Camilo is coming to Hungary to promote his latest album Spirit of the Moment, in which one can detect New Orleans as well as Afro-Cuban influences. He is joined by Dafnis Prieto on drums and Charles Flores on bass.
Camilo is known for his jazz, but is equally comfortable with latin and classical music. He started with the accordion, but turned to the piano when he was 9 and was playing with the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican Republic by the time he was 16. Camilo studied at the National Conservatory, where he was steeped in the classical tradition, but he was also strongly influenced by the contemporary jazz of Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett and Chick Corea.
Camilo moved to New York in the 1979 to study at The Juilliard School. His big break came in 1983, when he was asked to fill in for Tito Puente's pianist at the Montreal Jazz Festival.
20:00 on March 9, 2008 Millenáris, Teátrum - Michel Camilo, Dafnis Prieto (drums), Charles Flores (bass)
Source: www.port.hu
