Adam Rudolph (born September 12, 1955) is a

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and

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performing in the

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and world fusion media. Rudolph grew up in the South Side of Chicago among jazz and blues musicians. In 1988 he met jazz musician

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, and the two would go on to collaborate and perform together for the next 25 years. In 1992 Rudolph helped found the band Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures, “a malleable group of improvisers“, as

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described it. He has been the artistic director of and composer for Hu: Vibrational with Hamid Drake, Vashti International Percussion Ensemble and Go: Organic Orchestra. He has performed as half of the Wildflowers Duo with Butoh dance innovator Oguri. Rudolph has released several albums as leader and has also recorded with musicians Sam Rivers, Omar Sosa,

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, Foday Musa Suso, and Shadowfax.

Discography

As leader

* ''Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures'' (Flying Fish, 1992) * ''Skyway'' (Soul Note, 1994) * ''Contemplations'' (Meta, 1997) * ''12 Arrows'' (Meta, 1999) * ''Go: Organic Orchestra: 1'' (Meta, 2002) * ''Web of Light'' (Meta, 2002) * ''Dream Garden'' (Justin Time, 2008) * ''Yeyi'' (Meta, 2010) * ''Both/And'' (Meta, 2011) * ''Merely a Traveler On the Cosmic Path'' (Meta, 2012) * ''Glare of the Tiger'' (Meta, 2017) * ''Focus and Field'' (Meta, 2020) * ''Autumn Moon Meditation'' (Meta, 2024)

As co-leader

With Build an Ark * ''Peace with Every Step'' (Kindred Spirits, 2004) * ''Dawn'' (Kindred Spirits, 2007) With Eternal Wind * ''Eternal Wind'' (Flying Fish, 1984) * ''Terra Incognita'' (Flying Fish, 1987) * ''Wasalu'' (Flying Fish, 1988) With Hu Vibrational * ''Boonghee Music 1'' (Eastern Developments, 2002) * ''Beautiful Boonghee Music 2'' (Soul Jazz, 2004) * ''Universal Mother Boonghee Music 3'' (Soul Jazz, 2006) * ''The Epic Botanical Beat Suite Boonghee Music 4'' (Meta, 2015) * ''Timeless Boonghee Music 5'' (Meta, 2023) With

* ''Live in Seattle'' (YAL, 1999) With Mandingo Griot Society * ''Mandingo Griot Society'' (Flying Fish, 1978) * ''Mighty Rhythm'' (Flying Fish, 1981) With

Bennie Maupin Bennie Maupin (born August 29, 1940) is an American jazz multireedist who performs on various saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet. Biography Maupin was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is known for his participation in Herbie Hancock's Mwandish ...

* '' Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef'' (Strut, 2022) With Universal Quartet * ''The Universal Quartet'' (Blackout Music, 2009) * ''Light'' (ILK Music, 2013)

As sideman

With

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* ''City: Works of Fiction'' (Opal, 1990) * '' Dressing for Pleasure'' (Warner Bros., 1994) * '' Seeing Through Sound'' (Ndeya, 2020) With

* ''Kauai: The Arch of Heaven'' (Metastation, 2014) * ''Against Empire'' (M.O.D. Reloaded, 2020)

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* ''The Unknowable'' (RareNoise, 2018) * ''Chi'' (RareNoise, 2019) With

* ''Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp'' (YAL, 1992) * ''The African-American Epic Suite for Quintet and Orchestra'' (ACT, 1994) – rec. 1993 * ''The World at Peace'' (Meta, 1997) CD– rec. 1995 * ''Beyond the Sky'' (YAL/Meta, 2000) * ''A G.I.F.T. (A Goodness Inwardness Forgiving Tolerance)'' (YAL, 2000) * ''Live at Luckman Theater'' (YAL, 2001) * ''Towards the Unknown'' (Meta, 2010) – rec. 2009 * ''Voice Prints'' (Meta, 2013) – rec. 2008 With Shadowfax * '' Shadowdance'' (Windham Hill, 1983) * '' The Dreams of Children'' (Windham Hill, 1984) * '' Too Far to Whisper'' (Windham Hill, 1986) With

* ''

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'' (Meta, 2006) – rec. 2002 * '' Najwa'' (TUM TUM, 2017) – rec. 2014 With others * Fred Anderson, '' The Missing Link'' (Nessa, 1984) – rec. 1979 *

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, ''Puccini's Turandot'' (Blue Note, 1993) *

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, ''Good Medicine'' (Defunkt Music, 2013) – rec. 2011 *

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, ''The Henry Brant Collection Vol. 2'' (Innova, 2004) *

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, ''Passion'' (Capitol, 1988) *

Hamid Drake Hamid Drake (born August 3, 1955) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist. By the close of the 1990s, Hamid Drake was widely regarded as one of the best percussionists in jazz and improvised music. Incorporating Afro-Cuban, Indian, and Af ...

, ''Karuna'' (Meta, 2018) *

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, '' Jazz Africa'' (NEC Avenue, 1987) *

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, '' Remote'' (Circa, 1988) * Sam Rivers, ''

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'' (Meta, 2004) * Ned Rothenberg, ''Overlays'' (Moers Music, 1991) *

, ''

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'' (Meta, 2000) * Claudia Schmidt, ''Claudia Schmidt'' (Flying Fish, 1979) * Paul Shapiro, ''Shofarot Verses'' (Tzadik, 2014) – rec. 2013 * Avery Sharpe, ''Extended Family II Thoughts of My Ancestors'' (JKNM, 1995) – rec. 1994 * Antonio Pinho Vargas, ''Selos E Borboletas'' (EMI, 1991)

References

External links

Adam Rudolph at Meta Records

Radio interview with Adam Rudolph
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rudolph, Adam 1955 births Living people American jazz percussionists American world music musicians Justin Time Records artists Flying Fish Records artists RareNoiseRecords artists