Candido Camero Has Been Named An NEA Jazz Master, The Highest Honor For This Uniquely American Art Form

New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Emerson Bran Managemen) - Emerson Bran Management is proud to announce that legendary Cuban American percussionist, Mr. Candido Camero, has been named an National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, the nation's highest honor for this uniquely American art form. This prestigious award will be presented in New York City during the first week in October 2007.

Candido Camero, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1921, Candido is hailed as one of the world's greatest jazz percussionists. In 1953 Candido formed part of Billy Taylor quartet, and he went on to perform and record with the who's who of jazz and Afro Cuban jazz, including Dizzie Gillespie, Stan Kenton, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Duddy Rich, Stan Getz, Randy Weston, Count Basie, Wes Montgomery, Lionel Hampton, Tito, Puente, Mongo Santamaria, La Lupe, Celia Cruz, Marco Rizo, Bobby Sanabria, Paquito D'Rivera, Ray Santos, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Machito, Eddy Martinez,Mario Bauza, Eddy Palmieri, Tony Bennett, and Maestro Chico O'Farrill, amongst several legendary jazz musicians. After 65 years of making music, Candido is a living legend of Afro Cuban Jazz and the great American jazz.

Mr. Camero will appear in fellow NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis for a special Legends of Jazz tribute to 2008 NEA Masters airing on Public Television.

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