Ofcourse many times ARR has mentioned that Jazz is one of his most favorite genres. In one of his interviews, he said that at one point he did not like any genre other than jazz. PS: Can you please not type in all upper case?
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, "momohyoid" <momohy...@...> wrote: > > RAHMANTIC JAZZ - SHADES OF JAZZ DOWN THE YEARS > > 1] ANJALI ANJALI - DUET > 2] JILLUNU ORU KAADHAL - SILLUNU ORU KAADHAL > 3] HEY GOODBYE NANBA - AYITHA EZHUTHU > 4] BEHKA MAIN BEHKA - GHAJINI > 5] VENNILA VENNILA - IRUVAR > 6] TU BOLE MAIN BOLOON - JAANE TU YA JAANE NA > 7] REHNA TU HAIN JAISA TU - DELHI 6 > 8] MANA MADHURA - MINSARA KANAVU > 9] VAAN NILA - KAADHAL VIRUS > 10] THENALI - THENALI > 11] MANGTA HAIN KYA - RANGEELA > 12] NAADHIR DINNA - PAARTHAALE PARAVASAM > 13] KANNAI KATTI - IRUVAR > > > WHEN I WAS SITTING DOWN AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THE VARIOUS TIMES > THAT RAHMAN HAS ATTEMPTED JAZZ A FLURRY OF THOUGHTS CAME OVER . AS I > JUST SCRAMBLED THROUGH MY TAPE AND CD COLLECTION , I LISTENED > LISTENED AND LISTENED MORE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO SHORTLIST THESE > TWELVE NUMBERS WHICH HAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF JAZZ , WHETHER IT > WAS IN THE BASIC COMPOSITIONAL STRUCTURE OR IN THE MUSICAL > ARRANGEMENT . OF COURSE RAHMAN BEING THE CRAZY GUY THAT HE IS DOESN T > STICK TO JAZZ ALONE IN ANYONE OF THESE EXAMPLES. AS A MATTER OF FACT > CALLING THESE SHADES OF JAZZ IS AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION , THESE SHOULD > PROBABLY CALLED " CRAZY THINGS RAHMAN DID WITH JAZZ " . A LONG LIST > OF OTHER GENRES MAKE IT INTO THE MIX BUT THE OVERALL FLAVOUR REMAINS > JAZZY . THERE IS EVERYTHING FROM ELECTRONICA [ GOOD BYE NANBA] TAMIL > FOLK [ MANA MADHURA ] CARNATIC [ MANA MADHURA ] BALLAD [ ANJALI ] > ROCK N ROLL [ VAAN NILA ] GYPSY [ NADHIR DHINA] WESTERN CLASSICAL [ > THENALI ] RYTHM AND BLUES [ REHNA TU] TO JUST PLAIN CRAZY [ MANGTA > HAIN KYA ] . NUMBERS LIKE TU BOLE , JILLUNU ORU KAADHAL , KANNAI > KATTI ,VENNILA REMAIN MORE TRUE TO THE FORM . BUT EVEN THE MORE > SIMPLE FORMS REMAIN WIDELY VARIED FROM EACH OTHER [ SMOOTH JAZZ , > SWING , ABSTRACT JAZZ] . RAHMAN IS PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE POST BURMAN > TO HAVE SUCH A WHACKY SENSE OF GLEE . BRAVO . > > PS : DO WRITE IN UR OPINIONS >
