Wohoo, had a really - really good times two days ago on my second recital at Berklee! I work really hard for the show and I guess it paid off...? The sound was spot on, rock on musicians, and a lovely audience, couldn't be much happier and proud of what I achieved.

Also, I’m so happy to announce that I won in 2 categories for DownBeat Magazine 42nd Annual Student Music Award. My composition Princess of Sahara for “Original Composition-Large Ensemble” and My rendition of Nardis for “Jazz Arrangement”. Both of them are performed in this recital!

Again, thank you for those of you who came to the show and for them, who couldn't make it, here's the full Performance.

Audio Mixed and Mastered by Jason Mountario

BAND:

Jason Mountario - Composer, Arranger, Conductor
Roy Zuzovsky - Trumpet
Matteo Cutello - Trumpet
Giovanni Cutello - Alto Sax
Tim Murphy - Tenor Sax
Brandon Lin- Trombone
Gabe Nekrutman - Bari Sax
Rihards Kolmanis - Guitar
Eunike Tanzil - Piano
Miles Burger - Bass
Gen Yoshimura - Drums

Let me know what you think :)

NARDIS(Down Beat Awards for Jazz Arrangement, Undergrad)

ICN (Indonesian Cultural Night) 2018.

Jason Mountario, Bass, Arranger.

Audio mixed by Farhan Sarasin.

Yamko Rambe Yamko

Celebrating my 22nd birthday. Observing life. Nice People. For People Project.

Jason Mountario - Composer, Bass, Mix.
Rihards Kolmanis - Guitar
Paul Meland - Tn. Sax
Nick Groat - Drums

Yoko Suzuki - Photo

Donghee Kim, Yuki Nakata - Engineer.

Live @Berklee Studio 1

NICE PEOPLE - for people project. Live @berklee studio 1

Pat Metheny tribute...

Jason Mountario - Bass, Mix
Rihards Kolmanis - Guitar
Nick Groat - Drums

Bright Size Life - Performance Senior Recital Live @Berklee 1140 1A

FAKE PEOPLE (REMIX)

I'm so excited to share a brand new composition for my small ensemble. "ends. Friday" featuring Yoko Suzuki and Paul Meland.

I wanted to write a piece for my friends because I had some problems with them (just like any other human being). But I wanted to challenge my self to not write a cliche "friends" tune, so here is how I came up with the title/inspirations. 

*Friends = Fri. ends = ends. Fri = ends. Friday*

-Generally speaking, It's about all of your friends ends on Friday.

-Musically speaking, it's all about how could I use the "fifth" (Monday - Friday is "5" days in total) in any kind of musical tools (chords, repetition, form, interval, etc).

Couldn't be much happier and proud of this really awesome and killing band member, who really dedicated their heart to the performance.

BAND:

Jason Mountario - Composer, Bass Player, Mixing & Mastering, artwork
Paul Melland - Tenor Sax
Joao Perrusi - Electric Guitar
Samuel Cerra Longo - Vibraphones
Yoko Suzuki - Piano
Gen Yoshimura - Drum

And... the most wonderful engineer that I've worked so far, the true king of a studio, Gustaf Claesson, thank you!

I hope you all enjoy and dig this new piece. Like, comment and share if you do!!!

ends. Friday - Jason Mountario (live @Berklee Studio 1)

Throwback to my Jazz Composition Senior Recital that happened a couple weeks ago. I had so much fun making this one BIG BAND chart. It's always a thrill for me to see how a traditional set up could produce some out sounding "noises".

When listening to this, try to imagine your super-duper busy hectic daily lives. Waking up late, running to the T-station, feel safe, but then realize that u forgot your laptop, and missing final. I hope you get what I'm trying to say here. Runnnnnnnnnnnnn...

Band:

Jason Mountario, Composer, Conductor, audio mix.

Saxes:
Ellis Hamilton
Ryan Siegel
Paul Meland
Max Roark
Roberto Prado

Trumpets:
Bastien Rieser
Roy Zuzovsky
Steven Montecucco
Lachie Day

Trombones:
Brandon Lin
Sam Rowley
Nick Rosario
Beck Ghantous

Rhythm Section:
Yoko Suzuki- Piano
Rihards Kolmanis - Guitar
Miles Burger - Double Bass
Ilya Blazh - Drum

Special thanks to Bob Pilkington for your gnarly inputs!

#supportnewmusic

FOR BUSY PEOPLE - Jason's Universe: BIG BAND live@ 921 DFRH

Happy to release my newest composition, "Crazy People" which is a part of my upcoming album "Suite for PEOPLE". I'm super glad that I finally got the chance to record this one and man... it's crazy. I feel that this group of people is the perfect cast for this particular project. For some reason, we really shared the same vibe and energy. It was so much fun, thx guys!

Jason Mountario - Composer, Bass, Mix & Video.
Rihards Kolmanis - Guitar
Nathaniel Peirce - Drums, Engineer.
Paul Meland - Tn. Sax

Farhan Sarasin - Mastering

Special Thanks to Nat, who provide us the most, I would say, the coolest recording place and experience ever. ReelRecordingLab is the man.

CRAZY PEOPLE - for people project. Live @ReelRecordingLab

Wrote a piece about something that is really bugging with my head for a long time. I originally didn't plan to release this around this time, since many things are going rough in this world. But on the other hand, this piece is also related in many ways. innocent people.

Jason Mountario - Composer, Bass, Mixing, Artwork.
Rihards Kolmanis - Guitar
Nathaniel Peirce - Drums, Rec engineer.
Paul Meland - Sp. Sax

Special Thanks to Nat, who provide us the most, I would say, the coolest recording place and experience ever. ReelRecordingLab is the man.

innocent people - for people project. Live @ReelRecordingLab

I’m deeply excited to present my newest composition “Princess of Sahara 2” with my BIG BAND.

This piece is a continuum from the first chapter, which I had a couple years ago. I knew from the beginning that it was just an “overture”, and I wasn’t really aware of how to “compose” it in the first place… So after 2 years, I decided to expand the piece much more, and to give it a much more detailed and focused story, both narratively and composition-wise.

This one indeed, one of the longest and biggest compositions I’ve ever written. I want to thank my mentors, Bob Pilkington, and Greg Hopkins for your guidance. And… Ayn Inserto, for your super honest criticism on the first piece. Without it, Princess 2 will not be here.

Princess of Sahara 2 is about Love Story. A story that tells this one princess who falls in love with this one peasant. An epic journey for them, trapped in society, seeking for the truth. Enjoy the journey of love.

(Facebook compressed. Bad) HIGHER/CRISPIER Quality, please go to my Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5AiJ...

Thank you all, without your dedication, efforts, and superb performance…, my piece would have gone nowhere.

-CREDITS-

Conductor/Composer:
Jason Mountario

Woodwinds:
Paloma Gómez Angulo
Giovanni Cutello
Timotius Simanjuntak
Paul Meland (Soloist)
Simon Breedlove
Roberto Prado

Trumpets:
Roy Zuzovsky
Carlos Ramos
Maclin Tucker
Jeric Rocamora

Trombones:
Sam Rowley (Soloist)
Auden Durant
Danny Thornburg
Beck Ghantous

Rhythms:
Guitar - Rihards Kolmanis
Piano - Yoko Suzuki
Bass - Aubrey Ruby Rosauli Situmorang
Drum - Gen Yoshimura

Recording:
Hanbo Hong
Michael Kevin
Kevin Liu

Camera:
Farhan Sarasin
Sitti Arlinda

Audio Mixing/Mastering & Video:
Jason Mountario

Recorded live at Berklee 160's Studio 2

Enjoy the journey. I hope you guys like it. I’m writing new stuff now.

Jason Mountario BIG BAND - Princess of Sahara 2 Live @Berklee 160 Studio 2

I'm starting to remix my old catalogs. Polishing and tightening up sonics and details. You could still support the original release by going to the digital streaming platforms. I hope you like it.

iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/conscious-mind/1246453442?i=1246454095
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/conscious-mind/1246453442?i=1246454095
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5ZAK28HBxBc6yjIlFDGqol?si=mafTyomuTXa2RPZJAwJ7MA
Music and Lyrics by Jason Mountario.

Produced, mixed, and mastered by Jason Mountario

Jason Mountario – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass, Keyboard.
Derek Dupuis – Hammond Organ
Peteris Zile – Drums
Rihards Kolmanis – Electric Guitar
Abel Huray – Strings Arrangement

Recording engineered by Yoga Adiaksa Bagaspati, Assist by Michelle Taylor, Eric Jaimes, Tim Liao. 

Artwork by Jason Mountario, edited with Abel Aurey and Tasya Rifalia.

Special thanks to:
Anthony Jolen for lending his precious Martin Acoustic Guitar.

Jason Mountario

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