Daniel Pinilla - Single-Handed (2026)

Guitarist Daniel Pinilla released the album Single-Handed, which reconceives the solo guitar as a complete musical world where the instrument simultaneously embodies melody, harmony, rhythm, and form. Inspired by the technique of virtuosos like Joe Pass, George Van Eps, and Johnny Smith, Pinilla developed his own approach to the guitar, evolving from pure improvisation to a more conscious engagement with form and architecture.
The album features compositions by Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Sam Rivers, and Baden Powell — music with strong internal structure that allows the guitarist to enter each piece and let the arrangement develop naturally.
Solo performance demands new responsibility: time becomes a personal resource rather than a shared one; harmony must be explicitly presented rather than implied; silence acquires structural significance. Pinilla focused on the weight of sound, the balance of voices, and the breathing space of the music, considering stability and phrase connection.
The album's sound was intentionally intimate and authentic — the guitar is recorded close to the microphone, entirely in natural takes without editing, preserving the natural flow and live vulnerability of solo performance. This is not a display of virtuosity, but an exploration of musical responsibility to melody, instrument, time, and listener.

Tracklist:
1-1 Daniel Pinilla - Eronel [3:24]
1-2 Daniel Pinilla - April in Paris [2:46]
1-3 Daniel Pinilla - Countdown [2:43]
1-4 Daniel Pinilla - Beatrice [5:10]
1-5 Daniel Pinilla - Canto de Xangô [4:51]
1-6 Daniel Pinilla - Luiza [2:10]
1-7 Daniel Pinilla - All or Nothing at All [4:38]
1-8 Daniel Pinilla - Eyes of the Valley [2:47]