GANAVYA / ガナヴィヤ / DAUGHTER OF A TEMPLE / レコード

ウォールストリート・ジャーナル紙に「現代音楽で最も魅力的なヴォーカリストの一人」と評された、ニューヨーク生まれ、インド東部タミル・ナードゥ育ちのシンガー/マルチ奏者のガナヴィヤが、ニューアルバム『Dauters of a Temple』をリリース!

シャバカ・ハッチングスのレーベル「Native Rebel Recordings」からリリースされた前作『LIKE THE SKY I'VE BEEN TOO QUIET』に続く新作であり、今回はニルス・フラームのレーベル「LEITER」からのリリース。レコーディングには、シャバカ・ハッチングス、イマニュエル・ウィルキンス、エスペランサ・スポルディング、ヴィジェイ・アイヤーなどなど現代ジャズのビッグネームが多数参加し、スピリチュアル・ジャズと南アジアの敬虔な音楽が溶け合った革新的かつ深い感動に満ちた作品が誕生した。アルバム後半はまさかの「A Love Supreme」のPart.1~Part.4のオマージュによるナンバーを収録!

Daughter of a Temple includes the voices, sounds, efforts, and prayers of: ganavya (voice, double bass, kalimba), esperanza spalding (double bass, voice), Vijay Iyer (piano), Immanuel Wilkins (saxophone, voice), Shabaka Hutchings (wind instruments, voice), Wayne Shorter (voice, beads, bell), Carolina Shorter (voice, beads), Ganesan Doraiswamy (voice), Vidya Doraiswamy (voice), Charles Overton (harp, voice), Peter Sellars (voice), IONE (voice), Rajna Swaminathan (voice, mrudangam, kanjira), Kweku Sumbry (percussion, drums, voice), M.S. Krsna (guitar, voice), Bindhumalini Narayanswamy (voice), Rasika Shekar (flute, voice), Shanta Nurullah (sitar, voice), Viktor Laurent Ewing Givens (voice, dance, ritualist), Chris Sholar (electronics), Darian Donovan Thomas (violin, electronics), Jiordi Rosales (cello, voice), Eden Girma (voice), and brontë velez (voice, dance, prophesy). The gathering-at-large in Houston included the presences, dances, efforts, and prayers of: Alyssa Simmons (event production, voice), Andrew Wilson (textile - making of prayer clothes, voice), Amir George (cinematography), Anya Yermakova (piano, choreography, dance), Cean Geronimo (food, voice), Charlotte Brathwaite (stage direction, voice), Frewuhn (voice), Joy Harjo (voice), Larry Blumenfeld (voice, movement), Lucía Martinez (movement, voice), Michael Ewing (event production, voice), Ricky Weaver (photography, voice), Ryan Renteria (sound engineer), Shelly Travis (event production, voice), Shireen Hamza (movement, voice), Terence Price II (cinematography), and Zahra Baker (voice).

All music produced by Ganavya Doraiswamy.
Additional production by esperanza spalding, Rajna Swaminathan,
Ryan Renteria, Nils Frahm and Felix Grimm.
Mixed by Ryan Renteria, additional mixing by esperanza spalding and Nils Frahm.
Recorded by Ryan Renteria at Moore’s Opera House, Houston, Texas.
Mastered by Zino Mikorey, vinyl cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnittstelle.

Tracks 1, 2, 6, 8, 9: Licensed courtesy of Jowcol Music / Universal Music Publishing.
Tracks 2, 6 by Swamini Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda. Tracks 1, 8, 9 by John Coltrane.
All other tracks published by Manners McDade Music Publishing Ltd.
esperanza spalding appears courtesy of Concord Records.
Shabaka Hutchings appears courtesy of Impulse!
Immanuel Wilkins appears courtesy of Blue Note Records.

Cover image by Ricky Weaver, design by Studio Torsten Posselt.