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12th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

12th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival—It's All Jazz, April 1- 30, 2011 presented by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium/CBJC at venues from Coney Island to Williamsburg in Brooklyn. This celebration is New York City's longest continually running grass roots festival dedicated to Jazz. The presentation offers more than 30 events on 23 days with over 100 ...

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90th Birthday Tribute to Candido Celebrated by Bobby Sanabria & Manhattan School of Music Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra

90th Birthday Tribute to Candido Celebrated by Bobby Sanabria & Manhattan School of Music Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra

Bobby Sanabria and the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra will be presenting a 90th Birthday Celebration honoring Candido Camero, NEA Jazz Master and the “father of modern conga drumming" on Friday, April 1 at 7:30pm in the School's John C. Borden Auditorium. The evening will feature Candido, who officially turns 90 on April 22nd, ...

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Music Greats Gather to Celebrate Latin Jazz Legend Ray Santo's 80th Birthday

Music Greats Gather to Celebrate Latin Jazz Legend Ray Santo's 80th Birthday

New York, NY -- Candido Camero, Alfredo “Chocolate" Armenteros and Jimmy Bosch will gather with the Latin Jazz All Stars for a special 80th birthday celebration for legendary Latin jazz composer, arranger and saxophonist Ray Santos on Monday, May 18th at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The ensemble group will perform sizzling Santos ...

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Article: Profile

Candido: Fountain of Youth

Read "Candido: Fountain of Youth" reviewed by AAJ Staff


By Bobby Sanabria At the youthful age of 87, NEA Jazz Master Candido Camero has indeed led a full life with no signs of slowing down. While still maintaining a busy schedule of performing and traveling, “The Man of a Thousand Fingers" is still wowing audiences the world over as a shining example of ...

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Inolvidable

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Si Tu Supieras; Cachita; La Vida Es Un Sueno; Amor Ciego; Conga Jam; Tu Mi Delirio ; Quien Eres Tu; Desvelo; Tu Me Acostumbraste; Contigo En La Distancia; Inolvidable, Parte I; Inolvidable, Parte II.

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Candido

Label: ABC-Paramount
Released: 2004

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Article: Album Review

C: Inolvidable

Read "Inolvidable" reviewed by Javier AQ Ortiz


In 1997, when Steve Turré released his self-titled production for Verve, Graciela Pérez interpreted José Antonio Méndez's bolero “Ayer lo vi llorar. At the time, I wondered why Graciela's yumminess wasn't featured more often as it was obvious there was plenty of feeling and interpretive capacity left in her vocal chords in spite of her advanced ...

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The conga Kings

Label: Chesky Records
Released: 2000

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Thousand Finger Man

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Jump Back; Come On Choo-Choo Train; Soul Limbo; Tony

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Article: Album Review

Candido: Thousand Finger Man

Read "Thousand Finger Man" reviewed by Jim Santella


The late 1960s and early 1970s introduced changes to jazz as well as to all of music. Pop organ and whacka-whacka electric guitar sounds invaded the studio when Candido recorded these sessions in September 1969. This reissue with Dr. Billy Taylor’s original liner notes only measures 38 minutes in length, but its value lies in the ...


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