Mahanthappa brings an explosive blend of jazz and South Indian classical music to the studio. Rudresh Mahanthappa creates an explosive blend of South Indian classical music and progressive jazz. A ...

"Each composition is based on a particular Charlie Parker song or solo," he explains. "Really, I feel like the best way we can pay tribute is to show what we've learned from him — not so much play his ...

“I wanted to evoke a rock energy and feel with an almost grungy sound, but still have South Asian stuff in there.” It might come as a surprise that jazz saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa — a Princeton ...

Long before alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa topped numerous jazz critics’ polls for his fiery playing, he was a kid growing up in Boulder, studying with Mark Harris, now a teacher at Metro State ...

Rudresh Mahanthappa's latest album is Gamak. When a single review compares an artist's work to both Mahavishnu Orchestra and The Stooges, hardcore rock music fans sit up and take notice. That's the ...

Like so many of today’s most interesting jazz musicians, the saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa regularly creates disparate contexts, hybrids, and concepts to develop new music. The son of Indian ...

Years from now, listeners surely will marvel at one of the great partnerships in jazz: saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa and pianist Vijay Iyer. Each has gone a long way toward infusing the music with ...

Rudresh Mahanthappa is an American saxophonist who combines the Carnatic music of his Southern Indian heritage with jazz, funk, hip-hop, and other Western genres. He brings a hybridized vigor to these ...

Recorded live at Portugal's Braga Jazz Festival in 2009 Dual Identity features two leading sax innovators--Steve Lehman and Rudresh Mahanthappa--in a stunning performance. Their discographies are ...

$30, or $15 in advance for student with ID. A limited number of $5 tickets will also be made available to students and anyone age 25 and under with valid ID. described the acclaimed alto saxophonist ...

Rudresh Mahanthappa creates an explosive blend of South Indian classical music and progressive jazz. A Guggenheim Fellow who's been named the Jazz Journalists Association's "Alto Saxophonist of the ...

When a single review compares an artist's work to both Mahavishnu Orchestra and The Stooges, hardcore rock music fans sit up and take notice. That's the high praise the Los Angeles Times bestowed upon ...