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
