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Into the mystique

Apologies to Van Morrison for stealing the title (almost) of perhaps his greatest song. But these were the words that came to mind after listening to Meelis Vind’s Liivamandala (Sand Mandala) CD. The slender one has long been a fan of the clarinetist and it was a great delight to hear him live at the exquisite opening concert of the recent Estonian Music Week, playing as a member of the music collective Avarus. Avarus could be translated as spaciousness or amplitude, the second being, of course, the more musical term. Vind is truly hard to pigeonhole. He first came to the slimster’s attention as a jazz musician – playing with many luminaries, most notably in the Estonian Dream Big Band. But he is also a trained classical musician, a member of ERSO, the Estonian State Symphony. And a composer of note. EMW afforded the opportunity to acquire the CDs of many of the performers. Liivamandala’s very name caught the eye. Recorded in 2013 it falls into neither the classical or jazz genre. The mandala is a giveaway – a spiritual symbol for Hindus and Buddhists. If challenged the slimster would coin a new approach.
At first blush one expects classical influences as the majority of Vind’s fellow musicians on the recording play an instrument that one does not associate with jazz. They are Liis Viira, harp; Mari Targo, violin; Mairit Mitt and Liina Žigurs, viola, and Joosep Kõrvits, cello. But then non-classical instruments: bansuri (an Indian side-blown flute), played by Citra Krista Joonas and tabla (a percussion instrument, also from the Indian subcontinent), Arno Kalbus, who adds other percussion work. And of course Meelis Vind himself, clarinet and bass clarinet. Already, by noting the two instruments from India the reader can guess why this CD is difficult to categorize. It is not “World music” either. So let’s go with mystical music. Or in Estonian, müstiline muusika. Of the seven cuts on this interesting disc two truly stood out for this listener. The almost 11 minute long Taal mantra (here we go again with the unexplainable!), is a meditative percussion dominated co-composition by Kalbus and Vind. All others are Vind’s. A mantra is something from Buddhism – a sound or word that one repeats to...

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