing is some more online references. You should try to see if any of the big music websites has an online discography for Cal Tjader, or if any of them have any samples of Tjader's recordings. BlankVerse ∅ 11:02, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Thanks. I've gone through and checked the red links, and most of the others, to correct disambiguations. Jimbonator 20:14, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
• Agreed, most music FAs have some samples, anything shorter that 30 seconds should be ok under fair use. Also you're going to need to get a photo that has clear copyright status--nixie 23:20, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
  • I've replaced the questionable photo with another photo album,a good shot of Cal looking out over the bay. (Album covers are good under fair use, right?) Also, if I made my own music clips, under 30 seconds, could I upload them under fair use as well? Jimbonator 20:14, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
    • Album covers are fair use, if you're making sound files make them as .oog and then mark them as fair use when you upload them. I had another question, in the article is says he played the conjas is that an alternate spelling for congas?--nixie 11:00, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
      • I can't find the word "conjas" in the article. That would be a typo if it were spelled that way.Jimbonator 21:04, 31 May 2005 (UTC)