Venezuelan pianist-composer Silvano Monasterios unfulfilled academic aspirations led to a return to the University of Miami to earn a Master’s Degree in Jazz Piano and Pedagogy in 2004. While there his legacy was defined through study, practice, patience, feel, mood, harmonic concepts, improvisation, execution, articulation, heart, soul and the influence of his own culture, present in every cell of music that he created; in every phrase he executed and most of all, in every piece he composed. His Master culminated with a live performance beautifully recorded, which bears the name “Fostered”. It features the composition “Avila”, awarded “College Original Song Outstanding Performance” by DownBeat Magazine in 2005. Musicians are: Silvano Monasterios on piano and keyboards, John Dadurka, Sam Howard and Aaron Mitter on acoustic bass, Noah Penn on drums, Brandon Wright and Erik Elligers on saxophones and Seth Merlin and Pete Clagget on trumpet and fluegelhorn.
Track Listing:
1. Jerusalem
2. Avila
3. Simplicity
4. Bittersweet (bass solo)
5. Bittersweet
6. Welcome Back
7. Visionary (Sampled above)
8. Blue Heart
9. Caravan of Dreams
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This is great!
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