Candido Camero turns 99 today

[Hardbopjazz]

Happy 99th birthday Candido Camero. He still active. That’s great to know.  

Edited April 22, 2020 by Hardbopjazz

[Justin V]

Wow.  Happy Birthday, Candido!

[Big Beat Steve]

1 hour ago, Hardbopjazz said:

Happy 99th birthday Candido Camaro. He still active. That’s great to know.  

Isn't it Candido CamEro (but CHEVY Camaro )?

Anyway - happy birthday!

[Hardbopjazz]

5 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

Isn't it Candido CamEro (but CHEVY Camaro )?

Anyway - happy birthday!

Yes. Whenever I use my iPhone to type a reply or open up a thread it automatically changes what I write sometimes to what it thinks I meant.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

yes yes yes yes yes Happy Birthday grand conga master CANDIDO

[Gheorghe]

wow, that´s great new in such sad times with so many greats gone. 

I love him. His Percussion work is such Incredible. I think the first great solo of him I heard on "Summit Meeting at Birdland" with Bird, where he Plays a Long solo on "Broadway". And the tracks Bird, Bud, Mingus, Art Taylor, Candido from Mai 1953 on ESP Disk. 

And I saw the Video of Dizzy´s Dreamband from 1982 with Candido. He still looked the same, he seems to be Young forever. 

[mikeweil]

Happy Birthday, and my best wishes! May you reach 100!

I used some of his solos for my students to memorize, because they were so clearly structured and executed, and his rolls impeccable.

[Gheorghe]

21 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Happy Birthday, and my best wishes! May you reach 100!

I used some of his solos for my students to memorize, because they were so clearly structured and executed, and his rolls impeccable.

That´s a very good description of his solos. I don´t have students, but now I know WHY I love his work so much. It seems that he was very much in Action at Birdland in the early 50´s. The Billy Taylor trio is also a Formation that worked at Birdland.