The News Review:
- Veteran saxophonist Suresh Yadav resurfaces churning out Instrumental…
- The blues is the truth … well most of the time
- Singing the blues in bitter fight
Veteran saxophonist Suresh Yadav resurfaces churning out Instrumental…
Expressindia.com – Aug 22, 2007
This was the first time that I played the central role in a performance” explains Yadav who had earlier come to Pune in 1986 along with Asha Bhosale and R D Burman for a show called The Asha Bhosale Nite. n another occasion he was one amongst those who crooned Gaata rahe mera dil at a Lata Mangeshkar concert. However it was Monday’s feat called Instrumental Blues that left the audience in a trance. “Pune has always been close to my heart as it is home to an intelligent section of music afficianados. They know exactly what an ardent music lover should know this intertwined with the response that my performance has evoked gives me extreme gratification” exults Yadav. The spectators traversed eons going back in time with gilded hits like Gore Gore and Khoya Khoya Chand even while he endeavoured equally to assuage the youthful tastes by instilling modern musical elements into his performance. The instrumental swing version of the Marathi song Jeeva laga nahi re door ghar majhi however was most appreciated the ear-splitting applause that followed being the witness.
The blues is the truth … well most of the time
VUE Weekly – Aug 22, 2007
Still while rock ‘n’ roll holds few prejudices against youth there tends to be something about the blues that calls for an approach that is tempered by if not age at least some catalogue of heartbreak and pain. “It means more to me now—I get it on a different level than I did when I was 22” Berlin concedes. “Definitely blues is the kind of music that living it is paramount so I’m always a little bit leery when hearing about the next 14-year-old blues superstar. I’m just like ‘h yeah? What’s he going to write about: pissing his pants?’ If you haven’t lived it even if you learn every Stevie Ray Vaughan lick there ever was I don’t think it’s the same thing as having something to say. ”With the blues having something to say has often resulted in the creation of something new. Look to the Rolling Stones who started out playing blues covers before taking those influences and evolving into a gritty rock ‘n’ roll band in the early ‘70s or the twisted rambling of the White Stripes in today’s music scene where Jack White freely mixes blues with country and anything else that strikes his fancy. Slim points out that there’s an element of blues to be found in all sorts of old school country singers from Hank Williams to Johnny Cash to David Allan Coe.
Singing the blues in bitter fight
Times nline – Aug 22, 2007
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