Panamonk

Panamonk

ASIN: B000002NWH

Editorial Reviews
From Jazziz
Pianist Danilo Perez has continued to develop his skills and concepts during the past few years, but PanaMonk stands as a modest landmark on two fronts. First, it tells the story of just one of many bright young musicians who've mastered the framework handed down by Thelonious Monk and stretched it to fit their needs. Also, it's one of several recent harbingers of a new, modern telling of the Latin-jazz story - in this case, focusing on Perez's Panamanian heritage.

Tracks:

Monk's Mood
PanaMonk
Bright Mississippi
Think Of One
Mercedes' Mood
Hot Bean Strut
Reflections
September In Rio
Everything Happens To Me
'Round Midnight
Evidence And Four In One
Monk's Mood

Customer Reviews:

awesome cd.......2007-01-18

This guy knows how to play piano. He right up there with some of the best pianoest David Benoit, Bob James to name a few. Id buy this cd if I were you & the next two after this one.George

Fine Monk playing.......2006-03-16

Almost all modern jazz pianists play Monk, whose tunes are their Well-Tempered Clavier. However, this album, the first, I believe, by Danilo Perez, is exceptionally spirited and non-perfunctory. Perez performs the always-challenging trick of being faithful to the original sense of these highly idiosyncratic tunes, and yet injects his own individual sense of time, blues, and Pan-American sensibility. I have found almost all of Perez' recordings after this disappointing by comparison, which is too bad. I don't really understand why. But this is highly recommended.

awesome album.......2005-06-30

one of my favorite albums from the young jazz players out there i will put danilo up there with joshua redman and cristian macbride... i also got the journey and motherland albums wich are good albums but not great albums to me... anyway problably is my loving for thelonious monk what makes me surrender to this one... listen to it, bright mississippi and hot been strut are the best pieces on it... hope you enjoy listening.. its got great solo from danilo, he was playing with mc bride on bass and they hook up on this one for good...

For listening or thinking, a great performance.......2001-08-10

I love this CD and enjoy it both as background music and as music to think about. Even better, my toddler loves this and already says jazz is her favorite kind of music!

Danilo Perez turns makes all other Jazz make sense........1999-10-27

Danilo makes the complicated and sometimes difficult ideas in modern jazz simple enough for to swallow. He literally tears down all the boundaries set for piano, as well as the rest of the rhythm section. This album is the simply the best compliment that the great Monk couldv'e been paid.

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