A VILLAGE VOICE 2007 BEST JAZZ DEBUT PICK!
"When it comes to crossing invisible musical boundaries, Sandy Asirvatham is an innovator."~Michael Buckley, THE CAPITAL
“...she walks a fine line between singer/songwriter and jazz chanteuse with some Tin Pan Alley in the mix, smartly turning phrases and crafting peculiarly appealing melodies...poetic, personal lyrics richly underscored by her idiosyncratic piano playing and tasteful accompaniment...” ~John Lewis, BALTIMORE MAGAZINE
ABOUT SANDY ...
A VILLAGE VOICE 2007 BEST JAZZ DEBUT PICK!
"When it comes to crossing invisible musical boundaries, Sandy Asirvatham is an innovator."~Michael Buckley, THE CAPITAL
“...she walks a fine line between singer/songwriter and jazz chanteuse with some Tin Pan Alley in the mix, smartly turning phrases and crafting peculiarly appealing melodies...poetic, personal lyrics richly underscored by her idiosyncratic piano playing and tasteful accompaniment...” ~John Lewis, BALTIMORE MAGAZINE
ABOUT SANDY ASIRVATHAM:
At the end of the millennium, Sandy Asirvatham was a successful journalist, a popular and provocative columnist for Baltimore’s City Paper, and author of nonfiction books for teens. Her newest creations, however, are original songs.
Armed with an MFA in fiction writing from Columbia University, Sandy was freelancing from home and trying to complete a novel. Instead, she found herself gravitating to the piano.
Hours passed as she sat alone playing and belting out show tunes and pop songs, yearning for an uncertain future. (When would she be able to start a family? Why couldn’t she get past page 150 of her novel?)
Although it had been years since her classical piano studies, music became the center of her creative life. Piano studies at Towson University and two stints at jazz camp helped her update her skills and jump into a league of top rated musicians. She was soon composing and arranging instrumental music.
Family life anchored Sandy's creative endeavors. When she and her husband adopted a baby in 2003, lullabies were added to her daily musical repertoire. The act of singing simple rhymes to son Miles emboldened her to put her own words to music. By 2006, she had entered a prolific period writing original jazz-inflected songs for grownups.
Having stumbled on her true calling, today she is a respected pianist, arranger and composer, and her storytelling skills enliven her original songs.
Her highly rhythmic and idiosyncratic melodies and lyrics channel some of the darker emotions and brooding thoughts leftover from the sadder times in her life. But she presents them with the light and joyful approach of the mature artist who has learned to make her way in a turbulent world.
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