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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Rudresh Mahanthappa| image = Rudresh Mahanthappa.jpg| caption = Photo by Sheldon Levy| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name =| alias =| Born = Birth year and age|1971, Trieste , Italy | Died = | origin = United States | instrument = Alto saxophone | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician, composer, educator| years_active =| label = Pi Recordings|Pi , ACT Music + Vision|ACT | associated_acts =| website = http://www.rudreshm.com/ Rudreshm.com| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Rudresh Mahanthappa (b. May 4, 1971) is a New York-based jazz saxophone|alto saxophonist and composer .
Mahanthappa was born in Trieste, Italy, and grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1992cite web|title=David Fiuczynski's Micro Jam Featuring Rudresh Mahanthappa|url= http://www.berklee.edu/events/detail/8327/david-fiuczynski-s-micro-jam-featuring-rudresh-m|publisher=Berklee College of Music|accessdate=4 June 2011 and received his Master of Fine Arts degree in jazz composition from Chicago's DePaul University in 1998.cite web|title=DePaul Alum Brings Jazz Fusion to Chicago|url=https://depauldemontracks.wordpress.com/tag/rudresh-mahanthappa/|publisher=Demon Tracks|accessdate=4 June 2011 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 between 2005 and 2008, and collaborated on the album Kinsmen (2008), which fuses Western and Indian approaches to improvisation.cite news|last=Giddins|first=Gary|title=A Passage to India|url= http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2009/03/02/090302crmu_music_giddins? currentPage=1|accessdate=4 June 2011|newspaper=The New Yorker|date=2 March 2009
Mahanthappa has frequently been listed in Down Beat 's Critics Poll since 2003, and was named both "#1 Rising Star Jazz Artist" and "#1 Rising Star Alto Saxophonist" in the 2010 poll.cite web|title=57th Annual Critic's Poll Official Results|url= http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp? sect=criticspoll|publisher=Down Beat|accessdate=4 June 2011 In 2011, he was voted the #1 Alto Saxophonist of the Year by the 59th Annual Down Beat Critics Poll.cite web|title=Jason Moran Wins DownBeat Critics Poll|url= http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp? sect=news& subsect=news_detail& nid=1717|work=DownBeat Magazine|publisher=Maher Publications|accessdate=10 July 2011 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. The Jazz Journalists Association named Mahanthappa the Alto Saxophonist of the Year in 2009, 2010, and 2011.cite web|title=JJA Jazz Awards 2011: 2011 Winners|url= http://www.jjajazzawards.org/p/2011-winners-jja-jazz-awards.html|publisher=Jazz Journalists Association|accessdate=16 June 2011 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 of the New York jazz scene today.
As of|2010, Mahanthappa 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."
Discography
As Leader / Co-Leader
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As a Sideman
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References
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cite web |url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php? id=13596 |title=Rudresh Mahanthappa |work=AllAboutJazz.com |publisher=All About Jazz |accessdate=2010-06-15
cite web |url= http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php? id=58178 |title=2010 JJA Jazz Awards Winners |date=2010-06-15 |work=AllAboutJazz.com |publisher=All About Jazz |accessdate=2010-06-15 Refend
External links
http://www.rudreshm.com/ Official website
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p156791
http://pirecordings.com/artist/Rudresh_Mahanthappa Rudresh Mahanthappa at Pi Recordings
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=101644613 Saxophone Stylings, With A South-Asian Flair - NPR Fresh Air Interview
Persondata | NAME = Mahanthappa, Rudresh | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = May 4, 1971 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Trieste, Italy | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Mahanthappa, Rudresh Category:American jazz alto saxophonists Category:Avant-garde jazz musicians Category:American people of Indian descent Category:American Hindus Category:Berklee College of Music alumni Category:DePaul University alumni Category:Italian emigrants to the United States Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:Pi Recordings artists
