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Justin Monsen
Having a businessman as a father and an artist as a mother, Justin traveled and was exposed to many different cultures from a very early age. His began his musical career when he was eight; his mother dragged him to classical guitar lessons in Tokyo. After leaving Japan, he moved to Connecticut, the Cayman Islands, Burlington, Vermont and Oslo, Norway, before making New York City his home. It was the hustle and bustle of the urban environment that triggered him to communicate through composition, all that he heard, smelled, touched and saw. Justin’s formal musical education was at the University of Vermont
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2008
Track listing: The Wind Lip; View from Where We Stand; Time Will Tell; Thousand Glass Butterflies; Portrait; So Do I; Time Will Tell (Alternate Take).
Justin Monsen: All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
by Mark F. Turner
It's not just Justin Monsen's knowledge of modern jazz guitar referenced in the touchstone sounds of Wes Montgomery and Pat Metheny, it's also what the young guitarist articulates in terms of melody and composition, which helps to make All That Is Solid Melts Into Air an enjoyable release. Born in Japan, with geographical ...