Rudresh Mahanthappa's
Indo-Pak Coalition
March 10, 7:30 p.m.
Dimnent Chapel

Guggenheim fellow Rudresh Mahanthappa is one of the most innovative young musicians and composers in jazz today. Winner of the 2009 Downbeat Interantional Critics Poll for “Rising Star-Jazz Artist” and “Rising Star-Alto Saxophone” Mahanthappa has incorporated the culture of his Indian ancestry and has fused myriad influences to create a truly groundbreaking artistic vision. Led by Indian-American saxophonist Mahanthappa, this trio with Pakistani-American guitarist Rez Abbasi and rising tabla star Dan Weiss is already turning heads internationally in both the jazz and world music scenes. The Indo-Pak Coalition released their debut album Apti on Innova Records in 2008.

“In this stark, dynamic trio of alto sax, guitar and tabla, Mahanthappa’s horn does heavy lifting, fusing the raga-sitar aspirations of late-period Coltrane and the vocal flight of Karnatic hymns. Guitarist Rez Abbasi and hand drummer Dan Weiss chase the holy with their own joyful purpose, darting under and through Mahanthappa’s graceful impatience like daredevil pilots showing him the long, wild way to nirvana." David Frick, Rolling Stone Magazine

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