Projects
Current Projects
Click on "PERFORMANCES" to see when and where these groups are playing next.
Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet
Rudresh's
flagship ensemble with Vijay
Iyer on piano, François
Moutin on bass, and Dan Weiss on drums. Previous releases include Black Water (2002) and Mother
Tongue (2004) with Elliot Humberto Kavee on drums.
The quartet released Codebook on Pi Recordings in September 2006.
Watch for US and European tours in 2008.
Click on "RECORDINGS" for CD purchasing info and sound files.
Raw Materials
This decade-long collaboration
with pianist Vijay Iyer
has toured the world over including performances at the North
Sea Jazz Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, Seattle's Earshot Jazz Festival, and Jazz Festival Ljubljana to name a few. Raw Materials released their first CD on Savoy in May 2006.
Watch for US and European tours in 2008.
Sound files from the new CD (You must have Real Player):
Forgotten System
Come Back
To listen to more of Raw Materials, visit the their page on myspace.com.
Click on "RECORDINGS" for CD purchasing info.
Indo-Pak Coalition
Trio with
Rez Abbasi on sitar-guitar
and Dan Weiss on tabla. This ensemble debuted at Joe's Pub in January and presented the world premiere of "Apti", a new work by Rudresh, on May 31, 2006.
Watch for a CD release on Innova in October 2008.
Sound files from the January 2007 show:
Apti
Adana
Weird
MSG
This relatively new trio of Rudresh, bassist Ronan Guilfoyle, and drummer Chander Sardjoe debuted in Ireleand in August 2005 and also performed at the Bali Jazz Festval the following November. A European tour in September 2006 culminated in a studio recording.
Watch for more performances in 2008 and a CD release in early 2009.
Sound files from the Kilkenny Arts Festival, August 2005:
Enhanced Performance
Traditional by Ronan Guilfoyle
Installation
Dakshina Ensemble
Rudresh and Carnatic saxophone legend Kadri Goplanath received a Rockefeller grant to compose new work for this septet which premiered in May 2005 at the Asia Society in New York City. Fall 2007 tour was very successful.
Watch for a CD release on Pi Recordings in August 2008
Check out this tour preview video of the Dakshina ensemble!
Click here to listen to an excerpt from one of the Asia Society shows.
Mauger
A new collective trio with bassist Mark Dresser and drummer Gerry Hemingway
Watch for a CD release on Clean Feed in July 2008.
European tour planned for Spring 2009
Dual Indentity
Dual Identity refers to groups co-led by Rudresh and alto saxophonist Steve Lehman. Their quintet debuted in early 2004 and their duo project debuted in Fall 2004. Watch for more shows in 2008 and a CD release in 2009..
Click here to listen to an mp3 from a live show at Barbes. (Courtesy of Scott Friedlander)
Past Projects
Mingus-Mahanthappa Group
This ensemble was one Carnegie Hall's musical ambassadors to New York City performing via the Neighborhood Concert Series. With bassist Kevin Mingus (grandson of legendary bassist Charles Mingus), this group has performed in duo and trio formats for several years.
Manodharma Trio
This trio with mridangam master Trichy Sankaran and pianist Vijay Iyer received a Rockefeller MAP grant to compose new work in 2001 which was presented by the Jazz Institute of Chicago.
Saturn Returns
Electric quintet with James Hurt on keyboards, David Gilmore on guitar, François Moutin on electric bass, and Derrek Philips on drums.
Click here to listen to an mp3.