Cal Tjader

Como líder/co-líder

• The Cal Tjader Trio (Fantasy, 1953) – gravação 1951
• Cal Tjader: Vibist (Savoy, 1954)
• Cal Tjader Plays Afro-Cuban (Fantasy, 1954)
• Tjader Plays Mambo (Fantasy, 1954)
• Mambo with Tjader (Fantasy, 1954)
• Tjader Plays Tjazz (Fantasy, 1955)
• Ritmo Caliente! (Fantasy, 1955)
• Cal Tjader Quartet (Fantasy, 1956)
• The Cal Tjader Quintet (Fantasy, 1956)
• Jazz at the Blackhawk (Fantasy, 1957)
• Cal Tjader's Latin Kick (Fantasy, 1957)
• Cal Tjader (Fantasy, 1957)
• Más Ritmo Caliente (Fantasy, 1958)
• Cal Tjader-Stan Getz Sextet com Stan Getz (Fantasy, 1958)
• San Francisco Moods (Fantasy, 1958)
• Cal Tjader's Latin Concert (Fantasy, 1958)
• Latin for Lovers: Cal Tjader with Strings (Fantasy, 1958)
• A Night at the Blackhawk (Fantasy, 1958) – live
• Tjader Goes Latin (Fantasy, 1958)
• Concert by the Sea, Vol. 1 (Fantasy, 1959)
• Concert by the Sea, Vol. 2 (Fantasy, 1959)
• Concert on the Campus (Fantasy, 1960)
• Demasiado Caliente (Fantasy, 1960)
• West Side Story (Fantasy, 1960)
• In a Latin Bag (Verve, 1961)
• Live and Direct (Fantasy, 1961) – live
• Cal Tjader Plays, Mary Stallings Sings com Mary Stallings (Fantasy, 1962)
• Cal Tjader Plays Harold Arlen (Fantasy, 1962)
• Latino (Fantasy, 1962)
• Saturday Night/Sunday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco (Verve, 1962)
• Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brazil (Verve, 1962)
• Time for 2 com Anita O'Day (Verve, 1962)
• Several Shades of Jade (Verve, 1963)
• Soña Libré (Verve, 1963)
• Breeze from the East (Verve, 1964)
• Warm Wave (Verve, 1964)
• Soul Sauce (Verve, 1964)
• Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof (Verve, 1965)
• Soul Burst (Verve, 1966)
• El Sonido Nuevo com Eddie Palmieri (Verve, 1966)
• Bamboléate com Eddie Palmieri (Tico, 1967)
• Along Comes Cal (Verve, 1967)
• Hip Vibrations (Verve, 1967)
• The Prophet (Verve, 1968)
• Solar Heat (Skye, 1968)
• Cal Tjader Sounds Out Burt Bacharach (Skye, 1969)
• Cal Tjader Plugs In (At The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, California, February 20–21, 1969) (Skye, 1969)
• Tjader (Fantasy, 1970)
• Agua Dulce (Fantasy, 1971)
• Descarga (Fantasy, 1971)
• Latin Kick (Fantasy FANT-8425, 1972)
• Live at the Funky Quarters (Fantasy, 1972) – live
• Doxy (Verve, 1973)
• Primo (Fantasy, 1973)
• Last Bolero in Berkeley (Fantasy, 1973)
• Tambu com Charlie Byrd (Fantasy, 1973)
• Puttin' It Together: Recorded Live at Concerts By the Sea (Fantasy, 1973) – live
• Last Night When We Were Young (Fantasy, 1975)
• Amazonas (Fantasy, 1975)
• Grace Cathedral Concert (Fantasy, 1976)
• Guarabe (Fantasy, 1977)
• Breathe Easy (Galaxy, 1977)
• Here (Galaxy, 1977) – live
• Huracán (Crystal Clear, 1978) – reedição (Laserlight, 1990)
• La Onda Va Bien (Concord Picante, 1979)
• Gózame! Pero Ya (Concord Picante, 1980)
• The Shining Sea (Concord Picante, 1981)
• A Fuego Vivo (Concord Picante, 1981)
• Heat Wave com Carmen McRae (Concord Jazz, 1982)
• Good Vibes (Concord Picante, 1984) – gravação 1981
• Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader (Dunhill Compact Classics/DCC, 1990) – gravação 1968
• Concerts in the Sun (Fantasy, 2002) – gravação 1960
• Cuban Fantasy (Fantasy, 2003) – gravação ao vivo em 1977
• Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958–1980 (Concord Jazz, 2008) – live

Compilações

• Cal Tjader Plays Latin for Dancers (Fantasy, 1960)
• Black Hawk Nights (Fantasy, 2000) – combined A Night at the Blackhawk (1958) and Live and Direct (1961)

Como sideman

Com Ed Bogas

• Fritz the Cat (soundtrack) (Fantasy, 1972)

Com Dave Brubeck

• Dave Brubeck Octet (Fantasy, 1956) – gravação em 1946–50
• Dave Brubeck Trio (Fantasy, 1950)
• Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals (Fantasy, 1950)

Com Rosemary Clooney

• With Love (Concord Jazz, 1981)
• Rosemary Clooney Sings the Music of Cole Porter (Concord Jazz, 1982)

Com Dizzy Gillespie

• Highlights of the 18th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival 1975 (Storyville DVD, 2007)

Com Woody Herman

• Woody Herman Presents: A Concord Jam, Volume 1 (Concord Jazz, 1981)

Com Eiji Kitamura

• Seven Stars (Concord Jazz, 1981)

Com Charles Mingus

• Charles 'Barron' Mingus, West Coast, 1945–49 (Uptown, 2002)

Com Toshiyuki Miyama

• The New Herd at Monterey (Nadja [Japão], 1974)

Com Brew Moore

• The Brew Moore Quintet (Fantasy, 1956)
• Brew Moore (Fantasy, 1957)

Com Vido Musso

• Vido Musso Sextet (Fantasy, 1952)

Com Art Pepper

• Tokyo Debut [live] (Galaxy, 1995) – gravação 1977

Com Armando Peraza

• Wild Thing (Skye, 1969)

Com Tito Puente

• Tito Puente & His Orchestra Live at the 1977 Monterey Jazz Festival (Concord Jazz, 2008)

Com George Shearing

• An Evening with the George Shearing Quintet (MGM, 1954)
• A Shearing Caravan (MGM, 1955)
• When Lights are Low (MGM, 1955)
• Shearing in Hi-Fi (MGM, 1955)

Álbuns de tributo

• Louie Ramirez: Tribute to Cal Tjader (Caimán, 1986)
• Clare Fischer: Tjaderama (Discovery, 1987)
• Poncho Sanchez: Soul Sauce: Memories of Cal Tjader (Concord Jazz, 1995)
• Dave Samuels: Tjader-ized : A Cal Tjader Tribute (Verve, 1998)
• Gary Burton: For Hamp, Red, Bags, and Cal (Concord Jazz, 2001)
• Paquito D'Rivera and his Latin Jazz Ensemble com Louie Ramírez: A Tribute to Cal Tjader (Yemayá, 2003)
• Mike Freeman ZonaVibe "Blue Tjade" (VOF Recordings, 2015)