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Wednesday
Aug172011

Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's Long-Awaited "Samdhi" Out Next Month + 2011 Fall Tour Dates!

PRESS RELEASE

Rudresh Mahanthappa photo by Ethan Levitas

Rudresh Mahanthappa

Samdhi

(ACT Music & Vision) 

Release Date: September 27, 2011

 

For a few fleeting moments in every 24-hour cycle, as day cedes way to night, a curtain seems to lift on the banal everyday to give those lucky enough to pause and notice it a brief glimpse of the otherworldly. Filmmakers refer to it as “magic hour,” those frustratingly fleeting seconds when their cameras can capture that uncanny golden glow.
 
The Sanskrit word for twilight is “Samdhi,” which now serves as the aptly-chosen title for saxophonist/composer Rudresh Mahanthappa’s latest ensemble, a fluid melding of jazz, electronic and Indian music. Like twilight’s delicate balance of day and night, the album harmonizes brilliant illumination and mysterious shadows.
 
“Samdhi” also refers to a period between two ages, as one dawns and another passes. Without presuming to know the future, it may not be too much of a stretch to say that Samdhi marks a similar transition in Mahanthappa’s creative life. While it draws on elements and experiments from Mahanthappa’s earlier work, it also marks his initial forays into rich new avenues to explore – particularly in the use of electronics. The ensemble began life in 2008 as the result of a Guggenheim fellowship, which allowed Mahanthappa to dedicate an entire year to a single project. 

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