Search results for "Rudresh Mahanthappa"
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Apti (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music December 30, 08"I first started a version of this group when I lived in Chicago back in 1996," Rudresh Mahanthappa explains. "There...
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Ganesha (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music November 19, 08This invigorating track from the stellar CD Kinsmen has been in frequent rotation on my CD player. Instead of drivin...
Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa: Forgotten System (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music October 26, 07These two musicians first met in 1995, introduced by Steve Coleman. Ten years later, Iyer and Mahanthappa demonstrat...
Rez Abbasi: Why Me Why Them (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music September 27, 09“Two theories exist,” Max Roach told drummer Art Taylor. “One is that art is for the sake of art, which is true. The ...
Miles From India: All Blues (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music July 28, 08Miles had a cool period, and a fusion period, but the Prince of Darkness never went through a Carnatic phase. Even s...
The South Asian Tinge in Jazz posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 20, 08Jelly Roll Morton, in an oft-quoted passage, once spoke about the “Latin tinge” that was, in his opinion, an essenti...
Hot Young Altoists: Ten Future Stars to Watch posted in Features and Interviews May 28, 09By Ted Gioia Earlier this month, I promised to serve up a list of hot young alto players. The spur to do s...
Song of the Day posted in Miscellaneous Pages December 17, 07The Song of the Day is a regular feature at jazz.com. Five days per week, jazz.com highlights an exceptional track d...
The Best Jazz Tracks of the Month posted in The Jazz.com Blog March 31, 09Five days per week, jazz.com features an outstanding recent track as Song of the Day. Today we look back at the rec...
Iyer, Vijay (Vijay Srinivas Raghunathan) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Iyer, Vijay [Vijay Srinivas Raghunathan], violin, piano; b. Albany, NY, 26 October 1971. His last name was changed to...
Best Jazz Tracks for November posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 30, 08“This track sounds like the 1972 disco hit 'Soul Makossa' as if sung by Kate Bush in duet with Captain Beefheart,” ...
Danilo Perez in Boston posted in The Jazz.com Blog October 01, 09Roanna Forman, a regular contributor to this column, recently reported on guitarist Julian Lage and delivered no few...
Ellman, Liberty (Dean) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Ellman, Liberty (Dean), guitarist, composer, and bandleader; b. London, England, 17 July 1971. Mostly grew up in New ...
In Conversation with Vijay Iyer posted in Features and Interviews July 20, 08By Tom Greenland Pianist and composer Vijay Iyer is anything but predictable. Innovative and provocative, his music d...
An Adventurous Festival that Crosses Borders and Genres posted in The Jazz.com Blog November 18, 08Thierry Quénum covers the jazz scene from his home base in Paris, and is a frequent contributor to these pages. Quén...
The 50 Best Jazz CDs of 2008 posted in The Jazz.com Blog December 11, 08How many jazz CDs were released during the last year? Certainly more than one thousand, and probably more than two t...
Breaking Jazz News & Interesting Links: March 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages April 02, 09Dr. Lonnie Smith rules the charts Rise Up! rises to the top slot; pushes Benny Golson to second place. ...
JJA Awards at Jazz Standard posted in The Jazz.com Blog June 18, 09The annual awards ceremony of the Jazz Journalists Association, which took place on Tuesday, has grown into a high-pr...
Jazz Report from Montreal posted in The Jazz.com Blog July 15, 09Jazz.com’s arnold jay smith has been to the Montreal Jazz Festival so many times, he lost count long ago. But, as he...
Breaking Jazz News & Opinion: July 2009 posted in Miscellaneous Pages August 02, 09Student fined $675K for 30 downloads That's $22,500 per song. Favorite band movies Sa...
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