Guillermo Celano

Training

Guitarist and composer Guillermo Celano, was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1977. After finishing his musical education at the E.M.P.A. (in Bs.As.) he traveled to Amsterdam where he got his Master degree in music at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.  During his student period he took lessons with many different musicians: Lee Konitz, Ben Street, Ben Monder, Chris Cheek, Mark Turner, Matt Penmann, Peter Bernstein, Nestor Crespo, David Horta, Jesse van Ruller, Arnold Dooyeweerd, Maarten v.d Grinten, John Ruocco and many others.


Bands

Co-Leader and co producer of Celano Baggiani Group. In 2001 he started the “Celano-Baggiani Group” together with drumer Marcos Baggiani. This group has meanwhile released 3 CDs already: Figuras by BAU Records, with Natalio Sued on tenor sax, Rodrigo Reijers on double bass and Florien Hamer on Cello;  Simple songs by MDR, with Michael Moore on alt sax and clarinet and  Sven Schuster on double bass; and Nothing changes by Trytone Records, with Michael Moore on alt sax and clarinet, Gorka Benitez on tenor sax, Sven Shuster on double bass.
Co-Leader and Co-Producer of Big Grin. In 2005 he started playing with “Big Grin Trio” with Rodrigo Reijers on bass and Flin van Hemmen drums and voice; In 2007 they recorded their first CD together which came out in december 2008 by Trytone records.
 
During the last years he has been colaborating in different projects, among which: Narcissus quartet with Robin Verheyen, Clemens van der Feen, Flin van Hemmen and Josef Dumolin Jargon ensemble playing the music of Maurice Horsthuis, Gizmo with Edwin Berg, Phillippe Lemm and Rodrigo Reijers, Thelonius 4, Julia Oschewsky and band, Andreas Metzler's new solutions quartet with Paul van der Feen, Intuit Quintet with Arnold Dooyeweerd, David Fettman and Natalio Sued, Babak maddah group.

Discography
 
» Istmo (BAU records) 2003 Intuit quintet
» Figuras (BAU records) 2005 Celano Baggiani group
» Simple Songs (MDR Records) 2007 Celano Baggiani group
» Thelonius 4 (Jazz Amsterdam)2008
» Nothing changes (Trytone) 2008 Celano Baggiani group
» Big Grin (Trytone) 2008

Reviews

The Music of Guillermo Celano has been reviewed internationally, hereby some of the reviews of the last years.
 
» About their 3rd CD"Nothing Changes":

• "Melodies apparently simple that they understand, however, a great complexity.... A great album!".
Paolo Peviani, All About Jazz. Italy, may 2009.
 
• "The quartet of Amsterdam-Argentineans Guillermo Celano and Marcos Baggiani played a beautiful set... the tune No Moe from Sonny Rollins was vividly deconstructed and a wonderful poetic version of the old (film) hit Ojos Verdes from 1929 with very tasteful string and pedal playing of Celano."
NRC, Franz van Leeuwen, live at Bimhuis. Amsterdam 19-09-08
 
• ¨Like in a good poetry book, the first track on this CD summarized the upcoming beauty...
*****(5/5 stars)
Remco Takken, Jazzism. Eindhoven, Netherland. Februari 2009.
 
• ...¨The band offer a sophisticated music, fine, charming, melodious and open, where any aggression is banned.
The compositions, refined, subtle and open, are magnified by the sensitive and joyful playing of the guitarist,
JB, Culture jazz magazine, France. May 2009

 

» About their 2nd CD "Simple Songs":

• ..."The Celano Baggiani Group left us astonished".
Kinda Muzik. Sven Schlijper; Live at Paradox. Tilburg 24 September.
 
• ..."With a little bit of distorsion during the solos Celano can cut through and been lirical at the same time; he can fly out of the tonality and come back with the right timing"....
Cesar Pradines, La Nacion 08-2008
 
• "A few beautiful original tunes and a couple of well known tunes. G. Celano's and Michael Moore's ideas have made a refreshing and pleasing oasis of this album"
Esteban Sehinkman, El intruso. Buenos Aires, March 2007.

 

» About their 1st CD "Figuras":

• “G. Celano and M. Baggiani... have done a CD where apparently simple ideas create the space for sophisticated developments, colored by the reminiscence of tango and folk rhythms”
Jonio González, Cuadernos de Jazz - Madrid, Spain, June 2006

• “Figuras… introduces through its strong harmonies, rhythms and colors from the Argentinean folk and tango, with a wide space for improvisation”
Telam, Edición Nacional - Buenos Aires, 17-02-2006.

 

» About Big Grin:

• ¨Guillermo Celano is an interesting new guitarist in the dutch scene. He comes from Argentina and mixes melodies from his homeland with improvised noise and crosswise accents....¨
Remco Takken, Jazzism. Eindhoven, februari 2009.
 
• "... One of the finest findings of the year".
Gonzo Circus. Brussels, september 2009.
 
• "Their first CD is a prove of their curiosity and originality".
Rinus van der Heijden, Jazzenzo. Tilburg September 2009.

Contact:
guillermocelano@hotmail.com / 0031-6-2472 1663

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