Jazz Improv Interview with Michel Camilo regarding Blue Note...

INTERVIEW: MICHEL CAMILO by(Excerpt from Jazz Improv Magazine Volume 7, Number 3)JI: I remember in our last conversation we were talking about how you came to the U.S. and you were somewhat apprehensive because you didn�t have everything all lined up.MC: That�s it, exactly, but I think the last drop was when I was playing as the youngest member of the National Symphony Orchestra of the Dominican

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