Panamonk

Danilo Perez | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Grp Records
• ASIN: B000002NWH
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #135,881 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Pianist Danilo Perez has continued to develop his skills and concepts during the past few years, but PanaMonk stands as a modest landmark on two fronts. First, it tells the story of just one of many bright young musicians who've mastered the framework handed down by Thelonious Monk and stretched it to fit their needs. Also, it's one of several recent harbingers of a new, modern telling of the Latin-jazz story - in this case, focusing on Perez's Panamanian heritage.

--- JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc. -- From Jazziz

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Monk playing March 16, 2006

By Richard Gordon

Format:Audio CD

Almost all modern jazz pianists play Monk, whose tunes are their Well-Tempered Clavier. However, this album, the first, I believe, by Danilo Perez, is exceptionally spirited and non-perfunctory. Perez performs the always-challenging trick of being faithful to the original sense of these highly idiosyncratic tunes, and yet injects his own individual sense of time, blues, and Pan-American sensibility. I have found almost all of Perez' recordings after this disappointing by comparison, which is too bad. I don't really understand why. But this is highly recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome album June 30, 2005

By Brown Bunker

Format:Audio CD

one of my favorite albums from the young jazz players out there i will put danilo up there with joshua redman and cristian macbride... i also got the journey and motherland albums wich are good albums but not great albums to me... anyway problably is my loving for thelonious monk what makes me surrender to this one... listen to it, bright mississippi and hot been strut are the best pieces on it... hope you enjoy listening.. its got great solo from danilo, he was playing with mc bride on bass and they hook up on this one for good...

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerfully creative and inspirational listening experience. October 16, 1998

By A Customer

Format:Audio CD

Danilo Perez has created an awsome tribute to the High Priest of jazz piano, Thelonious Monk. Not only does he pay tribute to Monk, but you will hear him tip his hat to other great pianists of our time. This is a recording that will pay dividends with each listening. It is an inspiration when young men and women take the time to learn and build on their history and culture. Five stars for this album!!!!!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Recomendo October 10, 2009

By John Lester

Format:Audio CD

Foi o amigo JoFlavio, conspícuo membro do dilucidante blog Charuto Jazz, quem veio com a estória de que Thelonious Monk năo sabia tocar piano. Săo dele as seguintes linhas: "Acompanho a carreira do Monk desde o início da década de 60. Năo só como pianista, mas principalmente como compositor. Monk chegou a ser considerado um "pianista menor", talvez pela técnica pobre, que até o impossibilitava de tocar em "up tempo" - se comparado, por exemplo, a um Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, etc. Era nítido o esforço dele em tocar. Sim, como consolo, foi criativo harmonicamente. O grande legado de Monk está nos temas que compôs, de certo modo revolucionários para a época. Como pianista, em minha opiniăo, năo fez escola." Ora, ora. Năo demorou um minuto, estava desencadeada uma das maiores polęmicas já suscitadas aqui no Jazzseen, alvoroço geral, acusaçőes gratuitas, ataques de hackers, celeuma, cizânia e crise. Convocamos, às pressas, eu e Reinaldo Santos Neves, Reuniăo Extraordinária do Clube das Terças, onde o sócio André, especialista em Monk, fora convocado a falar. Um silęncio incômodo sentou-se à mesa do Clube, enquanto todos aguardavam aflitos a definitiva sentença. André disse: "A ęnfase no bebop é a improvisaçăo, sendo rara a presença marcante de compositores, caso de Thelonious Monk.... Suas melodias nada ortodoxas, repletas de progressőes complexas de acorde, costumavam intimidar até mesmo os mais ágeis instrumentistas e năo resta dúvida de que seu estilo influenciou uma série de pianistas importantes do bebop e do post bop, entre eles Bud Powell, Mal Waldron, Andrew Hill, Dollar Brand, Randy Weston, Herbie Nichols, Cecil Taylor, Misja Mengelberg, Anthony Davis, Karl Berger, Chick Corea, Geri Allen, todos eles réus confessos, no sentido de que, além de reconhecerem a influęncia de Monk, refletem ou refletiram em alguma fase de suas carreiras nítida inspiraçăo na abordagem pianística monkiana - o iniciante deverá começar suas pesquisas por Mal Waldron. Sem falar de tantos outros músicos que lhe dedicaram tributos entusiasmados (veja lista abaixo) e diversos grupos que nasceram sob a condiçăo primária de lhe revisitar a obra.

As composiçőes de Monk apresentam lógica própria, năo-aristotélica, elaboradas com grande precisăo estrutural e concisăo, fato incomum nas demais composiçőes do bebop. Mestre em acentuaçőes inesperadas e desordenadas - veja, por exemplo, Rhythm-n-ing - causava sérias dificuldades a quem pretendesse executar suas obras, mesmo aos mais hábeis virtuoses do piano. Tal característica transparece sobremodo no final das frases, onde quase sempre a nota tocada era absolutamente inesperada pelo ouvinte que, paradoxalmente, ao continuar ouvindo a composiçăo, terminava por suplicar que a frase terminasse com a tal "nota errada" - ouça, por exemplo, Off Minor. E tudo isso partindo de uma melodia singela, um tema simples, muitas vezes construído sobre um acorde do bom e velho blues de doze compassos, mas com um profundo efeito final. E, para quem conhece a trajetória de Monk como pianista, sabe de suas intervençőes especulativas. Ele passeou pelo stride de um Fats Waller, pelo trumpet-piano de um Earl Hines, pelo piano soturno e percussivo de um Duke Ellington, pelo comping style de um Count Basie, onde discretos acordes davam suporte ao solista. Ao contrário de Bud Powell, que na evoluçăo do comping style praticamente abandonou a măo esquerda, que na prática apenas acompanhava sua velocíssima măo direita, Monk seguiu um caminho distinto, que poderíamos chamar de "evocativo", porque os acordes de sua măo esquerda assumiam papel fundamentalmente percussivo e nunca eram longos em permanęncia: em várias passagens podemos observar que Monk simplesmente parava de tocar, deixando que baixo e bateria acudissem o saxofonista ou o trompetista em seus solos. Tanta originalidade fez com que, antes de ser reconhecido como o improvisador genial que foi, Monk fosse considerado um "pianista menor" e impossível de ser classificado: ele năo tocava swing, ele năo tocava bebop. Que diabos ele tocava?

Monk, com suas composiçőes "desafinadas", era capaz de fazer um piano desafinado soar afinado. Cheias de contornos imprevisíveis aos ouvidos da classe média, suas composiçőes apresentam escalas inteiras totalmente incompatíveis umas com as outras, com tonalidades inimigas. Combinadas com um estilo rítmico absolutamente inovador, estas características harmônicas causavam um imenso rebuliço nos ouvidos mais educados. E, por último, mas igualmente genial: a utilizaçăo do silęncio em Monk é tăo importante quanto a utilizaçăo do som. Quando o observamos tocar, temos a clara certeza de que ele nunca sabe qual nota vai tocar. Vacilante, ele parece sofrer terrivelmente, a cada segundo, para se decidir em qual tecla levará seu dedo. E, năo raro, quando se decide, bate, bate, bate, como se estivesse batendo em nossa porta. E entra.

1957 - Vários - Round Midnight - Milestone M9144
1958 - Steve Lacy - Reflections: Steve Lacy plays Thelonious Monk - New Jazz OJCCD-063-2
1960 - John Lewis Presents Jazz Abstractions - Atlantic 1365
1961 - Bud Powell - A Portrait of Thelonious - Columbia CK 65187
1961 - Johnny Griffin - Lookin' at Monk - Jazzland JLP 939S
1963 - Bill Evans: Conversations with Myself - Verve 521-409-2
1963 - Steve Lacy - School Days - Emanem 3316
1967 - Enrique Villegas Trio - Tributo a Monk - Trova TL12
1969 - Steve Lacy plays Monk - Affinity AFF 43
1978 - Heiner Stadler - A Tribute to Monk and Bird - Tomato TOM-2-9002
1981 - Chick Corea - Trio Music - ECM-2-1232
1981 - Interpretations of Monk - Volume 1 - KOCH Jazz - KOC CD-7838 - Disc 1 - Muhal Richard Abrams set - Disc 2 - Barry Harris set.
1981 - Interpretations of Monk - Volume 2 - KOCH Jazz - KOC CD-7839 - Disc 1 - Anthony Davis set - Disc 2 - Mal Waldron set.
1981 - Bennie Wallace Plays Monk - Enja ENJ-30912
1982 - Milt Jackson - Memories of Thelonious Sphere Monk - Pablo OJCCD 851-2
1982 - Sphere - Four in One - Elektra Musician 7599-60166-1 7599-60166-1 - Excelente tributo, gravado no dia em que Monk morreu, 17 de fevereiro de 1982
1982 - Tommy Flanagan - Thelonica - Enja CD 4052-14
1984 - Kronos Quartet - Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet plays music of Thelonious Monk - Landmark CD LLP-1505
1984 - Vários - That's The Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk - A & M SP-6600
1985 - Steve Lacy - Only Monk - Soul Note SN 1160
1986 - Woody Shaw - Bemsha Swing - Blue Note 7243-8-29029-2-8
1987 - Anthony Braxton - Six Monk's Compositions - Black Saint 120 116-2
1987 - Walter Davis, Jr. - In Walked Thelonious - Jazz Heritage MHS 512631H
1988 - Carmen McRae - Carmen sings Monk - RCA Novus - 3086-2
1988 - Charlie Rouse - Epistrophy - 32 Jazz CD-32029
1988 - Stan Tracey Quartet - Tribute to Duke, Monk, and Bird - Emanem 3604
1989 - Randy Weston - Portraits of Thelonious Monk - Verve 841313-2
1989 - Steve Lacy - More Monk - Soul Note 121210
1990 - Marcus Roberts - Alone with Three Giants - BMG 3109-4-N
1990 - Mel Martin - Bebop & Beyond plays Thelonious Monk - Blue Moon CD R2 79154
1990 - Tete Montoliu - The Music I Like to Play Vol. 3 - Let's Call This - Soul Note 121230
1992 - Steve Lacy - We See - Hat Art CD 6127
1992 - Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron - I Remember Thelonious - Nel Jazz NLJ0959-2
1993 - Riverside Reunion Band - Mostly Monk - Milestone MCD-9216-2
1994 - Sonny Fortune - Four in One - Blue Note CDP 7243-8-28243-2-9
1994 - Steve Duke - Monk by 2 - Columbia CK 66975
1994 - Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time Vol.4: Marsalis Plays Monk - Columbia CK67503
1995 - Knut Kristiansen - Monk Moods - ODIN NJ 4051-2
1996 - Danilo Perez - Panamonk - Impulse CD IMPD-190
1996 - Vários - Round Midnight: Hommage à Thelonious Monk - Columbia COL 481331
1997 - Esbjörn Svensson Trio - EST Plays Monk - ACT 9010-2
1997 - The Bill Holman Band - Brilliant Corners: The Music of Thelonious Monk - JVC Classics CD 2066
1997 - Jessica Williams - In The Key Of Monk - Jazz Focus CD JFCD029
1997 - Fred Hersch plays Thelonious Monk - Nonesuch CD 79456-2
1997 - Miya Masaoka - Monk's Japanese Folk Song - Dizim Records 4104
1997 - Steve Slagle Plays Monk - Steeplechase SCCD 31446
1997 - T.S.Monk - Monk on Monk - N2KE-10017
1997 - Vários - It's Monk's Tune - Jazzfest 3-2203-2
1997 - Vários - For the Love of Monk - 32JAZZ 32008
1998 - Mike Melillo Trio - Bopcentric - Red Records RR123279
1998 - Andy Summers - Green Chimneys - RCA Victor-63472
1999 - The Dave Liebman Trio - Monks Mood - Double Time Records 154
1999 - Per Henrik Wallin Trio - 9.9.99 - Stunt Records STUCD 00202
1999 - Larry Coryell - Monk, Trane, Miles & Me - High Note HCD 7028
1999 - Vários - Blue Monk: Blue Note plays Monk's Music - Blue Note 8-35471-2
2000 - Vários - For Monk: a tribute to the music of Thelonious Monk - BMG D116733
2003 - Jessica Williams - More For Monk - Red & Blue
2004 - Thelonious Moog - Yes We Didn't - GrownUp Records 62988
2004 - Alexander von Schlippenbach - Light Blue: Schlippenbach plays Monk - Enja CD 9104-2 Read more ›

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Danilo Perez turns makes all other Jazz make sense. October 27, 1999

By A Customer

Format:Audio CD

Danilo makes the complicated and sometimes difficult ideas in modern jazz simple enough for to swallow. He literally tears down all the boundaries set for piano, as well as the rest of the rhythm section. This album is the simply the best compliment that the great Monk couldv'e been paid.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fresh and Energetic August 3, 2009

By Karl W. Nehring

Format:Audio CD

If you have ever wondered what the music of Thelonious Monk would sound like if played with a Latin flair (you may have never wondered that before, but now that you have started to read this review, you may well be wondering just that already--kind of like the old psychological trick, telling someone "try not to think about an elephant"), young pianist Danilo Lopez has the answers you have been looking for. Playing both Monk originals and some of his own compositions, accompanied by bass and drums, Perez spiritedly communicates a zest for music and life that resonates with Monk's musical personality. This is one of the freshest, most energetic jazz recordings I have heard in some time, and I recommend it highly to all jazz fans, especially to those with a love for the music of Thelonious Sphere Monk.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my very favorites! September 20, 1998

By [e-mail]

Format:Audio CD

This music is terrific. I listen to a lot of Jazz and was a bit sceptical when I first listened to this. This music is very original. A wonderful blending of Monk and and Latin beats. This disc is Monk with an attitude if there is such a thing.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome cd January 18, 2007

By George Bretzlaff

Format:Audio CD

This guy knows how to play piano. He right up there with some of the best pianoest David Benoit, Bob James to name a few. Id buy this cd if I were you & the next two after this one.George