[tgs]

I got familiar with Jazz music only after listening to some of AR songs - the interest in fact started with Jillendru Oru Kaadhal. During a Super Singer Junior rehearsal - this song and it's Jazz merits were discussed in detail by qualified musicians such as Stephen Devassy there. That got me hooked and went on exploring other Jazz songs of AR. One in Rangeela - (they call it street Jazz, but I donno the difference between Street Jazz and other Jazz). Strawberry KaNNae, Hello Mr Ethirkatchi, his work in Jane Tu Jaane Na, are all excellent piece of work on Jazz (if thats what is called Jazz). I am not musically trained but kaetta udanae oru effect - oh this is what you call Jazz, nalllaa irukkae appadinnu. I dont think IR had ever tried anything closer to these stuff in terms of Jazz style. thathOm thallaangu thathOm paattula slight'a oru effect varum. But I feel it was more towards Rock and Roll (even rambam is more of Rock and Roll. And in Tamil I prefer MSV's rock and roll type songs to these). antha paattula konjam appadi varum, intha paattula konjam ippadi varum ellaam not convincing for me. Appadi paartha Thaman koodaathaan Jazz pOttirukkaar.

Suresh pOnRa periyavanga vandhu theLivu paduthura varaikkin yEdhAvadhu pEsittu iruppOm

hello mister edhirkatchi, veNNilA veNNilA both are jazz. oru maadhiri lazy flow feel irukkum. But that does not fully encompass all that is jazz. It is much much more subtle. Violin vicky gave the examples about the beats jazz waltz in his article. The example of Coltrane playing: these are a few of my favourite things from sound of music. And then when you listen to the aruvadai naaL BGM you see *EXACTLY* how he has taken it and used.

So if you are looking for a whole song with a lazy flow feel, or paLinginaal oru maaLigai then nothing occurs to me (perhaps it will to others). But I am saying that is a very restrictive definition. And with Raja you are looking at someone who has taken a form and has appropriated it in a manner where one marvels at the mastery of how he has managed to port it (adhAvadhu idhellAm enakkE puriyira aLavukku). I mean, not just jazz, pretty much every type of music he takes it and makes it his own - adhu dhaan avarOda thozhilE.

avaraippOyi inimE dhaan jazz-la aanaa-aavannA padikkaNumngra range-ku sonneengannA ....so sad