Albums I’ve made
The Bengaluru-based jazz vocalist pays tribute to the sensitive and introspective jazz musician Chet Baker Sunil Sampat Feb 19, 2020, Rolling Stone India ‘Vocalese’ artwork by Reynold Philip ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ Bengaluru jazz vocalist Radha Thomas’ new record Vocalese — out via Subcontinental Records — comprises of four tunes and features fine accompaniment. This is a […]
Home » Reviews » Published in 2020 02/17/2020 Listen / buy here Let’s start with the banality: musical contacts along the line “West – East” are a two-way street. Another question is that we are better aware of European and American musicians who were attracted, say, by Indian culture – from Yehudi Menuhin to George Harrison, John McLaughlin and so […]
Radha Thomas A Tribute To Chet Baker An excellent jazz singer from India who has spent time in New York, Radha Thomas pays tribute to Chet Baker on her new EP in the best possible way. She performs four standards which, after she sings the melody, find her performing her own vocalese to the trumpeter’s […]
Radha Thomas & Aman Mahajan: Bangalore Blues By Raul da Gama – For anyone wondering who on earth Radha Thomas and Aman Mahajan are here’s a reality check. Miss Thomas is an accomplished writer, novelist and poet as well as anIndian classical singer, trained by one of the best-known gurus (teachers) in Hindustani music, Kumar […]
Listen here. Earlier in the summer, I was in NYC and had two weeks of terrific fun planning and finally recording an album I’ve always wanted to do. Writing lyrics and writing books things I really enjoy doing… not quite as much as singing though if I’m to be honest. Anyhow, I’ve been working on […]
Aman Mahajan and I have been working on the tunes in Bangalore Blues for about 6 or 7 years now. Trying it out in different formats depending on whether we have a quartet a quintet a trio, or this, o0ur favourite format, a duo. A pure piano and voice rendition of our own material, this […]
Listen here When I met Ryo in 1977 he was already making music and quite famous in NYC at the time. He was working on this album Ring Toss and when he heard me sing, he immediately wanted me to do a little bit of singing on it. Most of the album was already […]
Listen here. Called jazz-fusion back in 1979 this Album released by Sony Music in 1979 made some waves. Ryo Kawasaki was already famous because of his playing with Gil Evans and Elvin Jones. No one knew me. So being featured was a very big deal. Recorded at Power Station Studio in New York City […]
Featuring Radha Thomas (Shottam) and Ryo Kawasaki who collaborated from 1977 onwards until about 1979, there were many performances and recordings. This one is particularly interesting.This limited-edition cassette contains four tracks taken from demo tapes and live performances dating back to 1977. Kawasaki explains, “… actually how I got my hands on these were that […]
What do you get when you blend jazz, blues, Indian classical music, Latin music, African rhythms and add a dash of hip-hop? You get the Bangalore based band UNK, one of India’s most versatile bands consisting musicians from various parts of the globe. UNK (The Radha Thomas Ensemble) are – Radha Thomas (Vocals), Aman Mahajan […]
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