# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cal-tjader
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:54:45.842Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cal-tjader"
name: "Cal Tjader"
slug: "cal-tjader"
description: "Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, especially small group modern jazz, even as he continued to perform the music of Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America."
tagline: "American vibraphonist (1925–1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cal_Tjader.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1925-07-16"
deathDate: "1982-05-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.82744266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864649/"
    handle:    "nm0864649"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.caltjader.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كال تچادير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Чейдер, Кол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Tjader"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1015b5e3-8e3d-4d78-806a-c530cf742e66"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491368"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2903851"
    title: "Cal Tjader"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump