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Mother Tongue
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by Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet
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Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa's latest release is a concept album pleasantly devoid of the sort of baggage that can sink most similar projects. "Mother Tongue" is Rudresh's musical interpretation of the varied dialects spoken in India and his attempt to remove the assertion that it is a nation of but a single cultural identity. Although it seems quite a bit to try and address in a jazz album, it works in the way it is approached, which is to say that the vocal concepts are addressed instrumentally, allowing for listener interpretation. Rudresh's quartet follows the standard acoustic framework of a traditional jazz quartet: piano, bass, drums and saxophone. But his rhythmic excursions are based more on Steve Coleman's recent M-Base innovations more than traditional swing. Taking a cue from similar artists like Coleman and Greg Osby, Rudresh applies the same sort of metrically fractured logic to his own compositions. There are times during more heated moments, such as on "The Preserver" when it sounds as though all four players are racing along a different track, headed in similar directions but at different paces. It sounds like a sonically concrete funk version of what Anthony Braxton's multi-player compositional models have aspired to. Although M-Base laced funk dominates this session, complete with double bass drum fills and swirling vocalized saxophone lines, there is a tender side to the album as well. A few well placed ballads emerge to demonstrate Rudresh's more sensitive side. Overall a thrilling ride from an up and coming artist. He's definitely one to keep an eye (ear) on.
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Mother Tongue
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