CAMUT BAND
presents
Keatoniana

A show which permits the coexistence of cinema, music, percussion and dance, immersing the audience in the poetic dream world that Buster Keaton left us in the film “Sherlock Junior" (1924). 

Jordi Sabatés creates a new way of setting music for silent films, not only does it accompany the scene but also enters into a dialogue with the characters. The music tries to explain what images can not. 

Camut Band proposes a radical update of tap-dancing, tapping on huge film reels. 

“A magnificent tribute to the cinema genius, respectful and full of rhythm, with which the artists provoke the desire to jump on stage dancing to its sounds rousing great applause from the public “ 

El País 12 September 2005 

PROGRAM: 

Interpretation of “Portrait de Buster Keaton” by Jordi Sabatés. 

Presentation of Camut Band and performance of Camut Band’s musical and cerographical number.

Projection of Buster Keaton’s film “Sherlock Jr” and live performance of the musical score created by Jordi Sabatés, accompanied by tap dance and percussion. 

Finale with the presence of all members of the group.

"The work of the pianist and his companions approach perfection in every one of their specialties." 

El Mundo 24 February 1998 

"Inventing an agile structure of the relationship between music, dance and the art of cinemaJordi Sabatés and the Camut Band trio are spot on. "Keatoniana" is a magnificent tribute to a twentieth century genius."

La Vanguardia 13 April 1997

JORDI SABATES:

Jordi Sabatés is a versatile musician who conciliates during his concerts classic compositions, personal adaptations of jazz standards and compositions of his own. 

Jordi Sabatés has worked as a musical arranger and director, composed for Theatre and Cinema and has an extensive discography. He has published in musical magazines and recorded many television programs, including the piano duets Tete Montoliu-Jordi Sabatés and Chick Corea-Jordi Sabatés. 

He has been invited to many international festivals including the Jazz Festivals of Berlin and San Sebastian, the Grec Festival of Barcelona and the Cinema Festivals of Elche, Sevilla and Sitges. 

His work has been recognized with various awards among them:

The National Record Award 1983 for "Ragtime Dance, Jordi Sabatés remembers Scott Joplin."

The Jazz Composition Award 1992 given by the "Spanish General Authors Association".

The Creativity Award 1993 for the record "Nosferatu, towards the Vampire."