Jazz Articles about Ravi Rajani

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Ravi Rajani: Mass Production

by Roger Farbey
April 23, 2014

Despite the raucous opening rocky bluesy riff of “Weekend Blues" which seems to portend a set dominated by an electric guitar trio with the volume firmly fixed at eleven, beginnings can be deceptive. The second track “Snowball" starts to display some subtleties in composition and execution, especially in the quieter sections. By track three the listener expecting a session of Stratocaster blasters is confounded by Rajani's excellent take on Miles Davis' all-too rarely recorded “Nardis," here re-titled “Sidran" ...