Chander Sardjoe has walked many roads less travelled since his conservatorial days. Besides the curriculum of traditional western classical and jazz music offered at the institute he studied a lot of non western music and started researching South Indian Classical music.
Always having taken a lot of time to "woodshed", slowly but surely the integration and application of non western musical concepts has developed into a uniquely fluent and higly articulate approach to the drums,combining the legacy of many Western, South Indian, African and Caribbean traditions and interpreters and using heritage as a source for invention and development. Besides having played with ensembles that try to expand their musical language, Chander has worked in a wide variety of musical situations, from straight ahead jazz to contemporary classical music and his vast control and knowledge makes him a highly respected member of the musicians community often being referred to as"Grand Master" depite his youthful appearance and his long resume boasts many great artists such as (selection):
Linley Marthe, Etienne M'Bappé, N'Guyen Le, Steve Coleman, Dave Liebman, Mario Canonge,Octurn, Kartet,James Genus, Ronan Guilfoyle, Jean Luc Lehr,Rudresh Mahanthappa, Aydin Esen, Antonio Farao,Scott Tinkler, Jamie Oehlers, Lee Konitz, Mark Turner, Geoffroy deMasure, Benoit Delbecq, , Martin Gjakonowski,Andy Milne,Malik Mezzadri,Aly Keita and many others.
As an educator he has given workshops and masterclasses at many renowned music institutes such as(selection) Royal Academy of Music(London) , Helsinki Conservatory ,Newpark Music Centre (Dublin) and many more.
Present touring and recording groups that Chander is involved with are:
Mario Canonge Trio - Mahanthappa,Sardjoe,Guilfoyle - N'Guyen Le - Cheikh Tidiane- Kartet-Octurn-Trio Ivoire- Oxymore- DuponT- Fabian Fiorini Red in Blue- Herve Samb Group, 7 Eyes.
Bonjour Chander, Merci beaucoup pour l'ajout et ton amitié! Ravi de t'avoir rencontré au Baiser Salé... A une prochaine jam session! Salutations de Marseille, Ahmad C.
Le Blue Note Record Festival est de retour pour une nouvelle édition consacrée aux 70 ans du label mythique. Du 30 mars au 16 avril 2009. Passer le message à vos amis!!!
Thank you very much for accepting the add and congratulations for the smoking tracks!! If you happen to like brazilian instrumental music and have the time to check our demo tracks... The CD is coming soon (on February)
If you can, tell us what you thought about the sound... Keep in touch and take care.
MERCI POUR LES BONNES VIBES, GRAND RESPECT ET DE TOUTE MANIERE ON RESTE EN CONTACT POUR LA SUITE DES EVENEMENTS QUI PROMETTENT D'ETRE CHAUD BOUILLANT. PEACE LOVE AND HARMONY. Emile Mene
just a little hello towards one of the greatest drummer...
I hope i ll see you once again (I saw you in Nantes a few weeks ago with Bzz puk...amazing!!
