Het trio bestaat uit Guillermo Celano op Gitaar
Björk Semey op contrabas en Marcos Baggiani op slagwerk.
Unimpeded by clichés or stuffy frames, he absorbs a variety of music styles and then turns it into a quirky sparkling mixture. Jazz, classical, pop, impro, rock: Celano keeps adding new insights. The album title “Fiction and Reality” is melodious; fiction and reality represent concrete and abstract, which also overlap”.
Jazzenzo, Erno Elsinga, august 2020. NL
…”Celano spices his cohesive compositions with stylistic quirks, creating intensely melodic and refreshing frameworks for improvisation – a rare gift…”Amsterdamse Chacarera” mixes chacarera with Dutch new jazz – Argentine melancholy and nuevo tango make for a surging apotheosis of dance”…
The Wire. Andy Hamilton, United Kingdom, july 2015
…..“The aliens seem to have landed in the head of Celano whom thankfully used their influence for he has created a new science. Let’s hope that this ‘new science’ will give us many more splendid albums “.
Jazzenzo. Nederland, 13/1/2011
Guitarist | Composer | Producer
Born: 1977, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Website: http://www.GuillermoCelano.com
Education & Training
Guillermo Celano, born in Buenos Aires, completed his musical education at the E.M.P.A. in Argentina before pursuing advanced studies in the Netherlands. He holds a Master’s degree in Music from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Throughout his studies, Guillermo learned from a distinguished roster of musicians, including: Lee Konitz, Ben Street, Ben Monder, Chris Cheek, Mark Turner, Matt Penman, Peter Bernstein, Jesse van Ruller, Maarten van der Grinten.
After completing his Master’s, he took composition lessons with the esteemed composer Pablo Escande in Amsterdam.
Production & Discography
As a producer, Guillermo has led the production of over 15 albums and has contributed to more than 35 recordings as a guitarist. Some of his most notable projects include:
Celano/Baggiani Group (C.B.G.)
The Celano/Baggiani Group (C.B.G.) has released six albums, featuring collaborations with prominent musicians like Michael Moore (alto sax, clarinet), Sven Schuster (double bass), and Marcos Baggiani (drums). Saxophonist Gorka Benitez joined for the albums Nothing Changes (2008) and Alienology (2010), released by Trytone Records. In 2011, the group expanded to a sextet, featuring tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin and pianist Sylvie Courvoisier.
In 2015, C.B.G. released their fifth album, working as a quartet with Joachim Badenhorst (tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet) and Clemens van der Feen (double bass).