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Michel Camilo: Spirit of the Moment
by C. Michael Bailey
Native of the Dominican Republic, Michel Camilo has forged a highly personal approach to piano composition and performance. His playing is refreshingly devoid of the hypersensitive impressionism practice performed in the wake of Bill Evans and that pianist's acolytes. Camilo's style is strapping and powerful but can encompass gentleness and introspection, just not too much. Camilo ...
Michel Camilo: Spirit of the Moment
by Joel Roberts
Although he was born in the Dominican Republic and has won Latin Grammy awards, it would be inaccurate to lump pianist Michel Camilo into the catch-all category of Latin jazz. Sure, his roots are in Latin music and he imbues much of his playing with Afro-Caribbean beats, but he's best described as a jazz artist. Period. ...
Rhapsody in Blue
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F: Allegro, Adagio - Andante con moto, Allegro Agitato,
Prelude No. 2.
Spain Again
Label: Decca Music Group
Released: 2006
Track listing: El Dia Que Me Quieras; Libertango; Fuga y Misterio; Adios Nonino; Stella By Starlight; Twighlight Glow; A Los Nietos; La Tarde; La Fiesta; From Within; Amor de Conuco.
Michel Camilo & Tomatito: Spain Again
by Ian Patterson
Almost seven years have passed since Michel Camilo and Tomatito came together to record the multi-award-winning album Spain (Verve, 2000). That recording placed these outstanding musicians in the rarefied company of those who have successfully joined piano and guitar in a duo context and produced music of rare beauty: Bill Evans and Jim Hall in the ...
Calle 54
Featuring the music of Michel Camilo
Duration: 02:45
Michel Camilo on a Blue Note Tour
by Nick Catalano
Well over 16 years ago I reviewed a young pianist from the Dominican Republic unknown to New York audiences. He was in an all-star concert at Town Hall and from the downbeat of the first selection I knew I was in for something special. By playing clever rhythm figures in unison with his bassist and drummer ...
Michel Camilo: Rhapsody in Blue
by Jim Santella
The crystal clear articulation with which Michel Camilo interprets “Rhapsody in Blue" comes naturally. He was a child prodigy, after all, who joined the National Symphony of the Dominican Republic at age sixteen. Here, with the 95-piece Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, he resurrects George Gershwin's landmark composition with its jazz inflection and significant orchestral jazz textures. Camilo's ...
Michel Camilo: Rhapsody in Blue
by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
As we settle into the new century, Gunther Schuller's Third Stream concept remains alive and well. Another example of this jazz/classical crossover is Rhapsody in Blue, where Michel Camilo plays “classical" George Gershwin with the Barcelona Symphony. It's a terrific CD, but is it jazz? You bet. For one thing, Gershwin was basically a jazz guy, ...
Solo
Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1) A Dream;
2) Minha (All Mine);
3) Our Love Is Here To Stay;
4) Reflections;
5) Luiza;
6) 'Round Midnight;
7) Atras Da Porta;
8) Someone To Watch Over Me;
9) Un Son;
10) The Frim Fram Sauce;
11) Corcovado (Quiet Nights);
12) Suntan.
