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Sachal Vasandani - Hi Fly - new album release teaser

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Channel: Mack Avenue · 2011 · Music

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Sachal Vasandani's third Mack Avenue release, Hi-Fly, is an exciting mix of standards, originals and pop covers showcasing Vasandani's ability to filter a wide range of material through his highly individual vision. The new album finds Vasandani in upbeat form. "On this record I wanted to share some of the joy of singing this music," Vasandani says. "I worked through the turbulence that inspired the last record and just tried to have fun. I was thinking less about drawing the listener into my heart and more about celebrating."

Nowhere is that celebratory spirit more pronounced than on "One Mint Julep," on which Vasandani is joined by the legendary Jon Hendricks, one of the originators of vocalese and a godfather of jazz vocals, whose presence is a ringing endorsement of the younger singer. It seems impossible to imagine anyone listening to the rollicking "One Mint Julep" without a smile on their face. "As a young singer, anytime I get a chance to hang out with somebody like Jon it's humbling," says Vasandani. "Jon has a generous spirit and obviously knows how to collaborate, but he's going to be in the driver's seat just because he's Jon Hendricks. I found myself just enjoying the ride. He was pressing the accelerator and luckily I was sitting shotgun and not stuffed in the trunk."

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