Rudresh Mahanthappa & the Indo-Pak Coalition - Agrima

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Rudresh Mahanthappa made the cover of Downbeat where he talked about he latest recording, "Agrima", which hit the streets Tuesday (10/17). I liked the sample (Snap) so I ordered the download - a first for me! Well, I have to be honest, I ordered it because it was only $2.50 (https://www.rudreshm.com/).

First off, I have to say that I am a fan of classical Indian music so I was very interested to hear this melding of this style of music with Jazz and Rock. Fusion for sure. What I mean to say is that I was predisposed to like this and...

I do like this quite a bit. I'm not one to do a track by track analysis but I liked the tunes with the tabla better than the ones with drums. As a player, Rudresh has some mannerisms that get repeated, but what player doesn't? The spacey intro to "Revati" sounded like something from Jane Ira Bloom's "Modern Drama". On the last tune, "Take-Turns" I kept wanting to swat the fly buzzing around my head during the intro.

I will probably poke around the rest of Mahanthappa's catalog to see if any of his other recordings are like this.

[JSngry]

Have you checked out Kinsmen, on Pi? http://www.pirecordings.com/album/pi28

I liked that one a BIG lot. So8unds like I might like this one too. Thanks for the heads-up!

[jcam_44]

Thanks. I read the article but when I tried to find in on amazon I couldn’t.  Now I know why

[Robert Middleton]

I have all of Mahanthappa's recordings, including those with Vijay Iyer and others (22 in all). He has a unique style and sound that makes him stand out. Every one of his releases is worthwhile. I enjoy his previous album, Bird Calls, the most, but his duet with Iyer, Raw Materials, is also an extraordinary album. 

Cheers, RM

[Guy Berger]

What do folks think about the album with Bunky Green?  A little relentless but I found myself enjoying it a lot.

[JSngry]

Would I be confusing that one with the Bunky Green/Steve Coleman album or is there no such thing?

Whatever it is I've heard, somebody with Bunky Green playing "forward"-ish music, I like it.

[jlhoots]

2 hours ago, Guy Berger said:

What do folks think about the album with Bunky Green?  A little relentless but I found myself enjoying it a lot.

I have it & like it!!

[kh1958]

There's a Rudresh Mahanthappa/Bunky Green CD called Apex.

The other two Bunky Green CDs from the last decade or so are Another Place (with Jason Moran) and The Salzau Quartet (with Nasheet Waits). 

I like all three.  

 

[ejp626]

I only stumbled across this today.  The album is still available for $2.50, so I went ahead and took the plunge.  I think I do have all of Rudresh's CDs (or at least downloads). 

I should dig out Codebook, which was an early favorite.  I actually got the inner ring decoder signed by Rudresh back when he and Vijay played the Green Mill.

[Guy Berger]

On 10/20/2017 at 4:00 AM, JSngry said:

Have you checked out Kinsmen, on Pi? http://www.pirecordings.com/album/pi28

http://pirecordings.com/cms/img/thumbs/pi28_500.jpg

I liked that one a BIG lot. So8unds like I might like this one too. Thanks for the heads-up!

Just listened to this for the first time. It’s really, really good.