Carte Blanche Rudresh Mahanthappa Samdhi featuring David Gilmore
Fusion - jazz-rock
Rudresh Mahanthappa (saxophone); David Gilmore (guitar); Rich Brown (bass); Damion Reid (drums); Anand Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam).
Rudresh Mahanthappa is one of the two "Carte Blanche" artists
this year. For an explanation of the definition "Carte Blanche" and
a short biography, please click on the "Program" button.
Today, Rudresh will play with his new fusion group Samdhi. In the
project, he combines the complex melodic and rhythmic elements of
both South Indian music and the traditions of jazz. This within an
electro-acoustic format consisting of David Gilmore on electric
guitar, Rich Brown on electric bass, Damion Reid on drums and Anand
Ananthakrishnan on mridangam (an Indian drum).