Saskia Laroo - Female Miles Davis
Those of you who love Jazz, there is a wonderful time ahead.
Due to my writing a column at the world's busiest and oldest
jazz portal, www.allaboutjazz.com, I have made some really
great musician friends... which was expected.
Saskia Laroo is one of the top-billed amongst this list. She is
a Dutch lady trumpeter who miraculously sounds like the great
and nearly-worshipped Miles Davis. Everyone interested in jazz
knows that Miles apart from John Coltrane [alto sax] has been the
most influential jazzman in the history -if we turn our attention
from Louis Armstron, Duke Ellington and other Biggies of the
Swing / Traditional styles and earlier eras.
Jehangir, my close friend [after whom the art gallery is named] is
an amateur trumpeter and he startled me one day by saying that
the same trumpet will sound different in different hands... which
means, Saskia has mastered an impossible art. To be able to sound
like the demi-God Miles Davis is no joke. Scientifically the list of
variables is endless.
Saskia, basically an email friend for years but very close to me,
has agreed to perform at Pune on 29th Nov. 2004, around 9.00 pm
at the Jazz Garden in the ABC Farms complex, Koregaon Park just
a KM from the Osho Ashram. She will play with her quartet and
will bring the roof down, no doubt.
For those who are forever stuck in Mumbai as ninety nine percent
of Mubaikars are, there is a saving grace. Saskia is also going to
play at the Jazz Yatra from 26th to 28th Nov. You would have to
ask me for the exact details, if you plan to go and see her and listen
to her dark arts.... Life could change for you.
The venue is Bhabha Auditorium at the TIFR, Colaba.
She is an amazing person, having mastered 21 different instruments
she has finally chosen trumpet, rarely used by ladies, as her own
instrument. Give it a listen, jazzheads and music buffs and the very
choosy amongst the aficionados of good music !
cheers !
Due to my writing a column at the world's busiest and oldest
jazz portal, www.allaboutjazz.com, I have made some really
great musician friends... which was expected.
Saskia Laroo is one of the top-billed amongst this list. She is
a Dutch lady trumpeter who miraculously sounds like the great
and nearly-worshipped Miles Davis. Everyone interested in jazz
knows that Miles apart from John Coltrane [alto sax] has been the
most influential jazzman in the history -if we turn our attention
from Louis Armstron, Duke Ellington and other Biggies of the
Swing / Traditional styles and earlier eras.
Jehangir, my close friend [after whom the art gallery is named] is
an amateur trumpeter and he startled me one day by saying that
the same trumpet will sound different in different hands... which
means, Saskia has mastered an impossible art. To be able to sound
like the demi-God Miles Davis is no joke. Scientifically the list of
variables is endless.
Saskia, basically an email friend for years but very close to me,
has agreed to perform at Pune on 29th Nov. 2004, around 9.00 pm
at the Jazz Garden in the ABC Farms complex, Koregaon Park just
a KM from the Osho Ashram. She will play with her quartet and
will bring the roof down, no doubt.
For those who are forever stuck in Mumbai as ninety nine percent
of Mubaikars are, there is a saving grace. Saskia is also going to
play at the Jazz Yatra from 26th to 28th Nov. You would have to
ask me for the exact details, if you plan to go and see her and listen
to her dark arts.... Life could change for you.
The venue is Bhabha Auditorium at the TIFR, Colaba.
She is an amazing person, having mastered 21 different instruments
she has finally chosen trumpet, rarely used by ladies, as her own
instrument. Give it a listen, jazzheads and music buffs and the very
choosy amongst the aficionados of good music !
cheers !
Selected by Anonymous |
09:58 |
5 Comments:
:-) You know I first found out about you through your coloumn. I had to do a project on the music scene in Pune for Alliance Francaise and while hunting for stuff on the Pune Jazz Club, I stumbled on your article on Saskia...so when I read your name in the list of contributors, I was like "OK I recognise atleast one name!" - don't think I've told you this! In the last one month or so, I'm seeing the world shrink before my eyes. It's never seemed like a small place before this...but now...
I shall spread the msg abt the concert!
Interesting tip Max. I'm one of those who doesn't know much abt Jazz...having never gone beyond the basics...should do something about that! One query though,silly as it might sound...has Saskia Laroo released any of her music on CD?
'modern' miles davis
miles davis 'reborn'
'a la' miles davis
'reminds you of' miles davis
'for those who love' miles davis
'close your eyes and hear' miles davis
oh max, music is genderless...
i agree with Manisha there, Max. It does come across as faintly patronising, in an old-fashioned, gentlemanly way. i'm no jazz connoisseur, just a fan, but i do understand that lung size makes a difference when it comes to wind instruments - in which, in my layperson's way, i include the voice - but in that case, you could have explained your reasons for classifying her the way you did. (To digress: here could be an interesting post in the history of the Castrati, don't you think?)
Thanks for the info, though. i hadn't a clue that the Yatra was around the corner. Though it just won't be the same without Rang Bhavan. Do mail me what details you have.
Max, with you here, could jazz be too far away! I'm not a Miles Davis fan myself - you know that. But I'm interested in watching a female trumpeteer articulate. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw Jasmine doing her thing at the PJC anniversary. She's pretty good with the music and she looks good playing the sax. Its probably one more push I need to seriously think about picking up percussion.
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