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Sunny Trio & Natt Buntita: Two Of A Kind

by Ian Patterson
December 30, 2016

The merging of jazz and Asian folk idioms is gradually becoming more common, though most typically in Indonesia and South Korea. Thailand's rich folkloric tradition has been overlooked by Thai jazz musicians, who tend to favour American jazz standards. Until now, that is. Two of a Kind sees pianist Sunny Rattana and singer Natt Buntita visit traditional Thai folk songs/poems through a jazz prism, ably supported by bassist Tae Siriwat and drummer Hong Chanutr Tetchatananna--all jazz instructors at Bangkok's Silpakorn ...