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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1971
jazz
Discography
- Yatra1996
- Black Water2002
- Mother Tongue2004
- Codebook2006
- Apti2008
- Kinsmen2009
- Apex2010
- Dual Identity2010
- Samdhi2011
- Gamak2013
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jazzsaxophonecontemporary jazzfree jazzAvant-Garde Jazz
Rudresh Mahanthappa is a New York based jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He was a frequent collaborator of pianist Vijay Iyer. Mahanthappa was named "Alto Saxophonist of the Year" in the 2011 Down Beat Critics Poll as well as by the Jazz Journalist Association in 2009, 2010, and 2011. He has been awarded numerous grants for his compositions, including being given the NY Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Music (2006), three Rockefeller MAP grants, and two New York State Council on the Arts gr
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boulder
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Field of work
- jazz
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Official website
- www.rudreshm.com
- Image
- Rudesh-mahanthappa.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
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- Rudresh Mahanthappa
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- 1971-01-01
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