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

L.A. Times - Entertainment — With 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

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

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

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

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

Detroit Free Press — There 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

All About Jazz — Seems 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

All About Jazz — One 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

All About Jazz — One 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