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| Princeton Names Rudresh Mahanthappa Director of Jazz Princeton University's Department of Music has named saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa Director of Jazz. Mahanthappa, who comes to Princeton with an extensive jazz background and a voice "intent on transcending cultural divides by hybridizing progressive jazz and non-Western musical traditions, according to a press release, will begin his appointment as the Anthony H. P. Lee '79 Senior Lecturer in Jazz Studies at the start of the fall term. He will succeed Dr. Anthony D. J. Branker, founder of the Program in Jazz Studies. Recently, Mahanthappa's Bird Calls was named Album of the Year in the 2015 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll. "Joining the Princeton University Music Department as Director of Jazz is an honor and a tremendous opportunity to influence and shape the future of jazz as a contemporary American art form, " Mahanthappa said in a press release. "Music at Princeton continues to put forth a forward-thinking energy with regard to performance, composition and musicology. I am truly excited to join this amazing group of faculty. Together, we can surely expand and embrace the ever-shifting roles of music in 21st-century global culture." write your comments about the article :: © 2016 Jazz News :: home page |