Ragas From Lahore: Improvisations With Jaubi

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Recorded in one day in Lahore in April 2019 with the instrumental quartet Jaubi, the album seamlessly merges the improvisatory jazz tradition with the free-flowing formalism of Indian classical... — The Guardian, 23rd October 2020, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Nov 2020
Catalogue No: 22A038CD
Label: 22a
Length: 37 minutes

The Guardian

Global Album of the Month

October 2020

Tenderlonious, Kashif Ali Dhani: Shahla Bagh

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Tenderlonious featuring Jaubi, Tenderlonious, Jaubi

Ali Riaz Baqar: Azadi

Work length5:27

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Tenderlonious featuring Jaubi, Tenderlonious, Jaubi

Kashif Ali Dhani: Kirwani

Work length4:32

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Tenderlonious featuring Jaubi, Tenderlonious, Jaubi

Kashif Ali Dhani: Azeem

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Tenderlonious

Kashif Ali Dhani: Kirwani Part II

Work length5:59

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Tenderlonious

Tenderlonious: Impressions

Work length8:34

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Tenderlonious featuring Jaubi, Tenderlonious, Jaubi

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In April 2019, 22a boss and multi-instrumentalist, Tenderlonious embarked on a trip to Pakistan to work with Lahore based instrumental quartet, Jaubi. Following on from the success of the three-track limited edition 10" vinyl release of 'Tender in Lahore' earlier this year, 22a presents the full LP-length suite of improvised Ragas from a one day recording session in Lahore, featuring four previously unreleased tracks.

Opening track 'Shalah Bagh' is inspired by the Mughal gardens in Lahore they visited. It is a fully improvised track guided by Kashif Ali Dhani on table and vocals, with Tenderlonious on soprano saxophone. Raga Chandrakauns acts as the basic framework, evolving into a free conversation between tabla and saxophone.

'Azadi' is the Urdu word for freedom and is a pure raga composed in the beautiful and devotional pentatonic Raga Bairagi, also based in the 12-beat rhythmic cycle (Ektaal). Like everything during these sessions, this raga was shown to Tender moments before the one take recording and what ensued was an improvised conversation between the musicians. Featuring Jaubi members Zohaib Hassan Khan on sarangi - Zohaib is a 7th generation sarangi maestro and one of only 5 professional sarangi players left in Pakistan practicing this ancient art form. Plus Jaubi guitarist and band leader Ali Riaz Baqar, providing the guitar accompaniment.

Other tracks include 'Kirwani Part II' is an alternate take of the original, this time featuring Tenderlonious on soprano saxophone in conversation with Kashif Ali Dhani on tabla.

Marek Marek Pedziwiatr, from EABS & Astigmatic Records, provides the synth drone back drop on all tracks.

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23rd October 2020

Recorded in one day in Lahore in April 2019 with the instrumental quartet Jaubi, the album seamlessly merges the improvisatory jazz tradition with the free-flowing formalism of Indian classical ragas. Cawthorne is at his most effective when he plays the flute – deftly straddling the styles of jazz flautists such as Lateef with Indian classical players such as Ronu Majumdar.

December 2020

Having piqued interest with a three-track taster released earlier this year, Tenderlonious and Co. further explore the melodic frameworks offered by Indian classical music, with tracks based on traditional ragas beginning slowly, sometimes playfully, before evolving into steady rhythms flecked with imaginative bursts.

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