RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA’S INDO-PAK COALITION

Saxophone player Rudresh Mahanthappa is known for his collaborations with pianist Vijay Iyer, with whom he shares his Indian-American background. Indo-Pak coalition, featuring the Pakistani guitarist Rez Abbasi en tabla player Dan Weiss, draws parallels between jazz, blues and Indian music. ‘In this stark, dynamic trio of alto sax, guitar and tabla, Mahanthappa’s horn does heavy lifting, fusing the raga-sitar aspirations of late-period Coltrane and the vocal flight of Karnatic hymns’ (Rolling Stone).