sumitra

Music:

Member Since: 6/21/2006
Band Website: sumitra-online.com
Sounds Like: www.allgigs.co.uk, January 2006 Music Review by Elly Roberts
A well established household name in Austria, New York born Sumitra releases an adventurous contemporary Jazz album.
Purists may well snub her cutting edge stylings, which would be a great shame. Sweet - voiced Sumitra has plenty to tell both musically and lyrically, ranging from race and heritage issues in the modern world, to love and insecurity.
The Indian Girl sometimes adopts an MOR feel, (though not an out-and -out approach in the Katie Melua formula) is countered by complex rhythms, all beautifully harnessed over the easy flowing tracklisting format.
Mostly using low-fi genteelness, she uses simple acoustic guitar strumming, balanced by her husband and guitarist Alex Machacek, and rhythm section of drummer Mario Lackner and bassist Tibor Kovesdi, as they collectively pull together some sublime band work. High on the agenda both vocally and musically is an undeniable love affair with melody which effectively drives the album on its rollercoaster of compositions, which in most part are accessible to the uninitiated and casual Jazz fan.
Just for fun, she even throws in a bit of funkiness through track 7 At The End, without losing the genres sensibilities. As a package, the composite outcome of Indian Girl is an effortless and relaxed offering. In terms of songwriting shes way ahead of her peers. Of its type, this is a top class and sophisticated album.
Record Label: NGE
Type of Label: None