PARTLY SUNNY

$16.63
Label
SAVANT
Release Date
July 15, 2016
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      MONASTERIOS, SILVANO
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 15, 2016
    • UPC
      633842215327
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SAVT422153.2
    • LABEL
      SAVANT
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. A Tropical Mirage

      Composer: Silvano Monasterios

      Performer: Silvano Monasterios, Troy Roberts, Jonathan Dadurka, Rodolfo Zúñiga, Roberto Quintero

    2. Awash With Secrets

      Composer: Silvano Monasterios

      Performer: Silvano Monasterios, Troy Roberts, Jonathan Dadurka, Rodolfo Zúñiga, Roberto Quintero

    3. Blue in Red

      Composer: Silvano Monasterios

      Performer: Silvano Monasterios, Jonathan Dadurka, Rodolfo Zúñiga, Roberto Quintero

    4. Faith in You

      Composer: Silvano Monasterios

      Performer: Silvano Monasterios, Anat Cohen, Jonathan Dadurka, Rodolfo Zúñiga, Roberto Quintero

    5. Scarlet Hour: Never Let Me Go

      Composer: Jay Livingston

      Performer: Silvano Monasterios, Anat Cohen, Jonathan Dadurka, Rodolfo Zúñiga, Roberto Quintero

    6. Eternal Blue Sky

      Composer: Silvano Monasterios

      Performer: Silvano Monasterios, Troy Roberts, Jonathan Dadurka, Rodolfo Zúñiga, Roberto Quintero

    7. Conqueror of Dreams

      Composer: Silvano Monasterios

      Performer: Silvano Monasterios, Troy Roberts, Jonathan Dadurka, Rodolfo Zúñiga, Roberto Quintero

    8. He Didn't Know

      Composer: Silvano Monasterios

      Performer: Silvano Monasterios, Jonathan Dadurka, Rodolfo Zúñiga, Roberto Quintero

    9. Partly Sunny

      Composer: Silvano Monasterios

      Performer: Silvano Monasterios, Troy Roberts, Jonathan Dadurka, Rodolfo Zúñiga, Roberto Quintero

    10. Awash With Secrets (reprise)

      Composer: Silvano Monasterios

      Performer: Silvano Monasterios, Jonathan Dadurka, Rodolfo Zúñiga, Roberto Quintero


It might strike as a paradox, but sometimes the brilliance of certain inventions can be measured by how obvious, how commonplace they seem. The music of Venezuelan pianist Silvano Monasterios is so easy-on-the-ear, so elegantly structured, and has such a casual, lived-in feel that it takes a bit to catch on to how sophisticated his work truly is. It's only after awhile that one notices the harmonic turns, the storytelling soloing, or his rhythmic vocabulary, especially his discreet use of traditional Venezuelan styles. Partly Sunny is Monasterios' second album for Savant, and his choices suggest that he feels no need to accommodate any conventional expectations about how Latin jazz should sound. Whatever someone might argue to be some essence of "Latin," is here integrated into the overall sound. With his working trio augemented with the great clarinetist Anat Cohen, saxman Troy Roberts and the colorful percussion of Robert Quintero, Monasterios has given us an album that is exuberant & visceral as well as personal & considered.