Review by Jonathan Widran
Watching lightning crackle and disappear from the sky is a good
analogy for listening to this pianist's approach to the piano, at least on the funky jazz tunes. Camilo's ivory command is simply amazing, and his melodic, percussive treatment of even the simplest pieces is quite exciting to listen to, even though it gets frenetic after a while. Latin-tinged cookers like "Tropical Jam" and "Blacky" will rivet you with an improvisational energy you've never heard before, while the simple romance of "Remembrance" offers a tender counterpoint to all the friskiness. Camilo's approach to jazz is combining funk with improvisation, while never losing sight of the song itself. The way he integrates everything is superb and inspiring -- definitely a rendezvous worth meeting up with.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/rendezvous-mw0000098447
Artist Biography
Pianist and composer Michel Camilo was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1954. Fascinated with music since childhood, he composed his first song at the age of five, then studied for 13 years at the National Conservatory. At 16, he became a member of the National Symphony Orchestra.
Seeking to expand his musical horizons, he moved in 1979 to New York, where he continued his studies at Mannes and Juilliard School of Music. His composition Why Not? was recorded by Paquito D'Rivera as the title tune for one of his albums, and The Manhattan Transfer won a Grammy Award for their vocal version in 1983. His first two albums were titled Why Not? and Suntan/In Trio.
Camilo made his Carnegie Hall debut with his trio in 1985. Since then, he has become a prominent figure performing regularly in the United States, the Caribbean, Japan and Europe. December 1987 marked his debut as a classical conductor when the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic invited him to conduct a recital featuring the works of Rimsky-Korsakoff, Beethoven, Dvorak and Camilo’s own composition, The Goodwill Games Theme, which won an Emmy Award. That year, he became the musical director of the Heineken Jazz Festival in his native Dominican Republic, a post he held through 1992.
November of 1988 marked his debut on a major record label with the release of his self- titled album, Michel Camilo (Sony). The album became an instant success and held the top jazz album spot for ten consecutive weeks.
His next recording, On Fire, was voted one of the top three Jazz Albums of the Year by Billboard, and 1990s On the Other Hand was a top-ten jazz album. All three releases reached the number-one position in radio airplay.
Camilo’s list of compositions, recordings and other achievements throughout the '90s is vast. His composition Caribe was recorded by pianists Katia and Marielle Lebeque, and by the legendary Dizzy Gillespie, in 1991. His Rhapsody for Two Pianos and Orchestra, commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra, premiered a year later at the Royal Festival Hall. In 1993, Gavin and Billboard magazines picked his Rendezvous as one of the top jazz albums of the year.
Camilo performed a series of piano recitals in 1996 as part of Copenhagen’s Cultural Capital of Europe celebration, and also debuted at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, and Carnegie Hall in New York. That same year, he performed in Israel, Spain, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Switzerland, where he debuted at Zurich’s prestigious Tonhalle concert hall as part of the Jazz Piano Masters series.
He served as co-artistic director in 1998 for the first Latin-Caribbean Music Festival at the Kennedy Center, which featured performances by his trio and big band, as well as the world premiere of his Piano Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin. The following year, he toured with Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdes, and debuted with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to compiling an extensive discography and maintaining a rigorous performance schedule, Camilo has composed and recorded a number of Spanish film scores over the years, and holds honorary degrees from his alma mater, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, and UTESA University of Santiago, Dominican Republic (he’s the youngest person to ever receive the distinction from the latter school). In 1992, he was named a Knight of the Heraldic Order of Christopher Columbus by the Dominican Government.
At the turn of the millennium, his 2000 Verve release, Spain, with guitarist Tomatito, won Best Latin Jazz Album in the first-ever Latin Grammy Awards. Camilo also performed in a trio concert in 2000 presented by the New Jersey Chamber Society with special guest Paquito D'Rivera.
In 2001, Camilo appeared on the soundtrack CD for the acclaimed Latin jazz film Calle 54, directed by the Oscar-winning Spaniard Fernando Trueba. In addition to his activities as a composer and pianist, Camilo lectured and performed at many universities and colleges throughout Europe and the United States”including New York University, Berklee School of Music, MIT, William Paterson College (in New Jersey) and Puerto Rico Conservatory.
In November 2001, he was awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of Duarte, Sanchez & Mella from the president of the Dominican Republic, the highest honor that the government can give.
2002 marked a special year for Camilo with two albums: Classical and Jazz. In February, Decca released his Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Suite for Piano, Strings and Harp & Caribe, to celebrate his guest appearance with the NSO conducted by Leonard Slatkin at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
In March 2002, Telarc released Triangulo, Camilo’s Grammy Award nominee trio recording, which features bass guitarist Anthony Jackson and drummer Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez.
August 2003 marked the Telarc release of his latest album Live at the Blue Note, featuring Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez on drums and Charles Flores on acoustic bass. This two-CD set captures the quintessential Camilo “sound” live for the first time and was awarded a GRAMMY for Best Latin Jazz Album.
Watching lightning crackle and disappear from the sky is a good
analogy for listening to this pianist's approach to the piano, at least on the funky jazz tunes. Camilo's ivory command is simply amazing, and his melodic, percussive treatment of even the simplest pieces is quite exciting to listen to, even though it gets frenetic after a while. Latin-tinged cookers like "Tropical Jam" and "Blacky" will rivet you with an improvisational energy you've never heard before, while the simple romance of "Remembrance" offers a tender counterpoint to all the friskiness. Camilo's approach to jazz is combining funk with improvisation, while never losing sight of the song itself. The way he integrates everything is superb and inspiring -- definitely a rendezvous worth meeting up with.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/rendezvous-mw0000098447
Artist Biography
Pianist and composer Michel Camilo was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 1954. Fascinated with music since childhood, he composed his first song at the age of five, then studied for 13 years at the National Conservatory. At 16, he became a member of the National Symphony Orchestra.
Seeking to expand his musical horizons, he moved in 1979 to New York, where he continued his studies at Mannes and Juilliard School of Music. His composition Why Not? was recorded by Paquito D'Rivera as the title tune for one of his albums, and The Manhattan Transfer won a Grammy Award for their vocal version in 1983. His first two albums were titled Why Not? and Suntan/In Trio.
Camilo made his Carnegie Hall debut with his trio in 1985. Since then, he has become a prominent figure performing regularly in the United States, the Caribbean, Japan and Europe. December 1987 marked his debut as a classical conductor when the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic invited him to conduct a recital featuring the works of Rimsky-Korsakoff, Beethoven, Dvorak and Camilo’s own composition, The Goodwill Games Theme, which won an Emmy Award. That year, he became the musical director of the Heineken Jazz Festival in his native Dominican Republic, a post he held through 1992.
November of 1988 marked his debut on a major record label with the release of his self- titled album, Michel Camilo (Sony). The album became an instant success and held the top jazz album spot for ten consecutive weeks.
His next recording, On Fire, was voted one of the top three Jazz Albums of the Year by Billboard, and 1990s On the Other Hand was a top-ten jazz album. All three releases reached the number-one position in radio airplay.
Camilo’s list of compositions, recordings and other achievements throughout the '90s is vast. His composition Caribe was recorded by pianists Katia and Marielle Lebeque, and by the legendary Dizzy Gillespie, in 1991. His Rhapsody for Two Pianos and Orchestra, commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra, premiered a year later at the Royal Festival Hall. In 1993, Gavin and Billboard magazines picked his Rendezvous as one of the top jazz albums of the year.
Camilo performed a series of piano recitals in 1996 as part of Copenhagen’s Cultural Capital of Europe celebration, and also debuted at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, and Carnegie Hall in New York. That same year, he performed in Israel, Spain, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Switzerland, where he debuted at Zurich’s prestigious Tonhalle concert hall as part of the Jazz Piano Masters series.
He served as co-artistic director in 1998 for the first Latin-Caribbean Music Festival at the Kennedy Center, which featured performances by his trio and big band, as well as the world premiere of his Piano Concerto with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin. The following year, he toured with Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdes, and debuted with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
In addition to compiling an extensive discography and maintaining a rigorous performance schedule, Camilo has composed and recorded a number of Spanish film scores over the years, and holds honorary degrees from his alma mater, Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, and UTESA University of Santiago, Dominican Republic (he’s the youngest person to ever receive the distinction from the latter school). In 1992, he was named a Knight of the Heraldic Order of Christopher Columbus by the Dominican Government.
At the turn of the millennium, his 2000 Verve release, Spain, with guitarist Tomatito, won Best Latin Jazz Album in the first-ever Latin Grammy Awards. Camilo also performed in a trio concert in 2000 presented by the New Jersey Chamber Society with special guest Paquito D'Rivera.
In 2001, Camilo appeared on the soundtrack CD for the acclaimed Latin jazz film Calle 54, directed by the Oscar-winning Spaniard Fernando Trueba. In addition to his activities as a composer and pianist, Camilo lectured and performed at many universities and colleges throughout Europe and the United States”including New York University, Berklee School of Music, MIT, William Paterson College (in New Jersey) and Puerto Rico Conservatory.
In November 2001, he was awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of Duarte, Sanchez & Mella from the president of the Dominican Republic, the highest honor that the government can give.
2002 marked a special year for Camilo with two albums: Classical and Jazz. In February, Decca released his Concerto for Piano & Orchestra, Suite for Piano, Strings and Harp & Caribe, to celebrate his guest appearance with the NSO conducted by Leonard Slatkin at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
In March 2002, Telarc released Triangulo, Camilo’s Grammy Award nominee trio recording, which features bass guitarist Anthony Jackson and drummer Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez.
August 2003 marked the Telarc release of his latest album Live at the Blue Note, featuring Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez on drums and Charles Flores on acoustic bass. This two-CD set captures the quintessential Camilo “sound” live for the first time and was awarded a GRAMMY for Best Latin Jazz Album.
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Reseña de Jonathan Widran
Ver el crepitar de los relámpagos y desaparecer del cielo es un buen
analogía para escuchar el acercamiento de este pianista al piano, al menos en las melodías funky de jazz. El dominio del marfil de Camilo es simplemente asombroso, y su tratamiento melódico y percusivo de las piezas más simples es muy emocionante de escuchar, aunque se vuelve frenético después de un tiempo. Cocinas con matices latinos como "Tropical Jam" y "Blacky" le fascinarán con una energía de improvisación que nunca antes había oído, mientras que el simple romance de "Remembrance" ofrece un tierno contrapunto a todo el frenesí. El enfoque de Camilo en el jazz es combinar el funk con la improvisación, sin perder nunca de vista la canción en sí. La forma en que integra todo es magnífica e inspiradora... definitivamente una cita que vale la pena conocer.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/rendezvous-mw0000098447
Ver el crepitar de los relámpagos y desaparecer del cielo es un buen
analogía para escuchar el acercamiento de este pianista al piano, al menos en las melodías funky de jazz. El dominio del marfil de Camilo es simplemente asombroso, y su tratamiento melódico y percusivo de las piezas más simples es muy emocionante de escuchar, aunque se vuelve frenético después de un tiempo. Cocinas con matices latinos como "Tropical Jam" y "Blacky" le fascinarán con una energía de improvisación que nunca antes había oído, mientras que el simple romance de "Remembrance" ofrece un tierno contrapunto a todo el frenesí. El enfoque de Camilo en el jazz es combinar el funk con la improvisación, sin perder nunca de vista la canción en sí. La forma en que integra todo es magnífica e inspiradora... definitivamente una cita que vale la pena conocer.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/rendezvous-mw0000098447
Biografía del artista
El pianista y compositor Michel Camilo nació en Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, en 1954. Fascinado por la música desde la infancia, compuso su primera canción a la edad de cinco años, y luego estudió durante 13 años en el Conservatorio Nacional. A los 16 años, se convirtió en miembro de la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional.
Buscando ampliar sus horizontes musicales, se trasladó en 1979 a Nueva York, donde continuó sus estudios en la Escuela de Música de Mannes y Juilliard. Su composición Why Not? fue grabada por Paquito D'Rivera como la canción principal de uno de sus álbumes, y The Manhattan Transfer ganó un premio Grammy por su versión vocal en 1983. Sus dos primeros álbumes se titulaban Why Not? y Suntan/In Trio.
Camilo hizo su debut en el Carnegie Hall con su trío en 1985. Desde entonces, se ha convertido en una figura prominente que actúa regularmente en los Estados Unidos, el Caribe, Japón y Europa. En diciembre de 1987 debutó como director clásico cuando la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de la República Dominicana lo invitó a dirigir un recital con las obras de Rimsky-Korsakoff, Beethoven, Dvorak y la propia composición de Camilo, The Goodwill Games Theme, que ganó un premio Emmy.
Ese año, se convirtió en el director musical del Festival de Jazz de Heineken en su República Dominicana natal, cargo que ocupó hasta 1992.
En noviembre de 1988 debutó en un importante sello discográfico con el lanzamiento de su álbum autotitulado, Michel Camilo (Sony). El álbum se convirtió en un éxito instantáneo y ocupó el primer puesto de los álbumes de jazz durante diez semanas consecutivas. Su siguiente grabación, On Fire, fue votada como uno de los tres mejores álbumes de jazz del año por Billboard, y 1990 On the Other Hand fue uno de los diez mejores álbumes de jazz. Los tres lanzamientos alcanzaron la posición número uno en la radio.
La lista de composiciones, grabaciones y otros logros de Camilo a lo largo de los 90 es muy amplia. Su composición Caribe fue grabada por las pianistas Katia y Marielle Lebeque, y por el legendario Dizzy Gillespie, en 1991. Su Rapsodia para dos pianos y orquesta, comisionada por la Orquesta Filarmónica, se estrenó un año después en el Royal Festival Hall. En 1993, las revistas Gavin y Billboard eligieron su Rendezvous como uno de los mejores álbumes de jazz del año.
Camilo realizó una serie de recitales de piano en 1996 como parte de la celebración de la Capital Cultural de Europa en Copenhague, y también debutó en el Centro Kennedy para las Artes Escénicas en Washington, DC, y en el Carnegie Hall en Nueva York. Ese mismo año, actuó en Israel, España, México, República Dominicana y Suiza, donde debutó en la prestigiosa sala de conciertos Tonhalle de Zurich como parte de la serie Jazz Piano Masters.
En 1998 fue co-director artístico del primer Festival de Música Latinoamericana y Caribeña en el Kennedy Center, que contó con la participación de su trío y su big band, así como con el estreno mundial de su Concierto para Piano con la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional dirigida por Leonard Slatkin. Al año siguiente, realizó una gira con el pianista de jazz cubano Chucho Valdés y debutó con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Cleveland.
Además de recopilar una extensa discografía y mantener un riguroso programa de actuaciones, Camilo ha compuesto y grabado varias partituras de películas españolas a lo largo de los años, y tiene títulos honoríficos de su alma mater, la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, y de la Universidad UTESA de Santiago, República Dominicana (es la persona más joven en recibir la distinción de esta última escuela). En 1992 fue nombrado Caballero de la Orden Heráldica de Cristóbal Colón por el Gobierno Dominicano.
A principios del milenio, su disco Verve del año 2000, España, con el guitarrista Tomatito, ganó el premio al mejor álbum de jazz latino en la primera entrega de los Grammy Latinos. Camilo también actuó en un concierto de trío en 2000 presentado por la Sociedad de Cámara de Nueva Jersey con el invitado especial Paquito D'Rivera.
En 2001, Camilo apareció en el CD de la banda sonora de la aclamada película de jazz latino Calle 54, dirigida por el español Fernando Trueba, ganador de un Oscar. Además de sus actividades como compositor y pianista, Camilo dio conferencias y actuó en muchas universidades y colegios de Europa y los Estados Unidos, incluyendo la Universidad de Nueva York, la Escuela de Música de Berklee, el MIT, el William Paterson College (en Nueva Jersey) y el Conservatorio de Puerto Rico.
En noviembre de 2001, el presidente de la República Dominicana le concedió la Cruz de Plata de la Orden de Duarte, Sánchez y Mella, el más alto honor que el gobierno puede otorgar.
El 2002 marcó un año especial para Camilo con dos álbumes: Clásico y Jazz. En febrero, Decca lanzó su Concierto para Piano y Orquesta, Suite para Piano, Cuerdas y Arpa y Caribe, para celebrar su aparición como invitado con la NSO dirigida por Leonard Slatkin en el Centro Kennedy de las Artes Escénicas en Washington, D.C.
En marzo de 2002, Telarc lanzó Triángulo, la grabación del trío nominado a los premios Grammy de Camilo, en la que participan el bajista Anthony Jackson y el baterista Horacio "El Negro" Hernández.
En agosto de 2003, Telarc lanzó su último álbum Live at the Blue Note, en el que participan Horacio "El Negro" Hernández en la batería y Charles Flores en el bajo acústico. Este conjunto de dos CDs captura por primera vez el "sonido" por excelencia de Camilo en vivo y fue galardonado con un GRAMMY al Mejor Álbum de Jazz Latino.
www.michelcamilo.com/rendezvous
Tracks:
1 - Tropical Jam - 3:26
2 - Caravan - 5:37
3 - El Realejo - 4:47
4 - Rendezvous - 5:06
5 - As One - 7:37
6 - Remembrance - 5:10
7 - Blacky - 5:04
8 - Albertina - 4:36
9 - From Within - 8:01
Credits:
Contrabass [Guitar] – Anthony Jackson
Drums – Dave Weckl
Piano – Michel Camilo
Label: Columbia – 473772-2
Released: 1993
Genre: Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/Michel-Camilo-Rendezvous/release/6685246
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