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Sarah Buechi's Thali: Vidya Mani

AAJ Italy Staff By AAJ Italy Staff

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Sarah Buechi è una musicista e cantante trentenne di Lucerna, che nel primo decennio del 2000 ha lungamente soggiornato in India per studiare la musica locale con maestri come R. A. Ramamani e T. A. S. Mani, a Bangalore. Tornata in patria e unitasi ad alcuni jazzisti locali ha messo in piedi il progetto edito su questo Vidya Mani, nel quale strutture e testi del sud dell'India si fondono con atmosfere e ritmi jazz.

In verità, però, detta fusione non appare così ben riuscita, al punto che in diversi brani si fatica a trovare traccia udibile dell'India e il clima jazzistico appare piuttosto banale. E anche dove il canto tipico indiano viene esplicitamente proposto dalla Buechi, come in "Harikamboji," il fatto che esso sia inserito in ritmi occidentali, vagamente swinganti, cancella quasi ogni interesse all'ibridazione.

Di tutto il lavoro, alla fine, emerge di buona qualità solo il contrabbassista Marco Mueller e qualche buon passaggio del pianoforte di Stefan Aeby. Un po' troppo poco.


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Track Listing

1. Fly Bird - 5:05; 2. Fight For Me - 4:36; 3. Mama Tree - 4:57; 4. Harikamboji - 3:36; 5. I Get A Longing - 10:31; 6. Khanda naday - 7:11; 7. My Time Is Passing By - 7:15; 8. Vidya mani - 8:03; 9. Goodbye - 6:20. Testo e musica sono di Sarah Buechi.

Personnel

Sarah Buechi (voce), Matthias Tschopp (sax baritono), Stefan Aeby (pianoforte, Rhodes), Marco Mueller (contrabbasso), Lionel Friedli (batteria).

Album information

Title: Vidya Mani | Year Released: 2011 | Record Label: Unit Records


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