Results for "Carli Muñoz"

Carli Muñoz

Born: October 16, 1948

Carli Muñoz grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he played professionally from a very early age. As a pre- teen, Carli prodigiously assembled a group of friends from his neighborhood, told them that from then on they were going to be musicians, selected their instruments, taught them how to play them and went off to become one of the most popular dance bands in metro San Juan. “In 1960 I would come home with a $500.00 leader’s share in my pockets per week and the sidemen (more like sidekids) would take home at least $250 each. Soon enough we added some professional horn players and joined the local Musicians Union” says Carli. In 1963, Carli joined a group of veteran jazz musicians led by Monchito Muñoz, who had a score of players in his band such as the famed Cuban percussionist Sabú Martinez, bassist Freddy Thomas, Juancito Torres on trumpet, jazz diva Myrna Pagan and drummer Joe Morello as a frequent guest. In 1964 Carli was recruited by one of his peers to form a rock band that soon enough became house band to the famed 1960’s Rolling Stone club in Manhattan and landed a record deal with Capitol

Footprints of Steel

By Robert C. Ford

Label: Composers Concordance Records/Naxos Distribution
Released: 2024
Track listing: [1] 9-Months Earlier; [2] Why Didn't You Tag Me?; [3] The Difference Unhappiness; [4] The Day Saturn Lost It's Rings; [5] Suicide Barbie (Live); [6] Not All Apples Are Blue Color; [7] Dream Big; [8] Blissful Surrender; [9] Footprints of Steel; [10] Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH); [11] Ascending Volumes; [12] Puzzle Complete (The You of Me).

Carli Munoz - Eddie Gomez - Felipe Fournier - Time Remembered

Featuring the music of Carli Munoz
Duration: 4:57
November 14, 2011

Maverick

By Carli Muñoz

Label: Pelosenel Q Lo Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Maverick; You Don't Know What Love Is; Margot; A Cool Night in the City; Katira's Waltz; Entre Nous; Three Little Steps to Heaven; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; Yellow Moon Tune.

Carli Mu: Maverick

by Ernest Barteldes
January 29, 2006

Carli Muñoz is a self-taught pianist who began his career in dance bands in Puerto Rico in the early '60s, then left for the mainland. He returned home in 1986 and founded his own club, the Carli Cafe Concierto. Muñoz came to town recently to perform at Jazz Standard on November 30 for the release of ...

Maverick

By Carli Muñoz

Label: Pelosenel Q Lo Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Maverick; You Don't Know What Love Is; Morgot; A Cool Night in the City; Katira's Waltz; Entre Nous; three Little Steps to Heaven; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; Yellow Moon Tune.

Carli Mu: Maverick

by Jerry D'Souza
November 26, 2005

A thunderous chord, flattened notes, and a rollicking melody turn out to be the calling cards for Carli Muñoz. He gets off to a fine start with “Maverick, underlining his prowess as a pianist with some delightful runs and heady harmonics. But saxophonist David Sanchez cuts to the chase, dissecting the melody and spiriting it in ...

Carli Mu: Maverick

by David Miller
November 22, 2005

The best jazz always comes from kindred spirits. When artists share a vision and a thirst for innovation, they can always come together and make a great record. It doesn't matter if they've ever played together, or if they've been gigging together. The best bands can just rip right into a tune without missing a beat. ...

Carli Mu: Maverick

by John Kelman
November 19, 2005

Some feel the only way to remain true to the jazz tradition is to focus one's energies exclusively within that domain. Others believe that all experience is valuable, and that a stylistically broad career needn't tarnish an ability to remain truthful to a jazz aesthetic. Carli Muñoz clearly fits into the latter camp. The Puerto Rican ...

Carli Mu: Maverick

by Dan McClenaghan
November 14, 2005

Somebody, low in the mix, says, “Yeah!" as bass and drums shuffle and throb into “A Cool Night in the City," the fourth tune into Maverick. “Yeah!"--like this sounds so good. And indeed it does. The tune serves as something of a centerpiece on pianist Carli Muñoz's excellent new disc, and it's not alone in the ...