My big band arrangement of a classic standard "The Nearness of You" played by The Conservatorium Big Band

The Nearness of You

Saxophone : Michael Avgenicos
Piano : Amanda Suwondo
Bass : Nick Henderson
Drums : Jodie Michael

East of The Sun

Amanda Suwondo (Piano)
James Heazlewood Dale (Bass)
Alex Hirlian (Drums)

What Is This Thing Called Love

Yesterday

Easy Walker

Song Description :
When I was in LA, I was staying with this awesome family in Chino. Chino is an hour away from LA. It was really hard for me to get to downtown LA or to get back from LA to Chino. So this song was inspired on our way back and forth, LA to Chino. It took me forever to get there but I love Chino and the family that I was staying with was so awesome. Thanks to them. Thank you that you guys had brought a new spirit and had helped me to find a new family in America.

I heard this melody came into my head while I was in a coffee shop on my 4th day in LA while waiting for my friends. I remembered, I was sitting down trying to find a piece of random paper (I think I ended up finding a receipt of something) then I was writing this melody on that paper. After I went back to Chino, I tried this melody and put some chords into it. 

Amanda Suwondo on piano
Nick Henderson on bass
James Harris on drums

All The Way To Chino

Song Description :
This song was inspired by a book that I found when I was walking around and it was called ‘First time for everything’. So basically, we need to write down every first time experience that we had. And it was my first time going to America, especially New York City, the city that I always want to go to and I definitely learnt a lot of stuff when I was over there. It is also dedicated to my cousin and friends who I met in New York.

Amanda Suwondo on piano
Nick Henderson on bass
James Harris on drums

The First Time

Song Description :
I was imagining this beautiful place in LA called Santa Monica. There is this beautiful pier by the beach in the area. There are a lot of rides next to the pier. We were walking across the beach at night, looking at the beauty of the beach and taking my time to thank God about the nature that He has created. Then I also was imagining the street musicians who were still around playing music until midnight. It was beautiful.

Felix Lalane on guitar
Amanda Suwondo on piano
Nick Henderson on bass
James Harris on drums

Santa Monica's Night

Composed by Amanda Suwondo
Live recording at Foundry 616

Trumpet : Kyle Eardley
Tenor : Kei Araoka
Trombone : Ragan Kang
Piano : Amanda Suwondo
Bass : Christopher Hale
Drums : Jodie Michael

Copyright 2015 Amanda Suwondo

Belleza

Live recording at Foundry 616

Trumpet : Kyle Eardley
Tenor : Kei Araoka
Trombone : Ragan Kang
Piano : Amanda Suwondo
Bass : Christopher Hale
Drums : Jodie Michael

Zamba For Salina

I composed this tune to summarised the year of 2016. Here is 'Reminiscence' I played with my trio at Motion Blue, Jakarta, Indonesia Saturday, January 14, 2017.

Piano : Amanda Suwondo
Bass : Victor Prabowo
Drums : Wahyu Prastya

Reminiscence

Composed by. Mann-Hilliard

Vocal : Abi Mccun
Drums : Holly Conner
Bass : Sarah Evans
Piano : Amanda Suwondo

In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning

Composed by. Antonio-Carlos Jobim

Alto Sax : Abi Mccunn
Drums : Holly Conner
Bass : Sarah Evans
Piano : Amanda Suwondo

How Insensitive

I play music, I write music, I love music.

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