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Rudresh Mahanthappa: Mother Tongue
by Ollie Bivens
The latest album by India-born saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa explores the connection between language and music, ancestry and contemporary American life. Continually asked by Americans, “Do you speak Indian?" or “Do you speak Hindu?", Mahanthappa has answered by basing the recording on the sounds of speech. With a population of one billion people and numerous ethnic groups, ...
Mother Tongue
Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2004
Track listing: The Preserver; English; Kannada; Gujarati; Telugu; Circus; Konkani; Tamil; Malayalam; Change of Perspective
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Mother Tongue
by Jerry D'Souza
Rudresh Mahanthappa has, slowly but surely, been carving a niche for himself. It started in 1996 with the release of his album Yatra. From there he went on to record with Pierre Lognay, Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd. In 2002 came the first defining moment as leader with the release of Black Water on Red Giant ...
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Mother Tongue
by Terrell Kent Holmes
When Indian-American altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa was growing up outside of his family homeland, he was frequently asked “Do you speak Indian?" or “Do you speak Hindu?" The questioners were apparently unaware that India isn't a mono or bilinguistic country and that its landscape includes seven languages. His eventual response to this was Mother Tongue , a ...
Black Water
Label: Red Giant Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Balancing Act; I Like It When You Play the Blues; Viraha; What's a Jazz?; Rejoice;
Simonize; Joe Made the Face; Are There Clouds in India?; The Crossing; Faith (Intro); Faith.
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Black Water
by David Adler
Officially, Black Water is the second album by alto saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa. ( The Preserver, a blazing follow-up to 1997's Yatra, remains in the can.) Commissioned by the American Composers Forum, this powerful suite deals in part with the difficulty of immigration, not only for those who make the journey but also their progeny ...
