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Vijay IyerのRitual Quartetに参加し、Quincy Jonesプロデュース作品で全米ジャズ・チャート1位を経験した実力派ヴォーカリストGANAVYAが、スピリチュアル・ジャズと南インドの祈りを結びつけた濃密な一作を提示。
New York生まれ、Tamil Nadu育ちのシンガー／マルチ・インストゥルメンタリストGANAVYA。Wall Street Journalに「現代音楽で最も心を打つヴォーカリストの一人」と評され、The Guardianもその声を高く評価してきた存在だ。Vijay IyerのRitual Quartetでヴォーカルを務め、Quincy Jonesが手がけた“Tocororo”ではソリストとして参加し、同作はジャズ・チャート1位を記録。さらに、ラテン・グラミーを受賞した初のタミル語作品の作者・シンガーでもある。
本作「Daughter of a Temple」は、ヒューストンで行われた儀式的な集いを出発点に制作。30名を超えるアーティストが参加し、esperanza spalding、Vijay Iyer、Shabaka Hutchings、Immanuel Wilkins、Peter Sellarsらが名を連ねる。録音はRyan Renteria、編集とミックスはベルリンのLEITERスタジオでNils Frahmが担当。
内容は、スピリチュアル・ジャズと南アジアのディヴォーショナル・ミュージックを軸にした構成。ドローンの持続音、ピアノやサックスの即興、静かなパーカッションが重なり、その中心でGANAVYAの声が祈りのように響く。旋律は繊細だが、感情の芯は強い。派手な展開ではなく、内面へと深く入り込む音楽だ。
前作「like the sky I’ve been too quiet」ではShabaka HutchingsやFloating Pointsらと共演し、ジャズと実験音楽を横断してきた彼女。本作でもジャンルの枠を超えながら、伝統と即興を自然に結びつけている。静けさの中に強度を宿す、精神性の高い一枚。
1. A Love Chant (feat. esperanza spalding)
2. Om Supreme (feat. Vijay Iyer & Immanuel Wilkins)
3. Prema Muditha (feat. Shabaka Hutchings)
4. Elders Wayne and Carolina
5. Om Namah Sivaya (feat. Charles Overton & Ganesan Doraiswamy)
6. Journey in Satchidananda / Ghana Nila
7. A Love Supreme, Part 1: Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith
8. A Love Supreme, Part 2: Peter Sellars (feat. Peter Sellars)
9. A Love Supreme, Part 3: Alice Coltrane
10. A Love Supreme, Part 4: IONE (feat. IONE)
Described by the Wall Street Journal as “one of modern music’s most compelling vocalists,” New York-born and Tamil Nadu-raised singer and multi-instrumentalist GANAVYA has announced details of her new album, "Daughter of a Temple*", set to be released on November 15, 2024. The album follows her performance at SAULT’s acclaimed live debut in London in 2023, where, according to The Guardian, her “voice had a delicate emotive heft that could turn stoics into sobbing wrecks.” Her first single for LEITER, "draw something beautiful," was released earlier this year in July.
For "Daughter of a Temple", GANAVYA invited over 30 artists from various disciplines to a ritual gathering in Houston. Consequently, the album features numerous contributors, including renowned musicians such as esperanza spalding, Vijay Iyer, Shabaka Hutchings, Immanuel Wilkins, and Peter Sellars. The results—an innovative and deeply moving blend of spiritual jazz and South Asian devotional music—were initially recorded by Ryan Renteria and then further edited and mixed by Nils Frahm at LEITER's studio in Berlin in 2024.
GANAVYA is the author and singer of the first Tamil text to win a Latin Grammy. She was a vocalist in Vijay Iyer’s Ritual Quartet and the soloist on Quincy Jones-produced „Tocororo", which reached No. 1 on the Jazz Charts. Her most recent album, "like the sky I’ve been too quiet", was recorded with Shabaka Hutchings and features guests like Floating Points, Tom Herbert, Carlos Niño, and Leafcutter John.
