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Sunny Jain: Taboo
by AAJ Italy Staff
I taboo sono quelli che riguardano i diritti sociali in generale, l'orientamento sessuale, l'ingiustizia, la violenza sulle donne, lo scontro tra religioni, in particolare. Il luogo è la zona meridionale del continente asiatico ma potrebbe essere qualsiasi parte del globo terrestre. L'ispirazione artistica arriva dai ghazals poemi d'amore originari della penisola arabica ed arrivati fino in India nel dodicesimo secolo. I musicisti sono un quartetto piano/chitarra/basso/batteria sul quale si innestano una manciata di vocalist divisi tra lingua inglese e idiomi ...
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by Mark F. Turner
The sentences “Some things shouldn't be discussed in public" or “Don't ask, don't tell," are archaic phrases that still persist when speaking about forbidden subjects. South Asian drummer/composer Sunny Jain addresses some of these forbidden topics in Taboo, a scintillating project where he artfully uses his music as a platform to address social issues such as “sexual orientation, inequality and violence upon women, and the juxtaposition of religions." While such topics may continue to be controversial, this release is equally ...
read moreRed Baraat: Chaal Baby
by Elliott Simon
Percussionist Sunny Jain has already impressed as a musician who weaves disparate musical worlds into new universes. Chaal Baby, from his Red Baraat band, produces incredibly infectious celebratory dance music using Punjabi bhangra rhythms, funk and Jain's skills on the dhol, a double-sided North Indian drum. The result is a brassy percussive party that doesn't stop rocking until the final cut is over. The brass band milieu has given rise to various ethnic/jazz combinations that lean heavily ...
read moreSunny Jain Collective: Avaaz
by Budd Kopman
The Sunny Jain Collective is part of a growing group of musicians whose roots are from South Asia (primarily India, but also countries like Cambodia and Thailand) and are naturally cross-fertilizing with other practitioners. Artists like Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa are developing a new kind of Indo-jazz fusion. The leaders of this movement are usually first-generation Americans with strong ties to the music of their parents' homeland. Rather than feeling trapped, cut off or shortchanged, and ...
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