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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Candido • Latin Fire

 



One of the great Cuban conga players and percussionists to come in the wake of Chano Pozo, he has been a constant source of authentic Afro-Cuban rhythms since his arrival in the early ‘50’s.

Born Candido Camera, 22 April 1921, Havana, Cuba, with no formal musical training, Candido is largely self taught. He originally started playing on bass and guitar, and later began playing bongos and conga drums. He was with Station CMQ Radio Havana for six years, after which, in 1947 to 1952, he worked with Armando Romue at the Tropicana Club in Havana, Cuba. In Oct. 1952, he emigrated to the USA, and after a six week engagement at the Clover Club in Miami (with the 'Night In Havana' show), he traveled to NYC.

There, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie took him to the Downbeat Club on New York's famed 52nd Street where he sat in with pianist Billy Taylor's group, and worked for the next year with Taylor. The fall of 1954 found him touring with Stan Kenton's band. During 1956-57, he free-lanced in NYC, and was back playing with Dizzy Gillespie's combo in 1958.

Subsequently, Candido was often seen on TV and in nightclubs, both in the US and in Venezuela, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. He has recorded with a great many big names in jazz, pop and Latin fields including Shearing, Kenton, Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Tito Puente, Machito.

He put out three albums under his own name on ABC-Paramount in the late 1950s, playing alongside Dick Hyman, and had later albums on Solid State (mid-1960s), Blue Note (1970), and Polydor (1973). He signed on with the Salsoul label and put out two for them including the 1982 “Jingo,” which was a dancehall hit worldwide. He collaborated with Patato Valdes and Giovanni Hidalgo for the 2000 outing of “The Conga Kings.” This is Candido playing with two other conga masters and the results are excellent, highly recommended for percussion fans.

Now in his eighties, elder statesman Candido Camero shows no sign of slowing down. His touch on congas is sure, his time is solid, his sound is uniquely his own, and his execution is as nimble as that of a man half his age. Heralded as the father of the technique of coordinated independence, Candido has further accomplishments. For one, he pioneered the use of two congas and later three, whereas in past congueros were content with a single drum.
Source: James Nadal
https://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/candidocamero

From Wipipedia
... Camero recorded several albums as a leader for ABC-Paramount in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the early 1970s, he recorded for the independent jazz label Blue Note Records, before joining the dance music record company Salsoul. With the latter, Camero recorded two albums which were relatively successul and remain in rotation by DJs in the US. In 1979 he released Jingo, a disco-oriented track written by Babatunde Olatunji and recorded on Salsoul Records. This track was also released as a 12" single in June, 1981 in the UK on the Excalibur Record label, running for over 9 minutes, and reached #55 in the BBC Top 75 chart. It was his most successful hit in the UK discos becoming a huge floor filler at that time. In the 2000s, Camero was a member of the Conga Kings alongside Patato and Giovanni Hidalgo. They recorded two albums for Chesky. He recorded another album for Chesky in 2004, Inolvidable, with Graciela, the long-time lead singer for Machito. This album earned a Grammy Award nomination. In 2014, Camero recorded his last album, The Master, also for Chesky. He continued to perform in jazz clubs in New York until the late 2010s.
Death

Camero died on 7 November 2020, at his home in New York. He was 99. His is survived by a daughter, Emerita Camero Dradenes, and a grandson.

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Uno de los grandes conguistas y percusionistas cubanos que siguieron la estela de Chano Pozo, ha sido una fuente constante de auténticos ritmos afrocubanos desde su llegada a principios de los años 50.

Nacido el 22 de abril de 1921 en La Habana (Cuba), Cándido es un autodidacta sin formación musical. Empezó tocando el bajo y la guitarra, y más tarde comenzó a tocar los bongos y la conga. Estuvo en la emisora CMQ Radio Habana durante seis años, tras lo cual, de 1947 a 1952, trabajó con Armando Romue en el Tropicana Club de La Habana, Cuba. En octubre de 1952, emigró a los EE.UU. y, tras un compromiso de seis semanas en el Clover Club de Miami (con el espectáculo "Night In Havana"), viajó a Nueva York.

Allí, el trompetista Dizzy Gillespie le llevó al Downbeat Club de la famosa calle 52 de Nueva York, donde se sentó con el grupo del pianista Billy Taylor, y trabajó durante el año siguiente con Taylor. En el otoño de 1954 estuvo de gira con la banda de Stan Kenton. Durante los años 1956 y 1957, tocó por libre en Nueva York, y volvió a tocar con el combo de Dizzy Gillespie en 1958.

Posteriormente, Cándido fue visto a menudo en la televisión y en los clubes nocturnos, tanto en los Estados Unidos como en Venezuela, Puerto Rico y la República Dominicana. Ha grabado con un gran número de grandes nombres del jazz, el pop y el ámbito latino, como Shearing, Kenton, Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Tito Puente o Machito.

A finales de los años 50 sacó tres álbumes con su propio nombre en ABC-Paramount, tocando junto a Dick Hyman, y posteriormente tuvo álbumes en Solid State (mediados de los años 60), Blue Note (1970) y Polydor (1973). Firmó con el sello Salsoul y sacó dos discos para ellos, entre ellos "Jingo", de 1982, que fue un éxito dancehall en todo el mundo. Colaboró con Patato Valdés y Giovanni Hidalgo en la edición de 2000 de "The Conga Kings". Se trata de Candido tocando con otros dos maestros de la conga y los resultados son excelentes, muy recomendables para los aficionados a la percusión.

A sus ochenta años, el anciano Candido Camero no muestra signos de desaceleración. Su toque en las congas es seguro, su tiempo es sólido, su sonido es único y su ejecución es tan ágil como la de un hombre con la mitad de su edad. Anunciado como el padre de la técnica de la independencia coordinada, Cándido tiene más logros. Por un lado, fue pionero en el uso de dos congas y más tarde de tres, mientras que en el pasado los congueros se contentaban con un solo tambor.
Fuente: James Nadal


De Wikipedia
... Cándido Camero ha compartido escenario con grandes como Machito, Billy Taylor, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, George Shearing, Stan Kenton, Fania All Stars, Quincy Jones, Charlie Mingus, Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Tito Puente, Chico O'Farrill, Sonny Rollins, Coleman Hawkins, Celia Cruz, Patato Valdés, Mongo Santamaría y muchísimos más.

Con noventa y seis años y casi setenta de carrera artística, Cándido Camero fue el protagonista de un documental sobre su vida y la historia del jazz afrocubano alrededor de él.

Fallece el 7 de noviembre de 2020 a los noventa y nueve años en su domicilio de El Bronx, Nueva York.



Tracklist
A1 - Swinging The Blues - 3:41
A2 - Exactly Like You - 3:13
A3 - King Porter Stomp - 3:14
A4 - JaDa - 2:21
A5 - It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing - 3:07
B1 - Ain't She Sweet - 2:44
B2 - When The Saints Go Marchin' In - 3:40
B3 - Honeysuckle Rose - 3:26
B4 - Sweet Sue - 3:05
B5 - Royal Garden Blues - 3:40


Credits:
    Arranged By – Manny Albam
    Bass – George Duvivier
    Drums – Charlie Persip
    Percussion, Congas, Bongos, Drums – Candido
    Producer – Creed Taylor
    Saxophone – Phil Woods
    Trumpet – Al De Risi, Bernie Glow, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis

Notes:
Subtitle: The Big Beat Of Candido - The Big Sound Of Brass, Voices, And A Latin Beat
Machito dropped in the studio to shake a little maracas.

Label: ABC-Paramount ‎– ABC 286
Released: 1959
Genre: Jazz, Latin
Style: Afro-Cuban, Latin Jazz
https://www.discogs.com/Candido-Latin-Fire-The-Big-Beat-Of-Candido/release/13728533










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