The second edition manuscript has been completed. My conclusion on the last phase of the research: From 1951 to 1969 Down Beat reviewed most of Tjader's LPs, and once in awhile, a live performance. During the 1970s, however, only three of the fourteen albums released under his name were reviewed. Moreover, the magazine had just one full length review of a live Tjader combo performance and no attention was paid to any of the LPs subsequently issued by Concord Records in his lifetime; the bandleader died on May 5, 1982. Overall, Tjader was profiled twice in the 1950s––the first was quite brief––and made the cover once (1966). Good to see that he received some recognition but it falls well short of the majority of his peers.
One extra benefit of the wealth of new material on Tjader from Down Beat, the San Francisco Chronicle, other newspapers and more interviews, was the opportunity to correct some errors of commission and omission in the first edition. In sum, I am very pleased with the outcome.
Publication of the 2nd edition Cal Tjader by McFarland & Co. will be early in 2020.
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