The Australian multi instrumentalist Kim Sanders is obsessed with wind instruments and already for many years he shares his obsession with the rest of the world by recording great CD’s. Bent Grooves is his latest work and on this album he plays seven wind instruments varying from Turkish Gaita, Kaval, Saluang to tenor sax. What […]
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East West 101
Kim has just done a session for the sound-track of the next series “East West 101”. Davood Tabrizi (kemenche) also took part in the sessions. Composer is Guy Gross.
That asinine term “world music” actually acquires some meaning when applied to the art of Kim Sanders. The Sydney multi-instrumentalist has stewed in musical melting pots from Indonesia to Gambia and is especially steeped in the sounds of Turkey and Eastern Europe. Having absorbed these traditions, he plays within or without them as suits his […]
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Kim has returned from Indonesia
Kim has just returned from Indonesia where he performed with Aboriginal dancer/singer/didge-player Glen Doyle at the Solo International Ethnic Music Festival and with Madurese group Semut Merah at the East Java Percussion Festival in Surabaya. “SIEM was great,” said Kim yesterday. “This was its second year, and there were performers from all over Indonesia, which […]
What wouldn’t I give to have friends like these: Sandy Evans (soprano and tenor sax), Carlos Villanueva (charango), Tarlochan Singh (tabla), George Doukas (bouzouki), Llew Kiek (baglama), Blagojce Dimitrievski (clarinet) and Steve Elphick (double bass). Kim Sanders describes his life as a speed bump “you start going somewhere and end up going somewhere completely different”. […]
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CD “Bent Grooves” launched
Kim Sanders & Friends CD “Bent Grooves” was launched before a rapturous audience at the Sound Lounge on May 8. According to critic Peter Wockner: “It felt to me like the shackles of the Howard monoculture had finally been broken during this performance which represented more than just creative music but friendship, inclusiveness, respect and […]
In March Kim returned from three months in Istanbul where he did advanced studies with ney master Ahmet Kaya. He also studied Gypsy music with clarinettist Selim Sesler (the man The Guardian called “the Coltrane of the clarinet”) and continued his studies in duduk, mey and kaval. He performed with the Turkish version of Kim Sanders […]
Kim Sanders is a musician from Australia who plays several wind instruments. From different kind of gaita’s up to the tenor sax which he all uses on this cd as well. He studied and performed music for a longer period in Turkey, the Balkan and West-Africa and these influences can be heard in his recorded […]
Kim Sanders has built bridges with this album which connect not only the orient with the occident, but also Jazz with the turkish/bulgarian/african traditions. He is remarkably versatile and brilliant on the windinstruments. All other artists on the album are also masters of their instruments. The album conveys authenticity and beats comparable competition hands down. […]
Kim Sanders’in, Turk ve Balkan muzigine dayali parcalarin yer aldigi, “You can’t get there from here” Buradan oraya gidemezsin adini verdigi albumu, gercekte dunyanin ta oteki ucunda ki bizleri oralara goturebilen bir calisma. Bunun nedenini belki de Kim Sanders’in, yasamin her ikliminde, her diliminde, ustelik dag tas, yagmur camur demeden, kimi zaman en ucuzundan otobuse […]