"An energising mind trip is provided here by pianist Amanda Suwondo who, like many other emerging jazz artists today, has issued a highly impressive debut album" - Eric Myers (The Australian - 22.5.21)
Read Eric's Full Review Here:
https://ericmyersjazz.com/cd-reviews-page-44
"A thoroughly engaging collection, Revisit's seven spritely and curious Suwondo originals, each owe back but confidently push forward."
- Mike Jurkovic (All About Jazz)
Read Mike's Full Review Here:
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/revisit-amanda-suwondo-self-produced
Read Eric's Full Review Here:
https://ericmyersjazz.com/cd-reviews-page-44
"A thoroughly engaging collection, Revisit's seven spritely and curious Suwondo originals, each owe back but confidently push forward."
- Mike Jurkovic (All About Jazz)
Read Mike's Full Review Here:
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/revisit-amanda-suwondo-self-produced
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‘REVISIT’
the debut album from Amanda Suwondo Amanda Suwondo (piano) Muhamed Mehmedbasic (double bass) Gian Timothy Gho (drums) Available on iTunes and Amazon Music Listen to the title track on Spotify or Apple Music |
‘Revisit’ is Amanda’s debut album, written whilst travelling around the world and inspired by many occasions, family members, friends, mentors and musicians whom she encountered whilst on this journey.
Produced by Amanda Suwondo
Recorded by Richie Belkner at Free Energy Device Studio, Camperdown
Mixed by Richie Belkner - Mastered by Michael Lynch at Shoe Horse Sound, Leichardt
All compositions by Amanda Suwondo
Amanda talks about the inspiration for the various tracks:
All The Way To Chino : This tune was inspired while I was travelling around Los Angles and did my one day jazz workshop hosted by jazz pianist, Tamir Hendelman. I then was watching a lot of piano trio gigs and I was inspired by the music. Having to stay at Chino which was around an hour drive from LA, I was hearing the melody and made this tune to be called ‘All The Way To Chino’.
Santa Monica's Night : At that time when I was writing this tune, I was listening a lot of tunes by Aaron Parks. This tune was inspired while I was listening a lot of his music while calming myself in a peaceful and a quiet night at Santa Monica.
The First Time : This tune talks about that excitement feeling I got as a first timer travelling solo at New York City in a cold and snowy winter. That feeling of falling in love at the first time with the city.
Reminiscence : I wrote this tune before I was performing in Jakarta, Indonesia during new year. I was reminiscing all the years leaving my home city, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This tune was inspired by the Robert Glasper trio project, live at the Capitol.
Midnight Jam : This tune was written at the time when I was studying jazz composition at Berklee College online. One of the assignments was writing a tune with a bridge in the middle. I always love the straight ahead swing feel. This is a happy tune which I wrote as a simple standard to jam anytime with people.
Belleza : I wrote this tune as a project when I was playing with bass player, Christopher Hale. He was into African, latin rhythm and it was a great pleasure to get mentored by him while writing this tune. This tune is dedicate for my Brazilian friend who has a great and loving heart who I first met in college.
Revisit : This was my latest tune which I was written when I was scrolling through some of my previous voice memo recordings. I discovered that I have sung the same melody a while back but have not got a chance to make this into a tune. The 7/4 section was a fun section to play over while playing the melody as well as improvising.
Produced by Amanda Suwondo
Recorded by Richie Belkner at Free Energy Device Studio, Camperdown
Mixed by Richie Belkner - Mastered by Michael Lynch at Shoe Horse Sound, Leichardt
All compositions by Amanda Suwondo
Amanda talks about the inspiration for the various tracks:
All The Way To Chino : This tune was inspired while I was travelling around Los Angles and did my one day jazz workshop hosted by jazz pianist, Tamir Hendelman. I then was watching a lot of piano trio gigs and I was inspired by the music. Having to stay at Chino which was around an hour drive from LA, I was hearing the melody and made this tune to be called ‘All The Way To Chino’.
Santa Monica's Night : At that time when I was writing this tune, I was listening a lot of tunes by Aaron Parks. This tune was inspired while I was listening a lot of his music while calming myself in a peaceful and a quiet night at Santa Monica.
The First Time : This tune talks about that excitement feeling I got as a first timer travelling solo at New York City in a cold and snowy winter. That feeling of falling in love at the first time with the city.
Reminiscence : I wrote this tune before I was performing in Jakarta, Indonesia during new year. I was reminiscing all the years leaving my home city, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This tune was inspired by the Robert Glasper trio project, live at the Capitol.
Midnight Jam : This tune was written at the time when I was studying jazz composition at Berklee College online. One of the assignments was writing a tune with a bridge in the middle. I always love the straight ahead swing feel. This is a happy tune which I wrote as a simple standard to jam anytime with people.
Belleza : I wrote this tune as a project when I was playing with bass player, Christopher Hale. He was into African, latin rhythm and it was a great pleasure to get mentored by him while writing this tune. This tune is dedicate for my Brazilian friend who has a great and loving heart who I first met in college.
Revisit : This was my latest tune which I was written when I was scrolling through some of my previous voice memo recordings. I discovered that I have sung the same melody a while back but have not got a chance to make this into a tune. The 7/4 section was a fun section to play over while playing the melody as well as improvising.
Videos
Watch 'REVISIT' album launch on 27 May 2021 here :
https://www.facebook.com/JohnstonStreetJazz/videos/169990271730389/
For more videos please visit :
https://www.youtube.com/user/amandasuwondo
https://www.facebook.com/JohnstonStreetJazz/videos/169990271730389/
For more videos please visit :
https://www.youtube.com/user/amandasuwondo
