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The Jazz Session #175: Sunny Jain
Drummer Sunny Jain is using his superpowers for good, choosing on his new album, Taboo (Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records, 2010) to make a series of strong statements about social issues, set against South Asian cultural norms. In this interview, Jain talks about his decision to use traditional song forms to say non-traditional things; the intricate interplay ...
Sunny Jain CD Release Celebration/Concert for Taboo June 10th @ Joe's Pub
"It only takes one initial listen to discern that Jain has masterminded a gala that is divergent, unique and irrefutably compelling. Hence, an album that stands alone within the continual influx of genre-crossing jazz projects. A top pick for 2010, indeed." - Glenn Astarita “this release is equally thought provoking, riveting, and engaging." - Mark F. ...
Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records to Release Taboo, from Sunny Jain
“Powering it all with shifting tempos, a vast array of percussive colors and rhythmic aplomb is bandleader Jain, bringing worlds together in seamless fashion...a fresh concept with brilliant execution." - Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes “Jain intrepidly leads his band into a lush, undiscovered sonic territory that glistens with the exoticism of newness without falling into ...
Sunny Jain: Taboo
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 ...
Harlem in the Himalayas Series @ Rubin Museum
Harlem in the Himalayas Series @ Rubin Museum 150 West 17th Street NYC Admission $18 in advance/$20 at the door For information call (212) 620-5000 Feb 12th, 2010 Sunny Jain Quartet 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM $18.00 in advance / $20.00 day of Member ...
Red 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 ...
Steve Blanco Trio: Piano Warrior
by Glenn Astarita
A true piano warrior in every sense, Steve Blanco's second solo release offers an expansion to applications previously encountered via Contact, his independent 2006 trio debut. He offers the antidote to the customary trio format with an abundance of jazz-based thematic forays that project a contrasting spell to the typical ballad-bop-swing concepts. Blanco combats ...
Avaaz
By Sunny Jain
Label: Sinj Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Sialkot; Avaaz; Pink City; Johnnie Black; Meri Bhavana; Awaara Hoon; Wo Xiang Ni; Baraat;
Lazaro.
Sunny 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 ...
Rez Abbasi: Reziliently Brilliant
by Phil DiPietro
At 36, Rez Abbasi is the latest accomplished and proven musician with a few solo releases and a few sideman appearances in his discography to choose the independent jazz route. Born in Pakistan, raised in the USA since the age of three, and having gone east from west internationally as well as domestically, Abbasi is known ...
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