Amanda Monaco: The Pirkei Avot Project Record Release Show

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Guitarist Amanda Monaco is a highly accomplished musician based in New York City.

She has performed at venues such as the Blue Note, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Birdland, Joe’s Pub and the JVC Jazz Festival, and has shared the stage with musicians such as Milt Hinton, Matt Wilson, Matana Roberts and Harvie S.

Over the years, Amanda has accumulated a significant discography of her original music with bands she leads and co-leads such as Playdate (featuring saxophonist Wayne Escoffery) and her current quartet Deathblow. In 2009, Amanda released two critically acclaimed recordings: her latest CD as a leader, I Think I’ll Keep You (LateSet Records) and the self-titled debut CD Playdate (Posi-Tone Records).

Aside from her career as a jazz guitarist, Amanda is also a resident musician at Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, a vibrant synagogue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She has recorded two CDs with them: Halailah Hazeh: The Music of Pesach and Teki-Yah: The High Holy Days.

Amanda’s recent project, Pirkei Avot, draws its inspiration from a collection of texts of the same name. Containing over 600 years of rabbinical teachings, the Pirkei Avot was compiled in the third century C.E. and has been traditionally studied ever since. Monaco has composed and recorded a suite of music inspired by these teachings, using excerpts as the lyrics for each piece and singing them in their original languages, Hebrew and Aramaic. Joining her on the recording are Ayelet Rose Gottlieb on vocals, Daphna Mor on recorders and ney, Sean Conly on bass, and Satoshi Takeishi on percussion.

8 pm doors, 9 pm show. $12 advance / $15 day of show.

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