PROJECTS

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The Pirkei Avot Project
Many years ago I was flipping through a prayer book in synagogue and discovered the Pirkei Avot. Also known as "The Wisdom of the Jewish Sages", it's a compilation of rabbinic teachings compiled in the third century C.E..
Amanda Monaco - guitar, compositions
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb - vocals
Daphna Mor - recorders, ney, vocals
Sean Conly - acoustic bass
Satoshi Takeishi - drums

Debut album released on Genevieve Records.
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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.
Amanda Monaco - guitar, compositions
Michael Attias - alto and baritone saxophones
Sean Conly - acoustic bass
Satoshi Takeishi - drums

Debut album released on LateSet Records.
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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

Buy the AM4 debut album, released on Genevieve Records, from CDBaby!
Buy the followup, Intention, released on Innova Music, here!

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 released on Positone Records.