Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio

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$30 Seated & $20 Bar/Standing 7:00pm Show Get Tickets Lauded saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa returns to Minneapolis with his Hero Trio. This trio pays tribute to several of Mahanthappa’s greatest influences and inspirations, such as Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Lee Konitz, Ornette Coleman, Keith Jarrett, Johnny Cash, and Stevie Wonder. Band Members: Rudresh Mahanthappa - Saxophone François Moutin - Bass Rudy Royston - Drums ⊹ Alto saxophonist, composer, and educator Rudresh Mahanthappa is widely known as one of the premier voices of jazz in the 21st century. He has over a dozen albums to his credit, including the acclaimed Bird Calls , which topped many critics’ best-of-year lists in 2015 and was hailed by PopMatters as “complex, rhythmically vital, free in spirit while still criss-crossed with mutating structures.” Mahanthappa has been named alto saxophonist of the year nine times in DownBeat magazine’s Critics’ Polls and six times by the Jazz Journalists Association. He won alto saxophonist of the year in the 2015-2018 and 2020 JazzTimes Magazine Critics’ Polls and