Tag: Michel Camilo

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...

Following his success with his solo album Live in London Michel Camilo returns to revisiting his music on a very large palette – his...

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...

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...

In the experiencing of a stage recording by Michel Camilo, such as Live in London, one must contend with a performance that has much...

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...

Michel Camilo is the most celebrated son of the Dominican Republic – culturally at any rate. But far away in the great halls of...

When Michel Camilo recorded One More Once and released the record on Columbia in the Fall of 1994, it created quite a sensation. Not...

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.

What would a perfect tribute to the legendary Flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía be? It is easy to suggest a tribute by some of...

Santo Domingo de Guzmán stretches languidly along the Southern Coast of Dominican Republic, awash with the foam and salty breath of the Caribbean Sea....

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...

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...

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...

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...

http://youtu.be/eouxdVWJyKo 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...

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...

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...

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 [...]

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...