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Article: Interview

Oscar Penas: From Barcelona to Brooklyn

by Tomas Pena
February 9, 2009

Oscar Peñas belongs to a generation of artists who believe there is more to being a musician than being technically proficient. Like his peers--many of whom are emerging, independent musicians--his music reflects his roots, his impressive credentials and his openness to new ideas and concepts. Oscar is part of a flourishing new music scene in Brooklyn ...

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Article: Year in Review

Jeff Dayton-Johnson's Best of 2008

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
January 11, 2009

When the world economy entered into a tailspin this year, Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner dubbed the event the “Jazz Effect“ given that it emanated from the United States (she was drawing a parallel, for example, to the 1994 “Tequila Effect" that followed a botched currency devaluation in Mexico). I was so happy that a ...

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At Night

By Ben Monder

Label: Songlines Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. Late, by Myself (Monder); 2. Sunny Sunday (Joni Mitchell); 3. Carbon (Bleckmann/Monder/Takeishi); 4. Hymenium (Bleckmann); 5. Animal Planet (Monder); 6. Swarm (Bleckmann/Monder/Takeishi); 7. Orchard (Bleckmann); 8. Norwegian Wood (Lennon/McCartney); 9. At Night (Monder); 10. Apocryphon (Bleckmann/Monder/Takeishi).

Article: Album Review

Theo Bleckmann - Ben Monder: At Night

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 28, 2008

L'album si intitola At Night, ed effettivamente le atmosfere sono notturne. I brani si muovono in prevalenza su mezzi tempi, con strutture delicate ed eteree. Tuttavia ci sembra che l'elemento unificante dell'album, la sua identità più vera e profonda, non sia tanto la notte, quanto la musica degli anni '70. Suoni di chitarra saturi e sperimentazioni ...

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Excavation

By Ben Monder

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Mistral; Luteous Pangolin; Ellenville; Sunny Manitoba; Hatchet Face; Etching; Windowpane; You Are My Sunshine.

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Dust

By Ben Monder

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Sleep; Silent Neighbors; Thethird Eyebrow; Dust; In Memoriam; I'll Remember April; Gemini; Late Green.

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Article: Album Review

Ben Monder: Dust

by James Taylor
August 1, 2006

Guitarist Ben Monder's sophomore effort, originally recorded for Arabesque in 1997 and now reissued by Sunnyside, covers all the ground from free, ambient and discordant to tight, together and melodically upbeat. Most of Monder's work (in fact, much of his best work) has been as a sideman; he has only released two albums as a leader ...

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Article: Album Review

Ben Monder: Excavation

by Chris May
July 28, 2006

There may be five years and several thousand miles between them, but Ben Monder's Excavation is the mirror image of Bright Side, the most recent album by Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel. It's a dark mirror, though, cracked and clouded. Both discs feature technically phenomenal musicians, each an adventurous improviser who gives equal weight to precisely arranged, ...

Article: My Playlist

Ben Monder

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 27, 2006

01. Boulez Conducts Ligeti (Deutsche Grammophone - 1994). Questo disco contiene i concerti per violoncello, violino e pianoforte ma ascolto principalmente il concerto per violino. 02. Milton Babbitt - Piano Music Since 1983 (CRI - 1997). Martin Goldray al pianoforte. Musica incantevole da un compositore sottostimato forse perchè difficile e austero. Questa registrazione dovrebbe far cambiare ...

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Article: Interview

Ben Monder: Surprise from Cohesion

by Paul Olson
February 6, 2006

After twenty years in New York City, guitarist Ben Monder has played with, well, everyone: Paul Motian, Guillermo Klein, Tim Berne, Jack McDuff, Lee Konitz, Maria Schneider, and a plethora of other notables. At the same time, he's been quietly creating some outstanding work as a leader, fronting his own trio and quartet and releasing, to ...