Rudresh Mahanthappa

• Name — Rudresh Mahanthappa • Birthplace — Trieste, Italy • Born — 4 May 1971 • Genre — Jazz, avant-garde jazz • Occupation — Musician, composer • Instrument — Alto saxophone • Years Active — 1990s–present • Label — Pi, ACT • Website — www.rudreshm.com • Illustration — Denmark 2019 Photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson

Mahanthappa is the son of Kodava Indian emigrants to the U.S. He was born in Trieste, Italy as a result of his father's job in academia, but spent most of his life in Boulder, Colorado. He graduated from Fairview High School in 1988, subsequently receiving a BM from the Berklee College of Music in 1992 and an MM in jazz composition from Chicago's DePaul University in 1998. After moving to New York City in 1997, he released the album Architextures with pianist Vijay Iyer. The two would continue to collaborate often, releasing the albums Black Water, Mother Tongue and Codebook with Mahanthappa's quartet, and Raw Materials as a duo. Mahanthappa is currently the Anthony P. Lee'79 Director of Jazz at Princeton University, where he teaches improvisation and directs small groups. In 2019, he organized the first annual Princeton University Jazz Festival, which featured headliner Dave Holland along with other student and professional musicians.

He leads or co-leads the 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.

• Year — Title — Artist — Label — Footnotes • 1994 — Yatra — Rudresh Mahanthappa — Red Giant • 2002 — Black Water — Rudresh Mahanthappa — Red Giant • 2004 — Mother Tongue — Rudresh Mahanthappa — Pi • 2006 — Raw Materials — Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa — Savoy Jazz • 2006 — Codebook — Rudresh Mahanthappa — Pi • 2006 — The Beautiful Enabler — Mauger Trio (Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway) — Clean Feed • 2008 — Kinsmen — Rudresh Mahanthappa & Kadri Gopalnath: The Dakshina Ensemble — Pi • 2008 — Apti — Rudresh Mahanthappa's Indo-Pak Coalition — Innova • 2010 — Dual Identity — Rudresh Mahanthappa & Steve Lehman — Clean Feed • 2010 — Apex — Rudresh Mahanthappa & Bunky Green — Pi • 2011 — Tasty! — MSG: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Chander Sardjoe, Ronan Guilfoyle — Plus Loin • 2011 — Samdhi — Rudresh Mahanthappa — ACT • 2013 — Gamak — Rudresh Mahanthappa — ACT • 2015 — Bird Calls — Rudresh Mahanthappa — ACT

• Year — Title — Artist — Label — Footnotes • 1992 — Plays Music by Rich Latham — The Oversize Quartet — Accurate • 1994 — Big Band Basie — Clark Terry with the DePaul University Big Band — Reference • 1998 — Architextures — Vijay Iyer — Red Giant • 2001 — Panoptic Modes — Vijay Iyer — Red Giant • 2003 — Blood Sutra — Vijay Iyer — Pi • 2003 — In What Language? — Vijay Iyer — Pi • 2005 — Far Side of Here — Brooklyn Saxophone Quartet — Omnitone • 2005 — Reimagining — Vijay Iyer — Savoy Jazz • 2006 — Bazaar — Rez Abbasi — Zoho • 2007 — The Chicago Sessions — Clark Terry with the DePaul University Big Band — Summit • 2007 — Two Rivers — Amir ElSaffar — Pi • 2008 — A Celebration of the Music of Miles Davis — Miles from India, produced by Bob Belden — Four Quarters • 2008 — Real People — Anders Morgensen — Blackout • 2008 — Tragicomic — Vijay Iyer — Sunnyside • 2009 — Things to Come — Rez Abbasi — Sunnyside • 2010 — The Two Faces of Janus — Jason Robinson — Cuneiform • 2010 — Providencia — Danilo Pérez — Mack Avenue • 2011 — Live at Yoshi's 2010 — Jack DeJohnette — Golden Beams • 2011 — Suno Suno — Rez Abbasi — Enja