| Mahanthappa, Rudresh / Mother Tongue |
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| Album: | Mother Tongue | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Mahanthappa, Rudresh | Added: | Nov 2004 | |
| Label: | Pi Recordings | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-12-05 | Pull Date: | 2005-02-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Feb 6 | Jan 30 | Jan 23 | Jan 16 | Jan 9 | Dec 26 | Dec 12 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 19, 2014: | Rebop The Preserver | 4. | Feb 04, 2005: | Memory Select Gujarati | |
| 2. | Jul 09, 2011: | Rebop The Preserver | 5. | Jan 28, 2005: | Memory Select English | |
| 3. | Aug 01, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program English | 6. | Jan 27, 2005: | Multiple Personality Disorder English |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2004-12-10 | ||
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Fine modern jazz outing that draws a little bit from Mahanthappa's Indian roots. A quartet led by sax and piano (with former Bay Area dude Elliot Kavee on drums!) Mahanthappa and Vijay Iyer, the pianist, have put out some of the most intriguing and creative new jazz in the last few years. Mahanthappa is an able student of '60s jazz, and I just love the steely, glassy sound Iyer puts down on piano -- although he's more restrained and traditional year. Highly recommended for those who enjoy "regular" jazz and would like to hear it stretched in new directions; think Greg Osby or Steve Coleman. 1- Old bebop sound 2- A dry fast stepper, after a bass-solo intro 3- Slowish 4- Upbeat and intellectual, with long sax lines 5- Mid/fast, brisk. Nice piano, tangly but restrained. Intense near the end. 6- A quietly happy, fairly fast one. 7- Mid/fast, complex 8- Midtempo and a bit more "out there" 9- A robust tangle, with cool solos from drums & bass 10- Sax solo, thoughtful 11 [hidden track] -- Lush and pretty, then gets tangly and fast. Ends with a pause, then an avalanche of spoken voices: "No, I don't speak 'Indian.'" | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The Preserver | 6. | Circus | |||
| 2. | English | 7. | Konkani | |||
| 3. | Kannada | 8. | Tamil | |||
| 4. | Gujarati | 9. | Malayalam | |||
| 5. | Telugu | 10. | Change of Perspective |