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Sachal Vasandani: Hi-Fly
Nell'affollato panorama di giovani cool singers in equilibrio fra tradizione anni cinquanta e sensibilità pop, Vasandani ha tutte le carte in regola per acquisire una posizione di primo piano. Il suo canto non fa gridare al miracolo ma è convincente, comunicativo e dotato di buon gusto. Deve amare molto i jazz singers della tradizione ma ha evidenti doti naturali e s'esprime con inventiva e sensibilità contemporanea. Sul modello Mel Tormè è un suadente interprete di romantiche ballads e swinganti episodi in scat. Si presenta come un crooner confidenziale ma sa già affrontare con discreti risultati prove impegnative. In un paio di brani del disco lo troviamo in coppia con Jon Hendricks e se la cava egregiamente.
Oltre i due con Hendricks, i brani jazzisticamente più convincenti sono "All the Way," delicato e ricco di sfumature, e il davisiano "Babes Blues" dove la tromba di Ambrose Akinmusire ha modo d'emergere.
Track Listing
01. The Very Thought of You (Noble) - 3:59; 02. Love Is a Losing Game (Winehouse) - 3:21; 03. I See Your Face Before Me (Dietz-Schwartz) - 3:21; 04. One Mint Julep (Toombs) - 4:22; 05. That's All I Want from You (Rotter-Rotha) 3:56; 06. Babes Blues (Vasandani) - 4:45; 07. Flood (Vasandani) - 3:55; 08. Summer No School (Vasandani) - 4:40; 09. Here Comes the Honey Man (Gershwin) - 2:01; 10. There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York (Gershwin) - 5:01; 11. Hi-Fly (Weston) - 3:25; 12. All the Way (Cahn-Van Heusen) - 4:02.
Personnel
Sachal Vasandani
vocalsSachal Vasandani (voce); Jon Hendricks (voce), nei brani 4 e 11; Ambrose Akinmusire (tromba) nei brani 2, 6 e 7; John Ellis (sx tenore) nei brani 1, 2 e 6; Jeb Patton (pianoforte, tastiere); David Wong (contrabbasso); Kendrick Scott (batteria).
Album information
Title: Hi-Fly | Year Released: 2011 | Record Label: Mack Avenue Records
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