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Michele Camilo: What's Up? EPK
Michele Camilo - Take Five
Michel Camilo on Drummers
Michel Camilo | Mannes School of Music at The New School

Tour Dates

04/13/2019 - National Auditorium / Madrid, Spain
04/26/2019 - Blue Note / Tokyo, Japan
05/08/2019 - Neumunster Konzerte / Kirche Neum?nster, Zurich, Switzerland
05/16/2019 - Teatro Orfeo / Taranto, Italy
05/17/2019 - Auditorium Gervasio / Matera, Italy
05/18/2019 - Chiostro Santa Chiara / Mola Di Bari, Italy
06/16/2019 - Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall / Hong Kong, China
07/10/2019 - Theatersaal Ruhrfestspielhaus / Recklinghausen, Germany
07/13/2019 - North Sea Jazz Festival / Rotterdam Ahoy, The Netherlands
07/15/2019 - Arena Santa Giulliana / Perugia, Italy
09/21/2019 - Lehman Center for the Performing Arts / Bronx, NY
1 A Place in Time
2 Alone Together
3 At Dawn
4 Chan Chan
5 Island Beat
6 Love for Sale
7 On Fire
8 Paprika
9 Sandra's Serenade
10 Take Five
11 What's Up
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"As usual, Camilo's pianism is remarkable, not only where technique is concerned, but moreover, for the range and beauty of his sound. The many moods Camilo conveys could not be achieved without his control of the instrument at its most intimate level." Billboard

"Camilo's playing has a Classical feel, making full use of his left hand and exhibiting phenomenal control of dynamics. Thunderous chords yielded seamlessly to exquisitely soft passages, and a stupendous end to the medley earned Camilo a standing ovation."  The Boston Globe

OKeh is proud to release GRAMMY, Emmy, and Latin GRAMMY Award winning pianist and composer Michel Camilo's new album, What's Up? The project is the Dominican Republic-born musician's debut for the label and is OKeh's second overall release as part of the new re-launch initiative via Sony Classical, which focuses on documenting "Global Expressions in Jazz." Produced by Camilo and recorded by also GRAMMY Award winning engineer Phil Magnotti the 11 tracks provide a stunning demonstration of the pianist's originality, spotlighting seven original compositions and four arrangements of jazz and Latin standards. Tracks include: 'Alone Together,' an exploration of Cole Porter's 'Love For Sale' and a deep soulful re-discovery of Compay Segundo's 'Chan Chan,' as well as in Camilo's own words, "my take on the perpetual polyrhythmic intricacies of 'Take Five' - as a personal nod of admiration and awe to the legacy of legendary master Dave Brubeck."

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  • Twenty-five albums into a prolific and varied career, Michel Camilo has lots to talk about / JazzTimes
    Posted At: February 3, 2020 12:00 AM

    You don't get an answer when you ask Michel Camilo a question, you get a story-like the one about how he gravitated toward the piano as a child growing up in the Dominican Republic. "When I turned almost five, that Christmas my mother and father gave me a very tiny accordion," says the now 65-year-old pianist, bandleader, and composer. "Luckily it was in tune, so I was able to pick out the melody to &lsq...
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  • The Mannes School of Music features Michel Camilo
    Posted At: March 8, 2019 12:00 AM

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  • There are Jazz pianists and then there is Michel Camilo, and he's coming to Bulgaria / The Sofia Globe
    Posted At: January 14, 2018 12:00 AM

    There are Jazz pianists and then there is Michel Camilo. This guy is one of a kind. He definitely is the Don of Latin Jazz on the piano, since his playing is simply breathtaking. For the first time ever, that word is truly appropriate. Michael Camilo will stun every single person in his audience. Apart from releasing countless solo albums, the Dominican piano God played with the most brilliant fellow art...
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  • Michel Camilo - Live In London makes 'billboard 20 Best Latin Albums of 2017'
    Posted At: December 22, 2017 12:00 AM

    Dominican pianist Michel Camilo has classical chops and jazzy inclinations, and puts both to play together in this superb solo recording -- where, alone with his piano, he mines unexpected depths. Virtuosity at its finest. - L.C. all about jazz' - Dan Bilawsky wrote p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Hel...
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  • Guitarist Diego Urena Santana wins Berklee College of Music - Michel Camilo Presidential Scholarship / billboard
    Posted At: December 14, 2017 12:00 AM

    Guitarist Diego Ureña Santana is the winner of the Berklee College of Music's Michel Camilo Presidential Scholarship. Chosen by a panel of judges comprised of Berklee faculty and Camilo himself after an audition and interview at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Santo Domingo, Santana will have his four years of study at the prestigious Boston school covered. The prize also includ...
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  • Michel Camilo set to release - LIVE IN LONDON, on his own label imprint / BroadwayWorld
    Posted At: October 17, 2017 12:00 AM

    GRAMMY®, EMMY® and three-time Latin GRAMMY® Award winner Michel Camilo will release LIVE IN LONDON, a special "live" solo piano album, set for November 16, 2017 through his own record label imprint, Redondo Music. Produced by Camilo and recorded live at The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre in June 2015 (at a concert presented by Completely Concerts), LIVE IN LONDON is a seven-track offe...
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  • Chucho Valdes, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Michel Camilo play tribute to Ernesto Lecuona at SFJazz / San Francisco Chronicle
    Posted At: May 31, 2017 12:00 AM

    Cuban pianists Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Michel Camilo played a tribute to Ernesto Lecuona, the "Gershwin of Cuba," at SFJazz on Thursday, May 25, and then over the weekend. The gigs showcased how Lecuona's music is complex, jazzy and romantic at once, showy, with Spanish strains flowing through it. Camilo's playing was bold, forceful; Rubalcaba's more rest...
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  • Michel Camilo set to launch 2017-18 Jazz Salt Lake City / Deseret News
    Posted At: December 30, 2016 12:00 AM

    On Saturday, Jan. 7, at Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre, Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Michel Camilo launches the 2017-18 Jazz SLC series with his energetic Caribbean rhythms and jazz harmonies. Joining Camilo on stage will be drummer and percussionist Cliff Almond and double bassist and bass guitarist Lincoln Goines. Gordon Hanks, founder of the jazz series, invited Camilo to open the seas...
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  • The legacy of Ernesto Lecuona comes to to life through 3 great jazz pianists / Miami Herald
    Posted At: June 30, 2016 12:00 AM

    Playing Lecuona is, on its surface, an idiosyncratic and tightly, even myopically focused documentary on the Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona. But by going narrow, this movie also goes deep. Playing Lecuona is a profound, poetic dive into the nature of music, into cultural legacy, and into how the indefinable spirit captured in a piece of music can echo and spread, permeating ano...
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  • Michel Camilo Puts The Pedal To The Metal At Queen Elizabeth Hall / Jazzwise
    Posted At: June 17, 2015 12:00 AM

    Although the accusation that jazz musicians push technique, certainly in terms of the speed at which they can play, to heights of crude exaggeration, is sometimes valid, it should not be taken as gospel. The ability to execute brilliant ideas at high tempo is a form of exhilaration that is integral to the history of improvised music, and this quite astounding performance by the great Dominican pianist&nb...
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  • Michel Camilo Radio Special on SoulandJazz.com promotes Southbank concert
    Posted At: May 27, 2015 12:00 AM

    Michel Camilo's career spans three decades, two hemispheres and a range of jazz and classical styles. Hailing from the Dominican Republic, the pianist has crafted critically acclaimed recordings of solo, duo, trio, big band and symphony orchestra performances. A Grammy, Latin Grammy and Emmy Award winner, he performs a solo piano concert in England for the first time. Camilo's latest Sony/Ok...
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  • Michel Camilo to perform in Istanbul with BIPO
    Posted At: March 18, 2015 12:00 AM

    The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra (BIPO) will be on the stage in Istanbul with the participation of Grammy award-winning pianist and composer Michel Camilo on March 19. The concert will take the audience on a musical journey through the United States. Camilo, who is one of the most important musical talents of our age, will perform the 1st Piano Concerto in the concert, which will continue...
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  • New York Daily News: Michel Camilo mentors Juilliard's Luke Celenza
    Posted At: August 7, 2013 12:00 AM

    It's the mid-1990s, and acclaimed Latin jazz pianist Michel Camilo is having a nice night out. He's playing a few tunes at the home of his close friend, drummer and dentist Vinny Celenza. Cozied right up to him is a curious 3-year-old. Flash-forward almost two decades and that curious kid, pianist Luke Celenza, is a senior at Juilliard. He's also about to have his first solo gig at the legend...
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  • Newport Jazz Festival In GIFs features Michel Camilo's stomping, tassled Oxfords
    Posted At: August 6, 2013 12:00 AM

    Clap your hands now! From Michel Camilo's stomping, tassled Oxfords to Esperanza Spalding's vibrating upright-bass strings and a whole lotta dancing, here's the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival forever enshrined in animated GIFs. See a gallery of Adam Kissick's pixel portraits here....
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  • Grammy Winners: Michel Camilo & Tomatito play Abbaye de Neumunster in Luxembourg
    Posted At: July 14, 2013 12:00 AM

    When talents as formidable as Michel Camilo(Grammy, Latin Grammy, Emmy winner) and Tomatito(Grammy, Latin Grammy winner) get together to make music it is an event. The pair will be appearing TONIGHT!!  JULY 14 at the Abbaye de Neumünster in Luxembourg.  Navigating the boundaries of jazz and flamenco these two distinct voices from different musical worlds have recorded two very su...
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  • The Jazzy Vegetarian celebrates July 4th with Michel Camilo
    Posted At: July 4, 2013 12:00 AM

    Laura Theodore, the Jazzy Vegetarian celebrates July 4th by welcoming Grammy, Latin Grammy and Emmy award winning pianist and composer Michel Camilo to talk about his new CD: What's Up? Michel is wrapped in a human being of boundless enthusiasm, musical passion, and love of life. In addition, we'll chat with Dr. Pam Popper, to talk about the nutritional value and benefits of seasonal stone fruit,...
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  • What's Up? Michel Camilo, gives a clinic in piano playing
    Posted At: May 29, 2013 12:00 AM

    "As usual, Camilo's pianism is remarkable, not only where technique is concerned, but moreover, for the range and beauty of his sound. The many moods Camilo conveys could not be achieved without his control of the instrument at its most intimate level." – Billboard "Camilo's playing has a Classical feel, making full use of his left hand and exhibiting phenomenal control o...
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