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Accomplished percussionist (bongos, congas, timbales, cencerro), vibraphonist and pianist, one of the first commercially successful artists to fuse jazz with Latin music. The son of vaudevillians, Tjader (pronounced 'Chayder') began his career on the West Coast as a four year old solo tap dancer, nicknamed 'Mr. Talent' by his proud parents. Having graduated from San Francisco State College, he arrived on the music scene as a Dixieland drummer until he got his big break by way of joining the Dave Brubeck Trio in 1949. In 1951, following a brief spell with Alvino Rey and having added vibes to his repertoire, he went on to become a member of the acclaimed George Shearing Quintet. His year with Shearing exposed Tjader to Latin music (especially mambo) and to top-flight musicians in the genre like Mongo Santamaria and Willie Bobo. He became determined to have his own Cuban-sounding band akin to those of Tito Puente and Machito.
In 1954, Tjader formed his Modern Mambo Quintet, recruiting Santamaria and Bobo, plus the pianist and composer Vince Guaraldi with whom he had earlier recorded 'Vibratharp', his first album for the Fantasy label. Switching to Verve in 1961, Tjader's popularity and reputation spread quickly and eventually attracted performers like Donald Byrd, Lalo Schifrin and Kenny Burrell to his organisation. His biggest single hit was the track "Soul Sauce" (1964) from his album of the same name, recorded on the East Coast in November 1964. The song was a reworking of the original Dizzy Gillespie composition "Guarachi Guaro". Among later noteworthy hits were "Cubano Chant" and "Tumbao". During his most prolific period from the late 50's to the mid-70's, Tjader recorded with many renowned artists, including Stan Getz (1958), Eddie Palmieri (the much acclaimed albums El Sonido Nuevo, 1966; and Bamboleate, 1967) and Charlie Byrd (1974). In 1980, Tjader wound up recording with a sextet for Concord Picante (a subsidiary of the Concord label) and won a Grammy Award for 'La Onda Va Bien'. One of his many excellent contributions, "Shoshana" (1984) was released posthumously. For many years a pacesetter for small Latin jazz combos, Tjader was instrumental in popularising the genre and is acknowledged to have influenced a generation of later stars, including Carlos Santana.- Luce Fabiole was born on 30 May 1892 in Paris 11, Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Love and Death (1975), Les compagnons d'Eleusis (1975) and Bonsoir mesdames, bonsoir messieurs (1944). She died on 5 May 1982 in Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France.
- William Gossling was born on 3 July 1912 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Take Three Girls (1969), Middlemarch (1968) and Galileo (1975). He was married to Lola Morice. He died on 5 May 1982 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK.
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Irmgard Keun was born in Berlin, Germany in 1905. She had early stage aspirations, and landed several minor film roles before turning to writing. Her first novel, Gilgi, eine von uns (Gilgi, One of Us), was a runaway bestseller and made into a film the year after it was published.
Her second novel, Das kunstseidene Maedchen (The Artificial Silk Girl), was published in 1932. Like Gilgi, it chronicled the aspirations of a voiceless and downtrodden lower-class "steno-girl." It was also a huge success, and optioned by UFA as a motion picture. But when Hitler came to power the following January, this story (about an ambitious secretary-turned-thief sleeping her way through Berlin to become "a star") became a political liability.
An outspoken opponent of everything that the Nazi Party stood for, by 1934, Keun's novels had been banned, confiscated, and destroyed in Germany.
She fled to Belgium and then Holland, but after the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands that country was no longer safe for her. Rumors of her suicide (perhaps started by Keun herself) allowed her to return to the Reich under an assumed name, and she remained in Germany (living in hiding from 1940-45) until her death in 1982.- Editorial Department
- Editor
Norman Colbert was born on 24 February 1901 in Nebraska, USA. He was an editor, known for The Outcasts (1968), In This Corner (1948) and Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939). He died on 5 May 1982 in Santa Monica, California, USA.