These five compositions feature keyboards as the main instrument among many others.

"...I adore his mini-piano-concerto Rust, which I couldn't stop playing for two months when I acquired the record." -David Murray, Tempo.

"[Music on the Floor is] a three movement work colourfully scored...; the slow movement is particularly haunting and attractive." - —Gramophone.

"...Its clarity of structure and cleanness of sound are uncompromisingly modern yet always accessible to listeners." —Clive Barnes, New York Post [Slate]

"Vanada is apparently akin to a golden oldie among New Music fans..." —Financial Times, London

This release features Four Proverbs for soprano and ensemble, and Book of Proverbs, for chorus, orchestra, and two soloists.

"You would have to go a long way to find music as communicative and as uplifting as Michael Torke's. What's more, his compositions are uniquely individual and full of integrity. For all Torke's ingenious construction techniques, this is music straight from the heart; it's also full of optimism." -Gramophone.

"Each piece is short and telling, and the sounds are engagingly attractive." -BBC Music Magazine [Four Proverbs]

"In its airy, breezy orchestral colour, its irresistable rhythms and its hypnotic melodies, it couldn't be anyone other than Torke. He really is a one-off. And there is some stunningly beautiful music in the piece too - especially its spellbinding fifth movement, with luminous writing for solo soprano, its moving, Bach-like seventh movement, and its cumulative, radiant finale." -The Herald (Scotland) [Book of Proverbs]

One More Once - Michel Camilo

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Born in the Dominican Republic, Michel Camilo's music is rich with Caribbean rhythms that are wedded to engaging harmonic and melodic sensibilities and draw on the whole of jazz over the 20th century. With complex chordal rhythms and melodies that evoke his homeland, Camilo reminds one of both McCoy Tyner and Chick Corea. Besides his own albums, he's also been an important presence on recordings by Paquito D'Rivera. Known for his work in the traditional trio format, Camilo has broadened the scope of the genre via his writing and arrangements, so that the three players take on qualities that are truly orchestral. Cuban drummer Horacio Hernandez and bassist Anthony Jackson are perfectly matched to Camilo's vision. Triangulo dazzles as Camilo's seven new compositions are joined by three well-chosen covers (including Dizzy Gillespie's "Con Alma"). Quietly nestled amidst the propulsive festivities is the gorgeous ballad "Just Like You," which finds all three players excelling at playing less and less, and at the volume of a whisper. —David Greenberger

This dynamic duo of Dominican pianist-composer Michel Camilo and Spanish flamenco guitarist Tomatito is an intricate improvisational exchange that traverses the Afro-Iberian world, from the Moorish castles of Alhambra to the azure-tinged Caribbean coasts of Havana and Santo Domingo. Camilo and Tomatito met in Spain in the early 1990s, performed together in 1997, and toured in the summer of 1999. Camilo's florid and fleet-fingered, classically trained pianism is a beautiful counterpoint to Tomatito's passionate, plectral poetry, which combines the precision of the great classical guitarist Andrés Segovia and the flair of Paco De Lucia. Together, they reinterpret the works of several Latin composers with vigor and vitality, including Consuelo Velazquez's immortal bolero/cancion, "Besame Mucho," and Luis Salinas's elegant "Aire de Tango." Camilo's "Two Much/Love Theme" and Tomatito's "La Vacilona" highlight the depth and breadth of their interplay. They reach their zenith on "Spain Intro," their incredible adapted Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, which silkily segues into the sensual Gypsy dance of Chick Corea's "Spain." Let's hope that these two will continue to explore the pan-Hispanic inventions and dimensions of their shared musical heritage. —Eugene Holley Jr.

Musically, Camilo and Tomatito Come from Two Different Worlds. Camilo Grew Up in the Dominican Republic but Has Lived in New York Since 1979 and is Classically-trained as Well as a Straight-ahead Acoustic Jazz Pianist who Incorporates Latin and Caribbean Elements, Citing Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans and Art Tatum as Influences. Tomatito Lives in his Native Spain, Born Into a Family of Gypsies and is Recognized as One of the Country's Top Flamenco Guitarists. Discovered at an Early Age by Paco De Lucía, Tomatito is the Premier Flamenco Guitarist of his Generation and Has Accompanied Spain's Greatest Flamenco Singers Including the Legendary Camarón De La Isla. Navigating the Boundaries of Jazz and Flamenco, Camilo and Tomatito Create an Experience that is Both Unique and Unforgettable. This Reunion Includes their Original Compositions, a Tribute to Piazzolla,jazz Standards and a Collaboration with Renowned Singer/Songwriter Juan Luis Guerra.