"superb. . . Mahanthappa’s chops are practically unparalleled. . . making music unlike anything else in the city today."
-allaboutjazz.com
"a gifted player . . . tremendous exuberance."
-Gary Giddins
"alto monsta . . . expect tumult and introspection, chaos and ressurection, terror and evolution."
-The Village Voice
"This alto player has a tone like iron and charges from 0 to 80 in about four seconds. He has been making his name playing tough, rhythmically complicated, challenging music, more and more, by playing with his own group." (highly recommended concert)
-The New York Times
"[a] talent to keep a steady eye on."
-The New Yorker
"fiery alto blowing . . . Mahanthappa comes out smoking at every opportunity."
-Cadence
"heaven-storming"
-The Los Angeles Times
"Compelling and fiercely individualistic... The vibrancy of his tone,
the unflagging drive of his rhythms, the speed of his bebop-influenced
passages, and the mercurial nature of his improvisational ideas
establish Mahanthappa as a player with a great deal to say."
-The Chicago Tribune
"His solos ring with an almost religious fervor"
-Chicago Reader
"A prodigy . . . a saxophone phenom"
-New City
"One of 24 young New York jazz musicians to watch in the year
2000."
-Jazzman
"Mahanthappa is one of the freshest, strongest young voices
on the alto saxophone that I've heard in a long time. With his experience
of the rich tradition of Indian music and jazz, his music is full
of rhythmic surprises and swing. He's got something to say and the
future is his! Check him out!!"
-Joe
Lovano
"How delighted I was to hear Rudresh Mahanthappa play the
alto saxophone. His sound is rich and mature and those ideas!!!
. . . twisting, turning, colorful lines with lots of suspense. He is a true improviser with blistering technique. Watch out for
Rudresh!!"
-Tim Hagans
"It's very refreshing and encouraging to hear music of
this intensity coming from a young saxophonist. Rudresh exhibits
a rare harmonic and melodic fluency which projects his ideas beyond
mere craft, to a well developed form of art."
-Ernie Watts
"This is some very exciting and adventurous music by a promising
young alto saxophonist. Rudresh Mahanthappa is ready to be heard."
-David Liebman
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