CARLOS PIMENTEL (MININO)
*Winner of 2007 Premios Cassandra in D.R. for Video of the Year.
*Winner of 2007 Latin Awards in N.Y. for Salsero Revelation of the Year.
*Nominated as Salsero of the Year 2008 in D.R.
MININO is a great musician, singer, producer, composer and arranger. He is without a doubt one of the most complete musicians that the Dominican Republic has to offer. Lover of great music and owner of great talent. His great talent was challenged on his first musical production “Radicalâ€. Where he was able to prove and show his talents in their complete splendor, since he was the composer, producer, and arranger of all of the songs on the record with the exception of “Las 12 de la nocheâ€. MININO did the musical arrangements to this song of which the great Cuban musician “Danny Rojos†composed. MININO also directed the recording of all of the arrangements, including the background vocal arrangements; he recorded the trumpet and flugelhorn on some of the tracks including a beautiful Flugel solo on “No me dejesâ€. Minino’s vocal performances are passionate and soulful and his voice may be compared to a combination of Isaac Delgado, Ruben Blades and Cheo Feliciano. His musical career began at the tender age of twelve years when he chose the trumpet and studied general solfege under the meticulous and critical eye of Barco Viejo, his father. Bassist extraordinaire who is a virtual icon in the Dominican Republic and is looked up to by musicians of all generations. Since the beginning of his musical career MININO has had to struggle against the currents. As a child he showed himself to be musically rebellious which has unfolded into a very personal style of his own, and is reflected in each and every one of his songs. By age 15, MININO was already performing with his father in Jorge Solano’s band, and by age 17 became a member of, The Jazz Band at the Hotel Jaragua where he shared the stage with stellar musicians such as Tavito Vasquez, Hector de Leon and Jean Gomez. Minino was his father’s musical copyist and he later performed the same function for Hector de Leon. In this way he learned how arrangements were put together and after a while, he experimented with his own compositions and arrangements. Minino became an excellent trumpet player and musical reader, which has allowed him the privilege to perform alongside and share the stage with some of the greatest artists we know today as: Celia Cruz, Dave Valentine, Patao Valdes, Johnny Ventura, Jorge Solano, Franklin Negron, Ramon Orlando, Ruby Perez, Dionis Fernandez, Alex Bueno, Jose Porte, Jeffery, Wilfrido Vargaz, Joseito Mateo, Marvin Santiago, Aramis Camilo, Peter Cruz, Cheché Abreu, Sandy Reyes, y Iris Neida to name a few. He has appeared in musical videos for Wyclef Jean and Tego Calderon. He was commissioned to work with Paul Thompson by Universes theatrical group to work at Amherst University so that he could write and produce music for an Off Broadway theatrical work called "Eye Witness Blues. "MININO has been of great influence and inspiration to many for his courage and great honesty when it came time to create his music. He is without a doubt a poet who touches every heart. Listen to his music and make one your own.
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