Sandhya Sanjana

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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Sandhya Sanjana
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| genre = [[Jazz fusion]], [[jazz]], [[Indian classical music|Indian classical]]
| occupation = Singer
| years_active =1980–present
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| website = {{URL|sandhyasanjana.com}}
}}

'''Sandhya Sanjana''' ({{lang-hi|संध्या}}) is a singer from [[Mumbai]], India. She is one of the first Indian singers to have experimented with combining [[Indian classical music|Indian classical]] vocals with contemporary western styles. Her career began at a young age and she has appeared on over 30 albums of various genres.

==Life==
===Journey into fusion===
She sang with rock bands in Bombay, New Delhi, and [[Kolkata]]. When she met Dinshah Sanjana, he had studied classical piano and was entering the world of [[Music of India|Indian music]] by studying the flute. He switched to [[tabla]] to accompany her. They went on to form their fusion group Divya.<ref>Indian Classical / Jazz / Fusion guide : http://www.lutins.org/indyjazz//ij-list.html#DIVYA</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pinckney |first1=Warren R. |title=Jazz in India: Perspectives on Historical Development and Musical Acculturation |journal=Asian Music |date=1989 |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=35–77 |doi=10.2307/834073 |jstor=834073 }}</ref>

===Embarking on a solo career===
In 1998, Sandhya and Dinshah separated. In 1999, she married a Dutch man, moved to the Netherlands, and embarked on her solo career. She recorded her Nava Rasa suite with Heiko Dijker on tabla and Matthieu Safatly on prepared cello. She toured the Netherlands and Germany with this trio, while sometimes adding a dancer to the group. In London, she performed her Nava Rasa song cycle with Renga of the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] at St. James's Church in Piccadilly and at the Southbank Centre. Alice Coltrane invited her to do a solo performance at the John Coltrane festival for a fund raising concert.<ref>All About Jazz http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=995 Coltrane Foundation Scholarship Fundraiser: A Night of Jazz (English)</ref>

She is a member of [[Ramesh Shotham]]'s Madras Special, a band that combines South Indian music and jazz. With this band, she performed in Morocco, Taiwan, Romania, Hungary, London, Germany and the Netherlands. She appeared on their albums ''Madras Special'' and ''Urban Folklore''.<ref>The Hindu 22 December 2005 : http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/12/22/stories/2005122200870500.htm</ref>

She has been a featured member of Omri Hason's Kadim and toured Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Germany with this band. She appeared on two albums with Kadim – the eponymous debut album and ''Shati''.<ref>Playing with Omri Hason [http://www.ensuite.ch/pdfs/ausgaben03/ensuite_10.pdf (German)]</ref>

She was one of the musicians on [[mp3.com]] who made web collaborations. During this period, she met [[Rom di Prisco]] who writes soundtracks for video games. He used Sanjana's voice on ''[[Unreal Tournament 3]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sumthing.com/itemDetails.aspx?id=3434 |title=Unreal Tournament III - The Soundtrack |publisher=Sumthing.com |date=2007-11-20 |accessdate=2011-11-22}}</ref>

She has worked with Zoltan Lantos<ref>{{note|Navy1}} [[de Volkskrant]] [http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article966520.ece/Zoltan_Lantos_laat_nieuwe_snaren_resoneren Zoltan Lantos laat nieuwe snaren resoneren (Dutch)], [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article966520.ece/Zoltan_Lantos_laat_nieuwe_snaren_resoneren&ei=k89ASq7QDNyZjAfY8_COCQ&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article966520.ece/Zoltan_Lantos_laat_nieuwe_snaren_resoneren%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3DBAl Zoltan Lantos allows new strings to resonate (English)]</ref><ref>[[de Volkskrant]] [http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article566079.ece/Dialoog_tussen_piano_en_oeroude_kleipot Dialoog tussen piano en oeroude kleipot (Dutch)], [https://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=n&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.volkskrant.nl%2Farchief_gratis%2Farticle566079.ece%2FDialoog_tussen_piano_en_oeroude_kleipot&sl=nl&tl=en&history_state0= Dialogue between piano and ancient clay pot (English)]</ref>

==Discography==

===As vocalist/member===
* Divya: ''Madras Cafe'' (CBS, 1987)
* Divya: ''Kumbhamela'' (Earth Beat, 1998)
* Dinshah & Sandhya Sanjana: ''Ramayana - a Journey'' (Channel Four Television, 1997) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shazam.com/music/web/album?id=12913 |title=Various: Ramayana: A Journey |publisher=Shazam.com|accessdate=2011-11-22}}</ref>
* ''Madras Special'' (Permission Music, 2002)
* Madras Special: ''Urban Folklore'' ([[Challenge Records (1994)|Double Moon]], 2006)
* Omri Hason: ''Kadim'' (Permission, 2003)
* Omri Hason: ''Shati'' (Double Moon, 2008)
* Prem Joshua: ''Shiva Moon'' (Music Today, 2003)
* Prem Joshua: ''Yatri'' (White Swan, 2006)
* Prem Joshua: ''Taranga'' (White Swan, 2006)
* Praful: ''Pyramic in your Backyard'' (Therapy Recordings, 2006)
* Praful: ''Remixed + 2'' (Therapy, 2006)
* Chris Hinze Combination: ''Back on the Map'' ([[Keytone Records|Keytone]], 2004)
* Masaladosa: ''Electro World Curry'' (Masalasound, 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.volkskrant.nl%2Farchief_gratis%2Farticle1140222.ece%2FWereldmuziek |title=Google Translate |date= |accessdate=2011-11-22}}</ref>
* Sandhya Sanjana: ''Random Access Melody'' (Loplop, 2009)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mixedworldmusic.com/recensies.php?id=63 |title=Recensies |publisher=MixedWorldMusic.com |accessdate=2011-11-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723041037/http://www.mixedworldmusic.com/recensies.php?id=63 |archivedate=23 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.subjectivisten.nl/caleidoscoop/2009/12/sandhya-sanjana-random-access-melody.html |title=Caleidoscoop: Sandhya Sanjana - Random Access Melody |publisher=Subjectivisten.nl |date=2009-12-22 |accessdate=2011-11-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916213453/http://www.subjectivisten.nl/caleidoscoop/2009/12/sandhya-sanjana-random-access-melody.html |archivedate=16 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===As guest===
* [[Alice Coltrane]]: ''Glorious Chants'' (Avatar Book Institute, 1995) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freeform.org/music/jazzsupreme/alice.coltrane/ |title=A Jazz Supreme - Alice Coltrane |publisher=Freeform.org |date=1967-05-23 |accessdate=2011-11-22}}</ref>
* Mynta: ''Indian Times'' (Intuition, 1997) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.showmehowtoplay.com/artist/Sandhya-Sanjana/albums/?key=&album_id=R000308271|title = Show Me How to Play - Love it. Learn it. Play it}}</ref>
* [[Susheela Raman]]: ''Salt Rain'' ([[Narada Productions|Narada]], 2001)
* Susheela Raman: ''Love Trap'' (Narada, 2003)
* Indofunk: ''The Basement Sessions'' (Saraswati, 2002)<ref>{{cite web|author=All About Jazz |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician_discography.php?id=19955 |title=Indofunk Satish | Jazz | Discography |publisher=Allaboutjazz.com |date=2010-03-30 |accessdate=2011-11-22}}</ref>
* [[Bahramji]] & Maneesh De Moor: ''Call of the Mystic'' (Blue Flame, 2005)
* Maneesh de Moor: ''Sadhana'' (Sounds True, 2006)
* ''[[Unreal Tournament 3]] The Soundtrack'' ([[Sumthing Else]] MusicWorks, 2007)
* [[Michel Banabila]]: ''Traces'' (Tapu, 2007)
* Michel Banabila: ''Precious Images'' (Steamin' Soundworks, 2008)

==Newspaper articles in the de Volkskrant==
*{{note|Navy1}} [http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article966520.ece/Zoltan_Lantos_laat_nieuwe_snaren_resoneren Zoltan Lantos laat nieuwe snaren resoneren (Dutch)], [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article966520.ece/Zoltan_Lantos_laat_nieuwe_snaren_resoneren&ei=k89ASq7QDNyZjAfY8_COCQ&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article966520.ece/Zoltan_Lantos_laat_nieuwe_snaren_resoneren%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3DBAl Zoltan Lantos allows new strings to resonate (English)]
*{{note|Navy1}} [http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article1140222.ece/Wereldmuziek Wereldmuziek (Dutch)], [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.volkskrant.nl%2Farchief_gratis%2Farticle1140222.ece%2FWereldmuziek World (English)]
*{{note|Navy1}} [http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article566079.ece/Dialoog_tussen_piano_en_oeroude_kleipot Dialoog tussen piano en oeroude kleipot (Dutch)], [https://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=n&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.volkskrant.nl%2Farchief_gratis%2Farticle566079.ece%2FDialoog_tussen_piano_en_oeroude_kleipot&sl=nl&tl=en&history_state0= Dialogue between piano and ancient clay pot (English)]
*{{note|Navy1}} [http://www.volkskrant.nl/recensies/kunsttips/article1322074.ece/Indiase_klassieke_muziek_met_een_bluesy_groove Indiase klassieke muziek met een bluesy groove (Dutch)], [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.volkskrant.nl/recensies/kunsttips/article1322074.ece/Indiase_klassieke_muziek_met_een_bluesy_groove&ei=nQUOTKyGDJOVOPXfgfAM&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBwQ7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvolkskrant%2Bsandhya%2Bsanjana%26hl%3Den Indian classical music with a bluesy groove(English)]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.sandhyasanjana.com Official site]

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