Rudresh Mahanthappa (b. 1971) is a New York-based jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He is a frequent collaborator of pianist Vijay Iyer. Mahanthappa was born in Trieste, Italy, and grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He graduated from Berklee College of Music and completed a master's degree in jazz composition at Chicago's DePaul University.

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  • Rudresh Mahanthappa ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Saxophonist und Komponist. Der von indischen Einwanderern abstammende Mahantappa studierte am Berklee College of Music und der DePaul University in Chicago. Er trat mit Musikern wie David Murray, Steve Coleman, Jack DeJohnette, Samir Chatterjee, Von Freeman, Tim Hagans, Fareed Haque, Howard Levy, David Liebman, Greg Osby und Dr. Lonnie Smith auf. Er arbeitet in mehreren Ensembles: dem Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet, dem Raw Materials, dem Dual Identity, dem Dakshina Ensemble (einem Indo-Jazz-Septett mit Kadri Gopalnath) und MSG. In Europa war er 2008 mit dem französischen Trio Dupont T auf Tournee. 1996 erschien sein erstes Album Yatra mit Ryan Shultz, Jim Trompeter, Larry Kohut und Jerry Steinhilber, 2002 folgte Black Water und 2004 Mother Tongue mit dem Rudresh Mahantappa Quartet. Sein Album Kinsmen wurde 2009 mit der Jury des Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik mit dem Vierteljahrespreis in der Kategorie Jazz ausgezeichnet.
  • Rudresh Mahanthappa (b. 1971) is a New York-based jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He is a frequent collaborator of pianist Vijay Iyer. Mahanthappa was born in Trieste, Italy, and grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He graduated from Berklee College of Music and completed a master's degree in jazz composition at Chicago's DePaul University. During his time at Berklee, he was introduced to the music of Indian saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath, whose use of a Western instrument in the context of Carnatic music surprised and inspired Mahanthappa. He would later travel to India on a grant to work with Gopalnath; the two played together in concert in 2005 and 2007, and collaborated on the album Kinsmen (2008), which fuses Western and Indian approaches to improvisation. Mahanthappa has been named a "rising star" in Down Beat's Critics Poll for the past 4 years, rising to number 2 on the list in the most recent publication. He has been awarded numerous grants for his compositions, including being given the NY Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Music (2006), three Rockefeller MAP grants, and two New York State Council on the Arts grants. In 2008, he was named a Guggenheim fellow to pursue his interest in how Indian Carnatic music can inform and serve as an inspiration for American jazz. He has five albums out as a leader or co-leader on labels including Pi Recordings and Savoy Jazz. Mahanthappa's playing and composing are firmly ensconced in the highest echelons of the New York jazz scene today. Mahanthappa now lives in New York and teaches at the New School University. He leads or co-leads seven projects, including: Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet (with Vijay Iyer or Craig Taborn on piano, François Moutin on bass, and Dan Weiss on drums), Raw Materials (with Vijay Iyer), Indo-Pak Coalition (with Rez Abbasi on sitar-guitar and Dan Weiss on tabla), MSG (with Ronan Guilfoyle on bass and Chander Sardjoe on drums), Dakshina Ensemble septet, and various groups playing under the label "Dual Identity."
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  • Rudresh Mahanthappa ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Saxophonist und Komponist. Der von indischen Einwanderern abstammende Mahantappa studierte am Berklee College of Music und der DePaul University in Chicago. Er trat mit Musikern wie David Murray, Steve Coleman, Jack DeJohnette, Samir Chatterjee, Von Freeman, Tim Hagans, Fareed Haque, Howard Levy, David Liebman, Greg Osby und Dr. Lonnie Smith auf.
  • Rudresh Mahanthappa (b. 1971) is a New York-based jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He is a frequent collaborator of pianist Vijay Iyer. Mahanthappa was born in Trieste, Italy, and grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He graduated from Berklee College of Music and completed a master's degree in jazz composition at Chicago's DePaul University.
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