CAM Jazz (*) was launched in the year 2000 in order to group all of its jazz productions: past, present, and future. It is dedicated to releasing vintage jazz recordings from an immense repertoire, and producing new jazz-style recordings consisting of both original compositions as well as cover versions of memorable film themes, musicals and songs, all performed by some of the most outstanding Italian and international jazz performers of our times.
Today, the list of performers who have collaborated on the CAM Jazz recordings --reissues and new releases-- includes names such as John Abercrombie, Aires Tango , Clarke-Boland Big Band, Chet Baker, Joey Baron, Bob Berg, Stefano Bollani, Salvatore Bonafede , Gary Burton, Francesco Cafiso , André Ceccarelli , Scott Colley, Chick Corea, Vincent Courtois, Sylvie Courvoisier, Marilyn Crispell, Palle Danielsson, Maria Pia De Vito , Dave Douglas, Ellery Eskelin, Antonio Faraò, Art Farmer, Paolo Fresu, Richard Galliano , Roberto Gatto , Michel Godard , Rosario Giuliani, Charlie Haden , Jim Hall, Patrice Heral, Dave Holland, Daniel Humair, Birch Johnson, Marc Johnson, Anders Jormin, L'Atelier Des Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble, Lee Konitz, Michel Legrand, Joe Lovano, Pat Metheny, Gabriele Mirabassi, Paul Motian, Oregon , Gianluca Petrella, Enrico Pieranunzi , Chris Potter, Michele Rabbia, Enrico Rava, Danilo Rea, Antonello Salis , Antonio Sanchez , David Sanchez, Edward Simon, Martial Solal , John Taylor , Dejan Terzic, Henry Texier, Giovanni Tommaso, Franck Tortiller, Piero Umiliani, Diego Urcola , Kenny Wheeler , Phil Woods, etc.
The success of CAM Jazz’s artistic choices has found further acknowledgement, in addition to public and critic appreciation. In fact, numerous concerts and tours have resulted from the CDs’ releases, much more than the average event of its kind in the Italian market.
The CAM Jazz record productions are available on iTunes and are also easily accessible through its commerce-enabled website, CamJazz.com, which allows its visitors to listen to, browse through, and purchase CDs.
(*) CAM Jazz is a division of C.A.M. Original Soundtracks: the C.A.M. Group --Creazioni Artistiche Musicali-- is an independent music publisher and record label based in Rome who has realized over 2800 soundtracks of Italian and international films in its 45+ years of activity, and has worked with over 500 composers internationally. C.A.M.’s record production is available through its dedicated website --www.CamOriginalSoundtracks.com-- which allows visitors to listen to over 4000 RealAudio® samples.
CAM Jazz is both vintage jazz recordings and new jazz releases performed by some of the most outstanding Italian and international jazz performers of our times.
CAM Jazz is a division of the C.A.M. Original Soundtracks label.
CAM Jazz is a great team, making great jazz.
