New York neighbors who began jamming during the lockdown forge an evocative sound covering a wide range of jazz, rock and roots songs.
Singer Sachal Vasandani and pianist Romain Collin started jamming together during the pandemic. After releasing two albums, the pair are on the road and play the Black Cat in San Francisco.Like many musicians whose silver-lining experience of the pandemic’s first year gave them a break from the grind of gigging, Brooklyn jazz vocalist Sachal Vasandani took full advantage of the lockdown.
Making a rare Bay Area run, Vasandani and Collin check into San Francisco’s Black Cat for a three-night engagement Jan. 19-21. While tonight’s two shows feature them in a duo setting, they’re joined on Friday and Saturday by veteran bassist Dezron Douglas, Brazilian guitar master Diego Figueiredo, and the young Portland drummer Domo Branch, “who was recommended by Taylor Eigsti,” said Vasandani, a close musical confederate of the great Menlo Park-reared pianist.
“We were both really open minded as to what the material could be,” Collin said. “We’re open to trying anything out. The only parameter was that Sachal had to relate to the song personally. I had a very deliberate, specific approach to my playing. It’s very bare bones, almost feeling like playing guitar more than piano. The first record the songs manifested themselves pretty quickly. We hadn’t done anything yet so we had so much to choose from.
“We’re playing extremely soft, so much so that I have to wear headphones because he’s singing so quietly,” Collin said. “No matter how pianissimo I play I need to hear some of the subtleties to comp. It’s almost like a campfire thing. He’s such a great storyteller, with a voice that’s universally relatable.”
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