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Sachal Vasandani

Sachal Vasandani is recognized for his singular voice, with a tone and unique phrasing that mark him as one of the most compelling artists on the scene today. Thoroughly rooted in jazz, Sachal has the swagger to front the most swinging big bands and the vulnerability to present definitive takes of classic ballads. His deeply creative approach to improvisation across lyrics, melodic changes and time signatures is always soulful, and he has come to be regarded as one of the eminent vocal improvisers of his generation.
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 Sachal’s 2018 release, Shadow Train (GSI), celebrates twin themes of romance and respect with an open spirit

Still Life

By Sachal Vasandani

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: No More Tears; I Love You; Sound of Silence; Can't Make You Love Me; Blue in Green; Freight Train; If Only You Knew; Someone Somewhere; Latch; Let It Go; How Could We Be; Washing of the Water.

Elsa Nilsson, Too Many Zooz, Gard Nilssen, Claire Michael & Other New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
August 9, 2022

It's been another hot sweaty week... and so we decided to open today's edition with some hot sweaty genre-defying music courtesy of Moon Hooch, Too Many Zooz and Meute, then we keep the simmer pretty steady, deep and beautiful.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Moon ...

Two Masterful Duos (Night and Day)

by Geno Thackara
July 20, 2022

Sachal Vasandani and Romain Collin Still Life Edition Records 2022 While the first year of COVID-19 turned the world upside down, Sachal Vasandani and Romain Collin turned sudden isolation into figurative gold. The simple duo album Midnight Shelter (Edition, 2021) was a rich sleeper that proved to continue getting better with ...

Bill Charlap, Ron Miles & Jean Fineberg

by Joe Dimino
June 19, 2022

From bandleader and musical force of nature Jean Fineberg we begin the 756th Episode of Neon Jazz with a track from her band's eponymous release followed by something from “The Godfather of Soul" and a commentary from Jean. We also delve into new music from Peter Curtis, Keith Oxman and Chris Greene. Vocalists take center stage ...

New Releases from Marta Sanchez, Myra Melford, Julieta Eugenio and More

by Mary Foster Conklin
May 30, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from flutist Ragan Whiteside, the Yu Nishiyama Big Band, saxophonist Julieta Eugenio, vocalist Bidi Dworkin, pianist Marta Sanchez, and Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quartet with birthday shoutouts to KJ Denhert, Jackie Cain, Tania Maria, Carmen Souza, Brittany Anjou, Yoko Miwa and Jennifer Wharton, among others. Thanks for listening and please ...

Jazz Gallery All-Stars at Tri-C

by John Chacona
March 21, 2022

Jazz Gallery All-Stars Tri-C Auditorium Cleveland, OHMarch 6, 2022 What a difference a month makes. The Jazz Gallery All-Stars concert scheduled for February 3 at jny: Cleveland's Tri-C Auditorium was swept away when a winter storm driven by howling winds dumped 15 inches of snow on the city. A ...

New Releases Plus a Celebration of Jazz Capricorns Sade, Melba Liston and More

by Mary Foster Conklin
January 24, 2022

This broadcast presents new releases from Pete Malinverni, Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows and the Yellowjackets. In the first hour, songs by Sade and in the second hour a set of tunes honoring composer, arranger trombonist Melba Liston to celebrate their birthdays. Other Capricorn shoutouts include Rachel Z, Chelsea McBride, Christine Tobin, Ingrid Jensen, Andrea ...

Geno Thackara's Favorites of 2021

by Geno Thackara
December 31, 2021

Insert the usual cliches here as you see fit: strange times, “new normal," all that stuff. Still, even while some of us give up on terms like “normal" and get used to the idea that there may never be a post-Covid world, great music and art never stops. Amidst another bumper crop of more things than ...

Midnight Shelter

By Sachal Vasandani

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Summer No School; Before You Go; Adore You; River Man; Great Ocean Road; Throw It Away; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Love Away; Blackbird; Dance Cadaverous; One Last Try.