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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACTS January 9, 2019 Aleba Gartner, 212/206-1450 Tickets & Information: 212/854-7799 [email protected] millertheatre.com Lauren Bailey, 212/854-1633 [email protected]

“Definitely one of the strongest voices on the jazz scene.” — Paula Edelstein, All Music

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts

continues its 2018-19 Jazz series with

Rudresh Mahanthappa Indo-Pak Coalition

Saturday, February 9, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)

Tickets: $20–$35; Students with valid ID: $7–$21 Jazz Saturday, February 9, 2019, 8:00 p.m. Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street) Rudresh Mahanthappa Indo-Pak Coalition

JazzTimes’s “Best Alto Saxophonist” and Village Voice’s “Best Jazz Artist” winner Rudresh Mahanthappa returns to Miller Theatre with his Indo-Pak Coalition, featuring guitarist Rez Abbasi and percussionist Dan Weiss. On the heels of the success of their recent album, Agrima, the Indo-jazz fusion trio continues to maintain a blend of colorful, Carnatic motifs with elements of rock and bebop jazz, while still finding new ways to expand their improvisational and sonic vocabulary.

Artists: Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone Rez Abbasi, guitar Dan Weiss, drums Watch "Showcase" performed by Rudresh Mahanthappa Indo-Pak Coalition

Rudresh Mahanthappa rudreshm.com

Hailed by Pitchfork as "jaw-dropping, one of the finest saxophonists going,” alto saxophonist, composer, and educator Rudresh Mahanthappa is widely known as one of the premiere voices in jazz of the 21st century. He has over a dozen albums to his credit, including the acclaimed Bird Calls, which topped many critics' best-of-year lists for 2015 and was hailed by PopMatters as "complex, rhythmically vital, free in spirit while still criss- crossed with mutating structures." Mahanthappa has been named alto saxophonist of the year for six of seven years running in Downbeat’s International Critics’ Polls (2011-2013, 2015-2017), and for five consecutive years by the Jazz Journalists' Association (2009-2013) and again in 2016. He won alto saxophonist of the year in the 2016 JazzTimes Critics' Poll and was named the Village Voice's "Best Jazz Artist" in 2015. He has also received the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, among other honors, and is currently the Anthony H. P. Lee '79 Director of Jazz at Princeton University.

Born in Trieste, Italy to Indian émigrés in 1971, Mahanthappa was brought up in Boulder, Colorado and gained proficiency playing everything from current pop to Dixieland. He went on to study at North Texas, Berklee, DePaul University, and the Stanford Jazz Workshop before he settled in Chicago. After moving to New York City in 1997, he formed his own quartet featuring pianist Vijay Iyer. The band recorded an enduring sequence of albums—Black Water, Mother Tongue, and Codebook—each highlighting Mahanthappa’s inventive methodologies and deeply personal approach to composition. He and Iyer also formed the duo Raw Materials.

Coming deeper into contact with the Carnatic music of his parents’ native southern India, Mahanthappa partnered in 2008 with fellow altoist Kadri Gopalnath and the Dakshina Ensemble for Kinsmen, garnering wide acclaim. Apti, the first outing by Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition, saw release the same year; Agrima followed nine years later and considerably expanded the trio’s sonic ambitions.

Mahanthappa has also worked with Jack DeJohnette, Mark Dresser, Danilo Pérez, Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, the collaborative trios MSG and Mauger, the co-led quintet Dual Identity with fellow altoist Steve Lehman, and another co-led quintet with fellow altoist and Chicago stalwart Bunky Green, with whom he recorded Apex. His exploratory guitar-driven quartets on Samdhi and Gamak feature David Gilmore and Dave “Fuze” Fiuczynski, respectively. In 2015, he was commissioned by Ragamala Dance to create Song of the Jasmine for dancers and a hybrid jazz/South Indian ensemble. He was also commissioned by the PRISM Saxophone Quartet to compose a chamber piece, I Will Not Apologize for My Tone Tonight, which can be heard on the quartet’s 2015 double-disc release Heritage/ Evolution, Volume 1.

Mahanthappa is a Yamaha artist and uses Vandoren reeds exclusively.

Upcoming Concerts in Miller Theatre's Jazz Series

Single tickets: $20-$40

Saturday, March 2, 2019, 8 p.m. LINDA MAY HAN OH QUINTET

Saturday, April 6, 2019, 8 p.m. ALFREDO RODRÍGUEZ TRIO

Miller Theatre millertheatre.com

Now in its 30th Anniversary Season, Miller Theatre at Columbia University is the leading presenter of new music in New York City and one of the most vital forces nationwide for innovative programming. In partnership with Columbia University School of the Arts, Miller is dedicated to producing and presenting unique events, with a focus on contemporary and early music, jazz, opera, and multimedia performances. Founded in 1988, Miller Theatre has helped launch the careers of myriad composers and ensembles over the years, serving as an incubator for emerging artists and a champion of those not yet well known in the United States. A four-time recipient of the ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming, Miller Theatre continues to meet the high expectations set forth by its founders—to present innovative programs, support the development of new work, and connect creative artists with adventurous audiences.

Major support for Miller Theatre’s 2018-19 Season is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature

Columbia University’s Miller Theatre is located north of the Main Campus Gate at 116th St. & Broadway on the ground floor of Dodge Hall.

Directions and information are available online at millertheatre.com or via the Miller Theatre Box Office at 212.854.7799.

For photos, please contact Lauren Bailey at 212/854-1633 or [email protected].

For further information, press tickets, photos, and to arrange interviews, please contact Aleba & Co. at 212/206-1450 or [email protected].

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