| Mahanthappa, Rudresh / Samdhi |
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| Album: | Samdhi | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Mahanthappa, Rudresh | Added: | Oct 2011 | |
| Label: | Act Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-10-09 | Pull Date: | 2011-12-11 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Dec 11 | Nov 27 | Nov 20 | Nov 13 | Nov 6 | Oct 30 | Oct 23 | Oct 16 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 10, 2011: | Music Casserole Killer | 4. | Nov 15, 2011: | Rebop Playing With Stones | |
| 2. | Dec 06, 2011: | Rebop Richard's Game | 5. | Nov 08, 2011: | Rebop Killer | |
| 3. | Nov 22, 2011: | Rebop Rune | 6. | Nov 04, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Rune |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2011-10-08 | ||
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RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA: Samdhi ACT Music, 2011 WORLD JAZZ / FUSION – Alto saxophonist Mahanthappa tries a new angle with this fully electric quintet, which brings a somewhat funkier tone to his hypermodern jazz sound. He’s still exploring Indian classical rhythms and melodic ideas, though, giving many of the tracks a global feel. Mahanthappa busts out a laptop to enhance his palette (with mixed results), and his bandmates kick some ass while providing supple support. Not his best CD by any means, but a worthy effort. Oh, and track #7 will totally mess you up, with or without drugs. Fo’s Picks: 2, 4, 5, 10 maybe 8 1. 2:26 – meditative intro: sax muses over synth drones 2. 6:17 – energy blast: sax takes no prisoners, goes electronic; guitar rolls 3. 2:07 – gentle melody for solo electric bass, has an African sound 4. 8:01 – bright, lilting tune: sax digs in, way-out interlude, cool bass & drums 5. 3:10 – solo guitar references India in an ecstatic reverb daydream 6. 7:30 – call & response, then alternates dark urgency with light bebop breaks 7. 5:19 – looped sax, boombox beat, old-school synths… then it gets weird 8. 8:24 – casual, loping tune for 3 minutes, gets fast & edgy, calms back down 9. 3:34 – hot drums: first the kit, then mridangam, then a duet 10. 9:01 – funky Indo-jazz, many shifts as sax pulls and twists, faux-violin solo 11. 1:57 – solo sax, a sort of ballad with strange squeaky microtones 12. 7:37 – relaxed balladry: has some unusual twists, but mostly forgettable [ Fo ] - October 2011 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Parakaram #1 | 7. | Parakaram #2 | |||
| 2. | Killer | 8. | Ahhh | |||
| 3. | Richard's Game | 9. | Meeting Of The Skins | |||
| 4. | Playing With Stones | 10. | Still-Gas | |||
| 5. | Rune | 11. | For My Lady | |||
| 6. | Breakfastlunchanddinner | 12. | For All The Ladies |