Jan 5, 2009 12:43
ALBUM IS TOP JAZZ CD ACCORDING TO NPR, Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Village Voice, Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Denver Post, Boston Phoenix, JazzTimes, Slate.com, PopMatters, All Music Guide MANY MORE Kinsmen is the highly acclaimed, groundbreaking project by alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa rude-RESH mah-HAHN-tha-pa that melds jazz with South Indian music into a single organic whole. Mahanthappa -- recently named a Top 10 alto saxophonist in the 2008 DownBeat Critic's Poll, the #2 jazz album of 2008 in The Village Voice's Third Annual Jazz Critic's Poll, Artist of the Year by the venerated All About Jazz-New York and one of Take Five's Best Jazz CDs of 2008 on NPR Music -- is clearly one of the most innovative young musicians in jazz today.