Tickets $20-40 +ticketing fees
In-person
Doors: 6PM

With 16 albums now as leader or co-leader, the New York based saxophonist, Rudresh Mahanthappa a frequent collaborator with piano giant Vijay Iyer, tributes his greatest influences with characteristically original arrangements in a trio with long-time associates François Moutin (bass) and Tim Angulo (drums). Riveting!

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 premier 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.  His most recent release, Hero Trio, was considered to be one of the best jazz albums of 2020 by critics and fans alike. Mahanthappa has been named alto saxophonist of the year for nine of the last eleven years running in Downbeat’s International Critics’ Polls, and for five consecutive years by the Jazz Journalists’ Association. He is currently the Anthony H. P. Lee ’79 Director of Jazz at Princeton University.

The concert Mahanthappa will perform for Earshot, focuses on the album, Hero Trio, which pays tribute to several of Mahanthappa’s greatest influences and inspirations—Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. He explains, “my goal in performing their work is to convey the timeless nature of their indelible impact through a contemporary lens.” He also interprets music from the saxophone trio work of Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz, and Ornette Coleman. Mahanthappa will also explore works by Johnny Cash and Stevie Wonder whose artistry which he  “has always found …to be beautiful, humorous, pensive, and utterly joyful. They have played such a strong role in helping me to look beyond the illusory boundaries of genre towards seeing music as a magical force that binds humanity.”

Rudresh Mahanthappa photo by David Crow