Mahanthappa, Rudresh / Black Water
Album: Black Water   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Mahanthappa, Rudresh   Added:Dec 2002
Label:Red Giant Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2002-12-30 Pull Date: 2003-03-03 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Feb 23 Feb 16 Feb 9 Feb 2 Jan 26 Jan 19 Jan 12 Jan 5
Airplays: 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Feb 21, 2003: Memory Select
I Like It When You Play the Blues
4. Jan 31, 2003: Memory Select
Joe Made the Face
2. Feb 12, 2003: Umami Jazz Program
Simonize
5. Jan 30, 2003: The Digital/Analog War
Joe Made the Face
3. Feb 07, 2003: voices Of India
I Like It When You Play ...
6. Jan 21, 2003: No Cover, No Minimum
I Like It When You Play ...

Album Review
Ben Bostwick
Reviewed 2002-12-19
Cool retro-Coltrane sax from Mahanthappa. He's got a thick, buzzy tone which gives this disc its weight. The sax solos are interesting & original, unfortunately the piano is a bit more lightweight. A nice combo though.

1. Dark & upbeat w/ nice sax
2. Playful med-tempo
3. Quiet, slow
4. Twisty and light, almost tripping over itself
5. Calm, pensive, each note carefully chosen
6. Driving, off-kilter groove.. think Coltrane's "Ole"
7. Complicated piano/sax runs over slow groove
8. Meandering med-tempo
9. Free tempo sax solo
10. Short slow intro to..
11. Stately expansive closer

Track Listing
1. Balancing Act   6. Simonize
2. I Like It When You Play ...   7. Joe Made the Face
3. Viraha   8. Are there Clouds in India?
4. What's a Jazz?   9. The Crossing
5. Rejoice: Sing Your Own Song   10. Faith (Intro)
  11. Faith