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Sunny Jain: Taboo
Il solito polpettone servito in salsa world music speziata di jazz e condito con un po' di fusion ? Niente affatto, perché Sunny Jain, leader batterista e compositore di origine Punjabi ma cresciuto a New York, sa come tenersi alla larga dalle derive commerciali cosi frequenti nel genere. E licenzia un album che non farà gridare al capolavoro ma possiede sicuramente personalità, palesa un impianto complessivo piuttosto interessante e trova un connubio riuscito tra le scansioni metriche tipiche dei raga indiani, i ritmi africani e la sensibilità jazzistica degli interpreti.
Particolarmente riuscito sembra poi la miscela tra la chitarra elettrica di Erin Felder, a tratti vicina a sonorità fusion e funky ( splendido il suo solo in " Ye Mera Khuda " ) con il piano acustico raffinato ed elegante di Marc Cary. E naturalmente le voci da quelle mantriche, nenie senza tempo e senza luogo sulle vicende umane, a quelle intrise di blues, " Two Ladies ," allo spoken word dell'iniziale " Jack And Jill ," fino ad una sorta di scat indiano in " Basa Bhagwaan ".
Track Listing
Jack And Jill; Ye Mera Khuda; Two Ladies; Basa Bhagwaan; A Sufi; We Sinful Women; Samaro Mantra.
Personnel
Sunny Jain
drumsSunny Jain: drums, dhol (4); Marc Cary: piano; Nir Felder: guitar; Gary Wang: acoustic bass; Achyut Joshi: vocals (1, 4); Sheetal Karhade: vocals (2, 4); Samita Sinha: vocals (6); Shayna Steele: vocals (3); Sachal Vasandani: vocals (5); YaliniDream: spoken word (1).
Album information
Title: Taboo | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records
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