Recent Event Highlights: Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition: Apti (Review), MSG play 'Blackjack' (Part 2), MSG play 'Blackjack' (Part 1), South Asian-American jazz rates with critics, on NPR, Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa - Song for Midwood - Bridgestone Music Festival - São Paulo -2008, Vijay Iyer Quartet & Rudresh Mahanthappa - Aftermath - Bridgestone Music Festival - 2008, and 10 more...
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...is becoming exhausting to keep up with the flowering career of Rudresh Mahanthappa, an American alto saxophonist. As a proponent of a new kind of jazz innovation, Mahanthappa has partnered with Vijay Iyer to lead several groups playing intricate and brilliant...
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PopMatters
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...for the book world night after night. In this week’s magazine, Gary Giddins writes about the Indian-American saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. Mahanthappa grew up in Boulder and is equally well-versed in jazz and the varieties of Indian music. Several weeks...
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The New Yorker
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MSG - Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto), Ronan Guilfoyle (bass), Chander Sardjoe - a rip-roaring performance of Rudresh's 'Blackjack' in a recent performance at Dublin's premier jazz club, JJ Smyth's. This is the first section - see Youtube for the 1st section - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y0ppWm4PPQ For more information on the members of MSG see: http://www.rudreshm.com http://www.ronanguilfoyle.com http://www.myspace.com/chandersardjoe
MSG - Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto), Ronan Guilfoyle (bass), Chander Sardjoe - a rip-roaring performance of Rudresh's 'Blackjack' in a recent performance at Dublin's premier jazz club, JJ Smyth's. This is the first section - see Youtube for the 2nd section. For more information on the members of MSG see: http://www.rudreshm.com http://www.ronanguilfoyle.com http://www.myspace.com/chandersardjoe
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...in my NPR piece: Kadri's reaction when, after long correspondence, he met Rudresh: "He was really excited by my name -- Rudresh Mahanthappa, the meanings are very powerful. Mahanthapp is kind of the same root at Mahatma, spiritual leader, and Rudresh refers...
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ArtsJournal
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Bridgestone Music Festival - Citibank Hall - São Paulo - 21/junho/2008 Vijay Iyer - piano Marcus Gilmore -bateria Rudresh Mahanthappa - saxofone Alto Stephan Crump - contrabaixo Bridgestone Music Festival 2008 Projeto & Produção - LPC Projetos Culturais Direção - Toy Lima Gravação - LPC
Bridgestone Music Festival - Citibank Hall - São Paulo - 21/junho/2008 Vijay Iyer - piano Marcus Gilmore -bateria Rudresh Mahanthappa - saxofone Alto Stephan Crump - contrabaixo Bridgestone Music Festival 2008 Projeto & Produção - LPC Projetos Culturais Direção - Toy Lima Gravação - LPC
Bridgestone Music Festival - Citibank Hall - São Paulo - 21/junho/2008 Vijay Iyer - piano Marcus Gilmore -bateria Rudresh Mahanthappa - saxofone Alto Stephan Crump - contrabaixo Bridgestone Music Festival 2008 Projeto & Produção - LPC Projetos Culturais Direção - Toy Lima Gravação - LPC
Here's a clip of Ganesha.
Kadri and Rudresh Trading on Convergence
Film By Bert Shapiro Interviews with Lawrence "Butch" Morris, Jenny Lin, Rachel Golub, Janene Higgins, and Rudresh Mahanthappa
Pianist Vijay Iyer and alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa playing "The Preserver" as part of the 2007 JVC Jazz Festival at the Rubin Museum.
MSG - Rudresh Mahanthappa (alto), Ronan Guilfoyle (bass), Chander Sardjoe - tear through Rudresh's 'Enhanced Performance' in a recent performance at Dublin's premier jazz club JJ Smyth's For more information on the members of MSG see: http://www.rudreshm.com http://www.ronanguilfoyle.com http://www.myspace.com/chandersardjoe
MILES FROM INDIA Cal Plaza, LA 6.1.08 concert produced by Yusuf Gandhi and Bob Belden www.milesfromindia.com Wallace Roney-tpt Rudresh Mahanthappa-alto sax Shounak Abhisheki-vocals Henry Kaiser-guitar Kalah Ramnath-violin Robert Irving-keys Adam Holzman-keys Benny Rietveld-electric bass Ndugu Chancler-drums Vince Wilburn-drums Badal Roy-tablas Sridnar-mridangam
MILES FROM INDIA Cal Plaza, LA 6.1.08 concert produced by Yusuf Gandhi and Bob Belden www.milesfromindia.com Wallace Roney-tpt Rudresh Mahanthappa-alto sax Henry Kaiser-guitar Kalah Ramnath-violin Robert Irving-keys Adam Holzman-keys Benny Rietveld-electric bass Ndugu Chancler-drums Gino Banks-drums Badal Roy-tablas Anand-kanjira Sridnar-mridangam
MILES FROM INDIA Cal Plaza, LA 6.1.08 concert produced by Yusuf Gandhi and Bob Belden www.milesfromindia.com Wallace Roney-tpt Rudresh Mahanthappa-alto sax Henry Kaiser-guitar Ravy Chary-sitar Kalah Ramnath-violin Robert Irving-keys Adam Holzman-keys Benny Rietveld-electric bass Ndugu Chancler-drums Vince Wilburn-drums Badal Roy-tablas Anand-percussion Sridnar-percussion
Dupont T à l'Archipel le 6 juillet 2007 avec Hubert Dupont, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Yvan Robilliard et Chander Sardjoe
Dupont T à l'Archipel le 6 juillet 2007 avec Hubert Dupont, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Yvan Robilliard et Chander Sardjoe
Dupont T à l'Archipel le 6 juillet 2007 avec Hubert Dupont, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Yvan Robilliard et Chander Sardjoe
Asian American bands rock Chinatown NYC! August 11, 2007 a concert produced by Asian American Arts Alliance THE BANDS: Abstract Vision, Bora Yoon, Chinese Music Ensemble, Falu, Happyfunsmile Abstract Vision (Fahad Rizvi) - Staten Island based Hip-Hop artist of Pakistani-American descent, and a product of the great culture of his native city where multiple worlds coalesce. Bora Yoon - performance artist, composer, and multi-instrumental sound architect who has toured from the Brooklyn Academy ...
A new kind of jazz featuring Indian American Rudresh Mahanthappa and another master of the alto sax: Kadri Gopalnath, living legend of South Indian Carnatic music. Together their fiercely innovative work is a cross-cultural, intergenerational collaborative suite of traditional and contemporary influences, commissioned by the Asia Society. The two are joined by their co-led Dakshina Ensemble. Interview conducted by Rachel Cooper, Asia Society Director of Cultural Programs. ...
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...Any old sax player can make the pages of Downbeat. Indian-American altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa was recently featured in Wired and Science magazines after his latest CD, "Codebook" (Pi), caught the attention of tech-heads by basing a set of compositions on...
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Philly.com
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Liberty Ellman Sextet at the Jazz Standard, NYC. May 2, 2006. Liberty Ellman guitar, Steve Lehman alto sax, Rudresh Mahanthappa alto sax. Jose Davilla tuba, Stephan Crump bass, Gerald Cleaver drums. Video shot by Kate Chumley.
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...nearly every man comes to believe that he's turning into his father. For alto saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa, a pioneering figure on the avant-garde jazz scene, the sneaking suspicion arrived early. In 1980, when Rudresh was a fifth grader, a...
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Seed
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/11/composing_in_code.php
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