Rudresh Mahanthappa

Newport Jazz Fest Fan Discount!

Discounted tickets for Newport Jazz Festival available here thorugh April 30.

Come see Samdhi and me with Jack DeJohnette's band!

Apr 23 2012 Monday
8:53 am

Samdhi @ Zankel Hall - Saturday, April 21

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Samdhi

Featuring David Gilmore (electric guitar), Rich Brown (electric bass),

Anantha R. Krishnan (mridangam), Gene Lake (drums)

performing at Zankel Hall

57th Street and Seventh Avenue

NYC, NY

Saturday, April 21, 10:00 PM

Fan discount by using promo code NJE14369!

Doors open at 9 PM, ticket includes a free drink.

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying the beginnings of Spring. I'm really excited to be presenting Samdhi at Zankel Hall as part of Carnegie Hall's Shape of Jazz series. This is a rare opportunity to hear this suite as it was originally conceived for a quintet including South Indian percussion and electronics. We are blessed to have mridangam virtuoso Anantha "Anand" Krishnan with us; he has only twice performed live with Samdhi since the making of the album. This will most probably be the last NYC performance of this project so I really hope you can join us. The discount code above expires on Monday at 11:59 PM.

For those of you who live in Europe, we'll be heading over there for several shows through the Baltic countries as well as Germany, Austria, and Italy. Details are below.

If we're going to miss you on this run, please enjoy our Tiny Desk Concert on NPR Music that we filmed in DC this past January.

I hope to see you next Saturday in NYC or elsewhere in the world soon!

Best Wishes,

Rudresh

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Samdhi feat. David Gilmore, Rich Brown, and Gene Lake

Apr 24, 2012 - München, Germany @ Hotel Bayerischer Hof

Apr 25, 2012 - Espoo, Finland @ April Jazz

Apr 26, 2012 - Tallinn, Estonia @ Jazzkaar

April 27, 2012 - Riga, Latvia @ Rigas Ritmi Festival

April 28, 2012 - Kaunas, Lithuania @ Kaunas Jazz

Rudresh Mahanthappa's Samdhi feat. Nguyên Lê, Rich Brown, and Gene Lake

May 01, 2012 - Stuttgart, Germany @ Theaterhaus

May 02, 2012 - Mannheim, Germany @ Alte Feuerwache

May 03, 2012 - Bleiburg, Austria (DE) @ Die Kib

May 05, 2012 - Rüsselsheim, Germany@ Theater Rüsselsheim

May 06, 2012 - Vicenza, Italy @ Vicenza Jazz

May 07, 2012 - Vienna, Austria @ Porgy & Bess

Apr 14 2012 Saturday
4:25 pm

Mar 24 2012 Saturday
12:30 pm

New events announced today

NPR Tiny Desk Concert with Samdhi

Rudresh with Samdhi at NPR headquarters in Washinton DC.

Two tunes here:

http://n.pr/z6eAfn

And another here:

http://n.pr/yneDUe

Rez Abbasi on guitar, Rich Brown on electric bass, and Rudy Royston on drums.

Enjoy!

Mar 10 2012 Saturday
5:44 pm

Topping the JazzTimes Critics Poll

Rudresh wins Alto Saxophonist of the Year and also makes shortlist for Artist of the Year.

Samdhi also makes Contemporary/Electric Group.

See the whole list:

http://jazztimes.com/sections/features/articles/29599-the-2011-expanded-critics-poll

Mar 10 2012 Saturday
5:38 pm

Mar 08 2012 Thursday
4:38 pm

New event announced today

Feb 24 2012 Friday
3:14 am

New events announced today

Thank you DC, and Blues Alley!

We had a great time playing at Blues Alley on Thursday and Friday, and apparently so did you! Thanks to everyone who came out, and to the writers at the Washington Post and DCist for all of the love these past couple weeks:

Washington Post:

- 1/13: Critic Review for Rudresh Mahanthappa's Samdhi by Geoffrey Himes

- 1/17: Rudresh Mahanthappa keeps a steady beat; he isn't waiting for a big-label debut by John DeFore

- 1/20: Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa Performs Unique Fusion by Aaron Leitko

DCist:

-1/13: DCist Preview: Indian Jazz Series @ Blues Alley by Sriram Gopal

Jan 22 2012 Sunday
4:06 pm