Camilo, Michel / Essence
Album: Essence   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Camilo, Michel   Added:Jul 2019
Label:Resilience Radio Alliance  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-08-13 Pull Date: 2019-10-15 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Oct 20 Oct 13 Oct 6 Sep 29 Sep 22 Sep 15 Sep 8 Sep 1
Airplays: 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 20, 2021: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from Sep 10, 2019)
And Sammy Walked In
4. Oct 11, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from October 11, 2019)
Fire
2. Jun 15, 2021: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics (rebroadcast from Sep 17, 2019)
Just Like You
5. Oct 11, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Fire
3. Oct 15, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Hello & Goodbye
6. Oct 10, 2019: Old fart at play
Hello & Goodbye

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-07-25
Reviewed: 2019-07-01
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Pianist Camilo returns to revisiting his music on a very large palette – his first big band recording in twenty-five years. This recording is a wide-ranging celebration of Camilo’s art that spans decades since his earliest recording. The music is unlike anything you might have heard from the pianist before.
It is ingenious in its picturesque detail as well as in its overview of Camilo’s melodic, harmonic and rhythmic conception, while staying within in the Latin jazz orbit.
If You Like: Chick Corea, Eddie Palmieri
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
***1/ And Sammy Walked In (5:41) – piano starts strong> snappy uptempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> percussion/piano duet> uptempo jam> quick stop
2/ Mongo’s Blues Intro (1:32) – piano starts> midtempo song> quick fade
*3/ Mongo’s Blues (6:52) – sax starts> midtempo jam> horns jam> sax solo> midtempo jam> trombone solo> piano solo> uptempo jam with percussion fills> uptempo jam> crescendo end
4/ Liquid Crystal (6:12) – midtempo jam> piano solo swings uptempo> uptempo jam with flute up front> trumpet solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> quick stop & fade
**5/ Mano A Mano (5:51) – bass starts> fast tempo jam> sizzling sax solo> trombone solo> fast jam> trumpet solo> fast jam> piano solo> percussion jam punctuated by horns> fast jam> crescendo end
*6/ Just Like You (6:50) – piano starts> slow tempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
7/ Yes (4:27) – percussion starts> uptempo jam with horns playing in unison> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> percussion jam> uptempo jam> crescendo end
8/ Piece Of Cake (6:11) – piano starts> midtempo jam> piano solo> trumpet solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> trumpet solo> midtempo jam> quick stop
**9/ On Fire (6:46) – piano starts> fast tempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> fast jam with percussion fills> brief trumpet solo> fast jam> crescendo end
*10/ Repercussions (7:28) – percussion starts> uptempo jam> swinging sax solo> uptempo jam> piano solo> bass solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> quick stop
11/ Hello & Goodbye (5:44) – full band starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> trumpet solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end

Track Listing
1. And Sammy Walked In   7. Yes
2. Mongo's Blues Intro   8. Piece Of Cake
3. Mongo's Blues   9. Fire
4. Liquid Crystal   10. Repercussions
5. Mano A Mano   11. Hello & Goodbye
6. Just Like You   .