Jazz Articles about Anirudh Chakravarthy

Introducing Saxophonist Anirudh Chakravarthy

by Sanford Josephson
July 6, 2024

Tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves' 27-chorus solo on “Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" with the Duke Ellington Orchestra at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival is etched in jazz history. It energized the Newport audience and rejuvenated Ellington's band. So, the prospect of recreating that moment at Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2024 Essentially Ellington competition had to be daunting to 18-year-old Newark Academy tenor saxophonist {Anirudh Chakravarthy}. But he took it all in stride. “It was one of ...