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Silvano Monasterios
Pianist-composer Silvano Monasterios was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He spent his formative years of musical training at the Jose Angel Lamas Conservatory while he alternately encountered the great American jazz tradition in all its diversity. He promptly began his professional career at the age of 18, combining these influences by performing and recording with some of the most prominent Venezuelan artists of the time.
In 1989, Silvano traveled to Miami, Florida, to participate in the Miami Jazz Festival, where he received a “Best Soloist Award.” By 1990, he had immigrated to the United States to begin his collegiate studies at Miami-Dade College. More recognition followed with another “Outstanding Soloist Award” at the University of Northern Colorado in 1991 and then a music scholarship from the University of Miami, from which he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in 1995. In 1998, Silvano was voted “New Artist of the Year” at the Hennessey Cognac Jazz Search in New York City, which led to a slot at the Playboy Jazz Festival. This year also marked the release of his first CD, “Roads Not Taken”, prompting more critical interest in the U.S. and Latin America.
Solo In Paris
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Sketch on Solitude I; San Ruperto; Longing; Melbourne; Lawrence (For Vince Maggio); Stouthearted; La Guachafita;
Dreams We Dream II; Laberinto; Farewells; Dreams We Dream II; Caracas a las Once; Sketch on Solitude II; Dreams
We Dream III.
Silvano Monasterios: Solo In Paris
by Ian Patterson
Silvano Monasterios hails from a golden generation of Venezuelan jazz pianists born in the '60s and early '70s. Monasterios, Edward Simon, Otmaro Ruiz and Luis Perdomo--all of whom have long resided in the US--have served as important points of reference for subsequent generations of Venezuelan jazz musicians. Many of these have likewise sought to build their ...
2026 Tilles Jazz Fest
by Dan Bilawsky
72 hours before the 2026 Tilles Jazz Fest, the mercury hit 100 degrees on Long Island; 48 hours ahead of the event, Canadian wildfires sent orange skies and unsafe air quality; and one day before everything was set to get underway, the forecast looked seriously grim--heavy rain(s), thunderstorms, a chance of hail and even a tornado ...
Dave Schumacher & Cubeye: Agua con Gas
by Jack Bowers
As the name Agua Con Gas suggests, Chicago-born, New York-based baritone saxophonist Dave Schumacher and his Cubeye ensemble favor jazz with an unmistakable Latin accent. Schumacher's fourth album with the ensemble leans south of the border all the way, harbored in a sharp and buoyant rhythmic groove that suits them like the proverbial glove.
The River
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: The River (Opening); Dance on the Wire; Against the Current; Carmen Elena; Ambar; Ambar’s Courage; The River Between Us.
Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2025
by Jack Bowers
2025: Another year which proves that jazz is not only alive and well but flourishing in its own little corner of the musical world. The number of splendid new recordings by groups large and small was as plentiful as ever and, even better, spanned the globe from the U.S. to Europe, Asia to Latin America, and ...
Michael Dease, Spike Wilner, Bobby West, Antonia Bennett and more
by Benjamin Boddie
Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Michael Dease, Spike Wilner Trio, Bobby West, Antonia Bennett, Alon Farber & Hagiga, Dom Salvador, Mark Masters Ensemble, Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell, Neff Irizarry, Mads Tolling, Danny Grissett, Lucía, Tyler Henderson, Sharel Cassity, Dee Dee Bridgewater & Bill Charlap, Jed Levy, Hiromi, Freedom Art Quartet, Ben Sidran, James ...
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by Benjamin Boddie
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