R udresh Mahanthappa and Gamak perform at East Plaza, The Arts Centre, at NYUA D on Tuesday November 24 at 8pm.I make albums and tour and perform and do all these things, but sometimes I think the music is just a by-product of me continuing to get myself, to understand who I am as a citizen of the world.”
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“I still say: ‘I’m a professional musician’. “It’s all part of one big journey,” says Mahanthappa.
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Mahanthappa changed direction on this year's Bird Calls, a set of new compositions each inspired by a specific solo or tune by the alto legend Charlie Parker.įor this 16th release, the restless spirit is contemplating either recording music from children’s TV shows from around the globe, collaborating with a comedian and live video artists on a politically-motivated performance piece, or recording a collection of Michael Brecker compositions that the late, great saxophonist never had the chance to record in his lifetime. Well, that’s all well and good, but how about making a larger conversation about what that actually means, and exploring how it occurs in different parts of the world.”
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People always say: ‘You shouldn’t play the melody straight, you have to give some life to it’. It’s not random at all, it’s very stylised. Watch live streams, get artist updates, buy tickets, and RSVP to shows with Bandsintown Find tour dates and live music events for all your favorite bands and artists in your city. “I was always fascinated by this very specific, almost-science of how this melodic ornamentation occurs. Find Rudresh Mahanthappa tour dates and concerts in your city.
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“The way melody is decorated is what gives it the human quality,” he explains. Gamak is named after the term for South Indian melodic ornamentation, but Mahanthappa’s playing also seeks to examine how tunes are traditionally embellished by players of Chinese, African and Indonesian music. “Exploring Indian music was something that came out of that early-adulthood confusion – trying to understand to what degree I was American and to what degree I was Indian, and how these things can occur simultaneously, in concert, as opposed to in conflict,” he says. This began during his studies at leading jazz school Berklee College of Music a quarter of a century ago, and culminated with a Guggenheim Fellowship to study Carnatic music, resulting in the ensemble Samdhi in 2011. The Gamak project – realised on the 2012 album of the same name – is the latest step in the 44-year-old Indian-American’s exploration of Indian classical music.