Did you see this review? http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35635&pg=4 This is a long overdue recognition of Raaja's jazz skills in popular jazz circles in the west.
"All About Jazz" publishes review of Maestro.Ilaiyaraaja's music....
Renowned jazz music critic/ columnist Chris Slawecki reviews/critiques Maestro. Ilaiyaraaja's recent albums "PAA" and "PAZHASSI RAAJA" for Allaboutjazz.com, the web's premier resource for jazz music.
'the bright and colorful "Mudhi Mudhi Ittefaq Se," the sound of internationally-contemporary jazz—jazz that sounds at home in any nation—painted in colorful strokes behind a female vocalist who chases its light melody the way that a kitten chases a kite tail'
"Kerlavarma Pazhassiraja with all the power and majesty of traditional Indian strings, drums, chants, and rhythms, and ends in a percussion thunderstorm that leaves the listener feeling wrung out and dripping wet."
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Hi Dr.Vijay,
Did you see this review?
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35635&pg=4
This is a long overdue recognition of Raaja's jazz skills in popular jazz circles in the west.
Thanks and regards,
Jaiganesh
"All About Jazz" publishes review of Maestro.Ilaiyaraaja's music....
Renowned jazz music critic/ columnist Chris Slawecki reviews/critiques
Maestro. Ilaiyaraaja's recent albums "PAA" and "PAZHASSI
RAAJA" for Allaboutjazz.com, the web's premier resource for jazz music.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35635&pg=4
Snippets:
'the bright and colorful "Mudhi Mudhi Ittefaq Se," the sound of
internationally-contemporary jazz—jazz that sounds at home in any nation—painted in colorful strokes behind a female vocalist who chases its light melody the way that a kitten chases a kite tail'
"Kerlavarma Pazhassiraja with all the power and majesty of traditional Indian strings, drums, chants, and rhythms, and ends in a percussion thunderstorm that leaves the listener feeling wrung out and dripping wet."
Enjoy reading and please share with your friends, colleagues, family and everyone else!
Thanks for sharing the links and snippets, Jaiganesh & Enigmatic!
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