PROJECTS

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Amanda Monaco's Deathblow
A project that doesn't really have anything to do with the name, but my husband's fascination with metal prompted it, and I couldn't come up with anything else, so here it is. The music is more "inside" than the am4, but has room for growth within its improvised sections. Our new CD will be released on the Japanese label LateSet records sometime in the next six months...
Amanda Monaco - guitar, compositions
Michael Attias - alto and baritone saxophones
Sean Conly - acoustic bass
Satoshi Takeishi - drums

Debut album to be released on LateSet Records in late 2008.

Amanda Monaco 4
Original compositions and somewhat obscure jazz standards.
Spunky, sexy, soulful sounds.
Amanda Monaco - guitar, compositions
Jason Gillenwater - tenor saxophone
Fraser Hollins - acoustic bass
Jeff Davis - drums

Listen to MP3 Samples from The Amanda Monaco 4:
> D.
> Ring-a-ling
> Hedgehog
> Gaza Strip Mall
> more

Playdate
Though this may be a new group, it has deep roots. Friends since high school, Monaco, Baerman, and Escoffery studied music together at the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, Conn. Joined with new friends Lugo and Sperrazza (also members of Baerman's piano trio), they swing and bop their way through tunes penned by Monaco and Baerman, a delightful combination of the hard bop tradition and modern harmonic sophistications.
Amanda Monaco - guitar, compositions
Noah Baerman - piano, compositions
Wayne Escoffery - tenor, soprano saxophones
Henry Lugo - acoustic bass
Vinnie Sperrazza - drums

Debut album to be released on Positone Records in late 2008.