Tag: Michel Camilo
Patato: Masterpiece
Arguably the greatest Afro-Cuban percussionist that ever lived (bar Tata Güines, perhaps), Carlos “Patato” Valdés is, also one of the greatest showmen of the...
Michel Camilo: Essence
Following his success with his solo album Live in London Michel Camilo returns to revisiting his music on a very large palette – his...
Artist Profile: Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He studied for 13 years at the National Conservatory earning a degree of Professorship in Music and...
Michel Camilo To Release New Album: “Essence”
Legendary Pianist Michel Camilo Celebrates 25th Album as a Leader with Stunning All-Star Big Band Release
For his landmark 25th album as a leader, iconic...
Michel Camilo: Live in London
In the experiencing of a stage recording by Michel Camilo, such as Live in London, one must contend with a performance that has much...
Michel Camilo to Release New Album: Live in London
Iconic Pianist MICHEL CAMILO Shines on New Album, LIVE IN LONDON, Available November 16, 2017 via Redondo Music
GRAMMY®, EMMY® & Three-Time Latin GRAMMY® Award...
Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orch: Back Home
Michel Camilo is the most celebrated son of the Dominican Republic – culturally at any rate. But far away in the great halls of...
Michel Camilo: One More Once
When Michel Camilo recorded One More Once and released the record on Columbia in the Fall of 1994, it created quite a sensation. Not...
In Concert: Valdés, Rubalcaba and Camilo
On June 21, 2015, at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Michel Camilo spent the evening celebrating the intoxicating and eternally gorgeous music of Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona.
Paco de Lucía Tribute: Entre 20 Aguas
What would a perfect tribute to the legendary Flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía be? It is easy to suggest a tribute by some of...
Michel Camilo: From Out of the Tumult
Santo Domingo de Guzmán stretches languidly along the Southern Coast of Dominican Republic, awash with the foam and salty breath of the Caribbean Sea....
Live at the Blue Note: Conrad Herwig
Conrad Herwig and the Latin Side All-Stars Pay Tribute to Horace Silver
Conrad Herwig is no stranger to reimagining the work of seminal jazz musicians...
Michel Camilo – What’s Up? (2013 Latin Grammy Nominee)
The impish name of his album, What’s Up? would seem to suggest that Michel Camilo is having more fun on his second solo album...
Michel Camilo – What’s Up?
The impish name of his album, What’s Up? would seem to suggest that Michel Camilo is having more fun on his second solo album...
Michel Camilo Releases Solo Piano Album: What’s Up?
11-Track Project Spotlights a Collection of Originals, Latin and Jazz Standards
OKeh releases GRAMMY®, Emmy®, and Latin GRAMMY® Award winning pianist and composer Michel Camilo's...
Body and Soul: The Art of the late Charles Flores
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There is a moment on Dizzy Gillespie’s “Con Alma” that was played by the Michel Camilo Trio at the 39th Internationale Jazzwoche, 2008 in...
2012 Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest: Review
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The 22nd edition of the Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest started exactly at 8pm Thursday, March 29. (Usually this fest takes...
Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest 2012
Change of dates for the Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Fest 2012
The Puerto Rico Heineken Jazz Festival celebrates it’s 22nd edition, starting March 29 until...
Noteworthy Recordings of 2011
This is the recording that Maraca’s fans have been waiting for. Recorded live at the Grand Theater in Havana, Cuba (2010), it presents Maraca’s collaboration with the Havana Chamber Orchestra and includes standout contributions from pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa, Japanese violinist Sayaka, saxophonist David Sanchez, drummer Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo and others. The recording takes the listener on a musical journey [...]
Federico Britos: Voyage
As the world continues to awake to the rising tide of undiscovered music and musicians from the South American paradigm—in an almost ironic kind...