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Vijay Iyer, A Man Without Boundaries

258 days ago
Stereogum I’ve been listening to Vijay Iyer’s music for almost 20 years. We first met in 2006, when I was the editor of the world music magazine Global Rhythm and he had just released Raw Materials, an album of duos with saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa.... more info

Angel City Jazz fest lineup includes Pharoah Sanders, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Ornette Coleman's 'Skies of America' tribute

3071 days ago
L.A. Times - EntertainmentWith this weekend’s Playboy Jazz Festival right around the corner, the Angel City Jazz Festival -- the city’s other, more unfettered jazz celebration – has revealed its lineup for this fall. Now in its ninth year, the festival ag... more info

Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa blows through barriers at UCLA

4264 days ago
L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss"It's very rare," alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa said while back-introducing the song "Abhogi" at  Royce Hall on Saturday night, further describing the piece as a South Indian raga that was also performed in the Hindustani tradition. "And of c... more info

First Listen: Rudresh Mahanthappa - Gamak (album stream)

4306 days ago
Totally Fuzzy Integration of Indian music, "three seconds and you know who's playing" saxophone, double-necked guitar and all that it implies, homegrown approaches to composition: It's all here. But the alto saxophonist's new album surfs on this infor... more info

Rudresh Mahanthappa: Samdhi – review

4785 days ago
Guardian Music(ACT)Indian-American saxophonist Mahanthappa regularly focuses on his cultural connections with Carnatic music while maintaining a presence at the cutting edge of contemporary jazz and fusion. Samdhi is one of his most idiomatically open sessions, a ... more info

MSG: Tasty! – review

5065 days ago
Guardian Music(Plus Loin)This set brings together the inventive New York alto-saxist Rudresh Mahanthappa (familiar from his duets with pianist Vijay Iyer), Indo-Dutch drummer Chander Sardjoe and Irish bass-guitarist Ronan Guilfoyle in a conversation first conceive... more info

Alto saxophonists Mahanthappa, Green trade improvisations

5077 days ago
Detroit Free PressThere are moments on "Apex" ( * * * * out of four stars, Pi Recordings), the exhilarating new CD from alto saxophonists Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green, when the co-leaders sound almost like twins. more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: But All the Cool Kids Are Doin' It...

5086 days ago
All About JazzSeems a little early to be dispensing with the annual top ten, but since the lists seem to be proliferating the Internet, and I don't have any fresh content to add, here goes... Vandermark 5 Special Edition—The Horse Jumps and the Ship is Gone (... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green Lock Horns at the Jazz Standard

5127 days ago
All About JazzOne of the great jazz stories of 2009 and 2010 has been the partnership between alto saxophonists Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green. The career of Mahanthappa, a Guggenheim Fellow and Downbeat Rising Star, has taken off, thanks to some strong post-... more info

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: An Unlikely Pairing? Think Again... the Rudresh and Bunky Show

5127 days ago
All About JazzOne of the most potent new recordings released this fall, and one bound to receive top ten critic's considerations at year's end, is Apex, a partnership between kindred alto saxophone spirits Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green on the PI Recordings l... more info

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