Producer Rio Sakairi Presents – HOME – Gift of Music – A Collaborative Manifesto of Hope Through Song for Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami Victims

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Adam Rogers, Alan Hampton, Becca Stevens, Ben Williams, Bill Campbell, Chris Tordini, Claudia Acuña, Danton Boller, Dayna Stephens, DL Media, Doug Wamble, Gretchen Parlato, John Ellis, Johnathan Blake, Leron Thomas, Producer, Records, Rio Sakairi, Ryan Scott, Sachal Vasandani, Taylor Eigsti, The Jazz Gallery

Available September 11 on Sunnyside Records

Various Artists, HOME – Gift of Music

Singer-Songwriter Leaning Album Features:
Claudia Acuña, John Ellis, Alan Hampton,
Gretchen Parlato, Becca Stevens, Leron Thomas,
Sachal Vasandani, Doug Wamble, Dayna Stephens,
Taylor Eigsti, Adam Rogers, Ryan Scott, Danton Boller,
Chris Tordini, Ben Williams, Johnathan Blake and Bill Campbell

All Album Proceeds Donated to
Habitat for Humanity Japan

“News of unprecedented disaster that hit Japan last year has come and gone but the need for relief remains. I am sending this music into the world as an ambassador for people in Japan. I also hope that these songs will bring some comfort and light in your dark moments and help you reconnect with your own humanity.” – Rio Sakairi

Stream Tracks From HOME – Gift of Music

PDX Jazz @ Tony Starlight’s Presents Vocalist Sachal Vasandani’s Portland Debut on June 18

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Jazz, Male Vocals, Sachal Vasandani

Performance In Support Of Forthcoming Album, Hi-Fly

Sachal Vasandani's Portland Debut

“What makes a jazz singer has more to do with a set of tools and instincts, and by that measure Sachal qualifies as one of the stronger new arrivals in the field…The flexibility of Mr. Vasandani’s phrasing would mark him as a jazz singer whether or not he ventured any scat choruses…he’s a jazz singer with good ideas, including some about what a jazz singer can be.” – New York Times

Listen to exclusive streaming tracks from Hi-Fly

Vocalist Sachal Vasandani is set to make his Portland debut at Tony Starlight’s Supper Club-Lounge on June 18 at 8pm. The performance will feature his longstanding New York-based working ensemble, consisting of pianist Jeb Patton, bassist David Wong and drummer Kendrick Scott.

With two albums on Mack Avenue Records, Vasandani – a 2010 DownBeat “Rising Star” poll winner – established himself as one of the most promising voices in modern jazz, with a distinctive blend of jazz and pop.

SACHAL VASANDANI CELEBRATES HIS INFLUENCES ON HI-FLY, AVAILABLE ON MACK AVENUE RECORDS, JUNE 21

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Jazz, Mack Avenue Records, Male Jazz Vocalist, Sachal Vasandani

THIRD RELEASE AS A LEADER FEATURES
SPECIAL GUEST, NEA JAZZ MASTER JON HENDRICKS
OTHER GUESTS INCLUDE JOHN ELLIS AND AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE

Sachal Vasandani, HI-FLY

“What makes a jazz singer has more to do with a set of tools and instincts, and by that measure Sachal qualifies as one of the stronger new arrivals in the field…The flexibility of Mr. Vasandani’s phrasing would mark him as a jazz singer whether or not he ventured any scat choruses…he’s a jazz singer with good ideas, including some about what a jazz singer can be.” – New York Times

LISTEN TO AN EXCLUSIVE STREAMING TRACK FROM HI-FLY

With his breakthrough 2007 debut, Eyes Wide Open, vocalist/composer/arranger Sachal Vasandani established himself as one of the most promising voices in modern jazz. A 2010 DownBeat “Rising Star” poll winner, Vasandani presented his distinctive blend of jazz and pop with the critically acclaimed release, We Move in 2009.

Vasandani’s third Mack Avenue release, Hi-Fly, confirms the high praise showered on its two predecessors and proves the singer is one of the freshest, most versatile artists to emerge onto the scene in recent memory. Produced by renowned Grammy® award winning bassist John Clayton and Grammy nominated Mack Avenue EVP of A&R Al Pryor, both long-time supporters, 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.