• 01. The Art of Living - El Arte de la Vida 05:12
Performed by Alvaro Is Rojas
Music by Alvaro Is Rojas
Published by Alvaro Is Rojas
• 02. Whoever You Are, I Love You 05:03
Performed by Alvaro Is Rojas
Music by Burt Bacharach
Published by Hal David / Warner Music
• 03. Evidence 04:27
Performed by Alvaro Is Rojas
Music by Thelonious Monk
Published by Sphere Music
• 04. I Get Along Without You Very Well 08:02
Performed by Alvaro Is Rojas
Music by Hoagy Carmichael
Published by Songs of Peer, Ltd.
• 05. With You at Sun-rice 04:41
Performed by Alvaro Is Rojas
Music by Alvaro Is Rojas
Published by Alvaro Is Rojas
• 06. Manhattan in the Spring 07:24
Performed by Alvaro Is Rojas
Music by Hoagy Carmichael
Published by Songs of Peer, Ltd.
• 07. In a Sentimental Mood 06:15
Performed by Alvaro Is Rojas
Music by Duke Ellington
Published by Sony ATV Harmony
• 08. If I Should Lose You 08:34
Performed by Alvaro Is Rojas
Music by Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger
Published by Sony ATV Harmony
• 09. The Art of Living - El Arte de la Vida... 06:46
Performed by Alvaro Is Rojas
Music by Alvaro Is Rojas
Published by Alvaro Is Rojas
• 10. Easy for You 04:28
Performed by Alvaro Is Rojas
Music by John Scofield
Published by Scoway Music

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• Alvaro Is Rojas – piano

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Spanish pianist Alvaro Is Rojas recorded these alluring pieces for solo piano at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden in June 1999. The artist admirably empties his soul into this presentation consisting of jazz and pop standards, along with two original compositions. And while Rojas demonstrates a finely honed and well-schooled technique, he also excels at providing the listener with tenderly executed and emotive aural canvasses of time honored classics such as Duke Ellington's In a Sentimental Mood, Hoagy Carmichael's Manhattan in the Spring, Thelonious Monk's Evidence, and more. Through it all, he crafts unadulterated elegance via animated lines, mood evoking passages, deft expressionism, and swirling chord clusters, while breathing new life into familiar themes. On guitarist John Scofield's Easy for You, the pianist pursues a subtle approach yet displays a flair for the dynamic along with a penchant for perceptibly raising the intensity level during climactic developments. Simply stated, Alvaro Is Rojas is a communicator who artfully conveys his impressionistic touch, through the magic of his astute and deeply personalized jazz vernacular.

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