Results for "Carli Muñoz"

Musician

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

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Brian Wilson Jazzed: Ten Essential Wilson Covers

by Ian Patterson
June 17, 2025

Brian Wilson is widely hailed as one of the most significant songwriters of the 20th century--the master craftsman behind The Beach Boys' music. Inspired by rock 'n' roll, doo-wop, George Gershwin, vocal quartet The Four Freshmen and Burt Bacharach, he developed sophisticated harmonies and a signature sound that sold millions of records. His singular ...

Album

Footprints of Steel

By Robert C. Ford

Label: Composers Concordance Records/Naxos Distribution
Released: 2025
Track listing: [1] Puzzle Complete (The You of Me); [2] Ascending Volumes; [3] The Difference Unhappiness; [4] Not All Apples Are Blue Color; [5] 9-Months Earlier; [6] Suicide Barbie (Live); [7] Why Didn't You Tag Me?; [8] Blissful Surrender; [9] Footprints of Steel (Live); [10] Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH); [11] The Color of the Number 3; [12] The Day Saturn Lost Its Rings; [13] May the Great Ark Save the Drones (Live); [14] Dream Big (Live).

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Carli Munoz - Eddie Gomez - Felipe Fournier - Time Remembered

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

Pianist Carli Munoz, performs Bill Evans classic, "Time Remembered" with Eddie Gomez on double bass and Felipe Fournier on percussion. Recorded live at Drom in NYC, on July 9, 2011.

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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.

Article: Album Review

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 ...

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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.

Article: Album Review

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 ...

Article: Album Review

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. ...

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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 ...