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ôClassy and nostalgic as ever, MichelÆs æRhapsodyÆ has a new flavor,
thanks to the master pianistÆs signature styleùequal parts fiery,
creative abandon and meticulous, technical precision.ö Keyboard
While the earliest roots of jazz run deep in the African American
blues experience, the music would not be what it is today if not for
the vast wave of immigrants who grafted their musical and cultural
sensibilities to the burgeoning art form during the early decades of
the 20th century. One of the most important names in this early
chapter of the jazz story is George Gershwin. Born to immigrant
parents in Brooklyn, NY, in 1898, GershwinÆs deep European roots
enabled him to marry the Old World with the New and redefine American
jazz in a way that no musician had ever done before.
Fast forward several decades to the late 1970s, when Michel Camilo, a
young pianist from the Dominican Republic, arrived in that same
culturally vibrant New York that welcomed GershwinÆs parents in the
late 1800s. CamiloÆs career-long love affair with American jazz in
general and Gershwin in particular is at the heart of Rhapsody in
Blue, a new Telarc recording set for release on February 28, 2006. The
album pays homage to Gershwin with the help of the 95-piece Barcelona
Symphony Orchestra (Orquestra Simf≥nica de Barcelona i Nacional de
Catalunya), conducted by Ernest Martinez Izquierdo.
On the heels of two of his finest recordings to dateùthe Grammy
winning Live at the Blue Note (2003) and the intimate Solo
(2004)ÿCamiloÆs newest effort on Telarc seamlessly merges jazz and
symphonic sensibilities with a unique rendition of GershwinÆs immortal
ôRhapsody in Blue,ö followed by some of the great American composerÆs
lesser known workùhis Concerto in F, followed by his Prelude No. 2 for
solo piano, with a touch of improvised blues.
ô IÆm a big admirer of Gershwin. I always have been,ö says Camilo, who
has included Gershwin music in his stage and studio repertoire since
the earliest days of his career. ôThe reason is because he pushed all
the boundaries from one musical world to another, and he did it with
no fear. I have been trying to do the same with my career, going from
jazz to film scores to world beat experiments to guest solo
performances with symphony orchestras.ö
Fernando Gonzalez, managing editor of Jazziz magazine and author of
the Rhapsody in Blue liner notes, takes the comparison a step further.
ôLike George Gershwin before him, Camilo is an irrepressible New World
romantic,ö says Gonzalez. ôBoth his music and his playing are open
faced, generous, and ambitious, full of energy and brash optimism.ö
For Camilo, the project was all about preserving the freshness and
immediacy of GershwinÆs musicùno small feat with 95 other musicians
playing along. ôThereÆs a certain spontaneity that I wanted to capture
in this music. I discussed this with Ernest and the orchestra, and we
all went after that magic,ö says Camilo. ôI didnÆt want it to sound
too formal, but instead a little bit wildàWith music like this, a
performer will often æplay the ink,Æ which means playing the notes
that Gershwin wrote for the piano part. But I tried to make it sound
like I was improvising by taking some liberties, although I was
playing the ink. That was the spirit I was trying to capture.ö
Would Gershwin approve of a 21st century jazz interpretation of his
work? Gonzalez has little doubt. Michel CamiloÆs Rhapsody in Blue ôis
a streetwise approach to GershwinÆs work,ö he says. ôRespectful but
not reverential, exact but also swinging, classical in form but jazz
in spiritùthat would have done Gershwin proud.ö
http://www.michelcamilo.com
Tracks:
01. Rhapsody In Blue (16:46)
02. Concerto In F - Allegro (13:13)
03. Concerto In F - Adagio - Andante Con Moto (12:59)
04. Concerto In F - Allegro Agitato (6:32)
05. Prelude No.2 (6:38)
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