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Nishlyn Ramanna

Pianist and composer Nishlyn Ramanna first became interested in jazz on hearing an album with Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass in his last years of high school. He enrolled in a BMus course in jazz at the University of Natal, Durban, where he took piano lessons with Darius Brubeck. Ramanna became a founding member of the intercultural improvisation group Mosaic - a quintet of flute, piano, guitar, bass and tabla - which drew together aspects of mainstream jazz, African music and western classical music. Many of the pieces on 'A Thought' were originally written for Mosaic. Highlights of the band's nine-year career (1991 to 1999) included performances at various classical, folk, and jazz festivals and venues in South Africa, several appearances on national television, and at functions at which Presidents Mandela and Mbeki were present

A Thought

By Nishlyn Ramanna

Label: New Canvas Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Quintessentially; Hymn to Him; A Thought (solo); The Beautiful Room is Empty; N3 East; Song for My Sister; A Thought; Pisces; Oatlands Road Blues.

Nishlyn Ramanna: A Thought

by John Kelman
October 22, 2005

You've got to admire people with drive. Still only 22 years old, British drummer Jon Opstad has emerged in the space of a few years as a drummer, bandleader, producer and owner of his own label, New Canvas Records. New Canvas' first release was his own debut, last year's Still Picture--reflecting Opstad's interest in Norwegian music ...