Eastern Sonata Baiju Bhatt & Red Sun

• 1 Pari Shokogun 07:03
• 2 Kintsukuroi 06:46
• 3 The Joyful Warrior 08:40
• 4 Cosmopolis 08:27
• 5 Eastern Sonata 04:53
• 6 Ode To The White Ape 06:41
• 7 Upper Welsch Side 05:54
• 8 Opium 04:18
• 9 Land Of Wonders 01:03
• 10 Whirlpool 03:03
• 11 Song For Little Shai 07:10
• Total Runtime 01:03:58

Info for Eastern Sonata

Virtuos, energetisch, spielfreudig: Die Kompositionen des indisch-schweizerischen Violinisten Baiju Bhatt sind durchzogen von rhythmischen Raffinessen und Melodieläufen, die unmittelbar ins Ohr gehen. Unterstützt von seiner Band Red Sun lässt der Romand gekonnt Einflüsse aus Jazz, World und Rock ineinanderfliessen und kreiert so seinen ganz eigenen Sound irgendwo zwischen Orient und Okzident. Auf dem neuen Album «Eastern Sonata» wirken einige der grössten Namen in der zeitgenössischen Jazz/World Fusionszene.

"Red Sun burns hot and deep" (David Balakrishnan, Grammy Winner)

"auf energetisch hohem Pegel und im besten Sinn routiniert" (BeJazz Transnational Competition)

"Leader Baiju Bhatt makes a potent point for where Jazz-Violin can go in 2018" (UK Vibes)

"Des lignes rythmiques fracassantes de régularité évoquent l’épopée renversante d’un Weather Report et d’un Shakti entremêlés" (L’Abri)

"Red Sun’s music appears accessible, catchy and refreshing. Bhatt manages his bandmates with a strong creative voice and vision, and forms a tight band complex, with a unique sound and outstanding repertoire." (QFTF)

Baiju Bhatt, violin
Valentin Conus, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Mark Priore, piano
Blaise Hommage, electric bass
Cyril Regamey, drums

Baiju Bhatt
discovered the violin at the age of six, and completed his classical music studies at the Lausanne Conservatory until he was 20. With a wide range of musical backgrounds, he specializes in jazz and world music, and obtained his Master's degree (Jazz) from the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne in 2014 with a prize of excellence. Established in Paris in order to foster exchanges between his native Romandie and the capital of gypsy swing, he has since toured the world with his original project Red Sun (whose latest album, Eastern Sonata, is stamped "HIT" Couleurs Jazz), the virtuoso Tunisian brothers Amine & Hamza Mraihi -The Band Beyond Borders, in a gypsy jazz context (Gypsy Jazz Sessions, Tcha-Badjo, Gypsy Galaxy, etc.) or as a guest artist.

Baiju is also a teacher at the Conservatoire de Lausanne, where he directs the successful Ministrings ensemble, as well as at the Compagnie Albertine (CH), and he intervenes as a trainer specialized in improvisation and jazz in a wide variety of settings (Schweizerischer Jugendmusikwettbewerb, Académie Tibor Varga, Under The Tuscan Sun, École de Musique de Lausanne, among many others). In 2018 he founded the Creative Strings Workshop - Europe with the American violinist Christian Howes, and the Festival of the same name, an international gathering around improvisation for string players, of which he is currently the artistic director.

Virtuoso, energetic, enthusiastic: the compositions of the Indian-Swiss violinist Baiju Bhatt are drenched in rhythmical finesse and melodious runs that go straight to the ears. Supported by his band, « Red Sun », the performer from the Romandie skillfully interweaves influences from jazz, world and rock and thus creates his very own sound somewhere between the orient and the occident. The band’s next album, « People Of Tomorrow », will be released by the end of October, and features some of the most prominent artists in the contemporary Jazz/World fusion scene (such as Nguyên Lê, Prabhu Edouard among others).

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