Gianni is an old friend of Monks who has been in Ecuador for the past two years. While he was visiting Austin, he dropped in for two sets of piano standards and even sang a couple for us. I tried to highlight some heavy piano tracks on this one, but there were so many new releases I was trying to get to (especially that Tohru Aizawa WOW). An mp3 of the set can be downloaded here. Hope you like it.

 

7/28 – Gianni Bianchini

Max Roach / Clifford Brown – Daahoud

Nick Culp – Fanatic Dance

Tohru Aizawa – La Fiesta

Tigran Hamyasan – Cave of Rebirth

Michael Garrick – Heart is a Lotus

Overton Berry Trio – Feeling Good

Jutta Hipp – Indian Summer

John Lewis – Afternoon in Paris

Martial Solal Trio – Jordu

Ryo Fukui – Early Summer

Descendants of Mike and Phoebe – Chick Chick

Chick Corea – Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

Thelonious Monk – Caravan

Sonny Clark – Minor Meeting (take 10)

Ashley Henry Trio – Bunny

R+R=Now – Reflect Reprise

Jorge Lopez Ruiz 5 – Mirosbass

Emma-Jean Thackray – Ley Lines

Shabaka Hutchings – Black Skin, Black Masks

Web Web – Kings of Forbidden Lands

Isao Suzuki – Orangutan

Houston School for Visual and Performing Arts – Illumination