In Conversation with Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa
By kamla bhatt • May 29th, 2006Category: Diaspora, Entertainment, New York, People
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Raw Materials by Savoy Jazz is a new jazz album by Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa. In this first podcast interview by Vijay and Rudresh listen to them talk about Savoy Jazz and how they started working together.
Raw Materials by Savoy Jazz is the first commercially released album by the duo. This is Vijay’s second album released on Savoy.
Vijay and Rudresh met over 10 years ago at a Stanford University Jazz workshop. It was Steve Coleman, a well-known Jazz musician and composer, who introduced the duo to each other. Over the course of the next 10 years Vijay and Rudresh played together, and also worked on their individual projects.
Vijay was named Up and Coming Musician of the Year (2004) by Jazz Journalists Association. Rudresh has been named a Rising Star alto saxophonist by the Downbeat International Cities Poll for the past three year.
Vijay was born and raised in New York and Rudresh in Colrado. Vijay lives in Manhattan and Rudresh lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Kamla Bhatt is the host and producer of an Internet Radio show where listeners can find stories about the new and emerging India and the global Indian community. As a pioneer of 'internet radio' format in India Kamla started her first show News about India, followed by TalkNewsIndia in 2005. In 2006 she premiered her new show: The Kamla Bhatt Show: Life, People and Ideas. 
Love your podcasts, Kamla – this one is particularly up my street!
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Ashanti for your encouraging comment. Very happy to hear that you loved this podcast…I enjoyed doing this particular one a lot.
kamla
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