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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Adam Rudolph
| name = Adam Rudolph
| image = Adam_Rudolph.jpg
| image = Adam_Rudolph.jpg
| caption =Adam Rudolph and his Moving Pictures perform in 2006.
| caption = Adam Rudolph and his Moving Pictures perform in 2006.
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|9|12}}
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_place = [[Hyde Park, Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|9|12}}
| birth_place =[[Hyde Park, Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
| genre = [[World fusion]], [[African music]]
| occupation = Musician
| genre = [[World fusion]], [[African music]]
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Percussion
| instrument = Percussion
| years_active =
| years_active =
| label = Meta
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| associated_acts = [[Yusef Lateef]], [[Hamid Drake]], [[Don Cherry (trumpeter)|Don Cherry]]
| label = Meta
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| associated_acts =[[Yusef Lateef]], [[Hamid Drake]], [[Don Cherry]]
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[[Image:adam-rudolph_DSC04808.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Adam Rudolph]]
[[Image:adam-rudolph_DSC04808.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Adam Rudolph]]


'''Adam Rudolph''' (born September 12, 1955) is a percussionist and composer.
'''Adam Rudolph''' (born September 12, 1955) is a [[jazz]] [[composer]] and [[percussionist]] performing in the [[post-bop]] and [[world fusion]] media.<ref>{{cite book| last =Ankeny| first =Jason| year =| title =Adam Rusolph Biography| publisher= [[Allmusic]]| url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p34533|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref>


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In 1988, Rudolph met jazz musician [[Yusef Lateef]], and the two would go on to collaborate and perform together for the next 25 years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rudolph |first1=Adam |title=Adam Rudolph Remembers Yusef Lateef |url=https://jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/adam-rudolph-remembers-yusef-lateef/ |website=JazzTimes |access-date=15 June 2021 |date=26 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="carr">{{cite book| last =Carr| first =Ian| author-link =Ian Carr| author2 =Digby Fairweather| author2-link =Digby Fairweather| author3 =Brian Priestley| author3-link =Brian Priestley| title = The Rough Guide to Jazz, 3rd Edition| publisher =Rough Guides| year =2004| location =London| url =https://archive.org/details/roughguidetojazz00carr| isbn =1-84353-256-5| url-access =registration | pages= 465}}</ref>
==Career==
Rudolph has performed with [[Don Cherry (trumpeter)|Don Cherry]], [[Jon Hassell]], [[Sam Rivers]], [[Pharoah Sanders|Pharaoh Sanders]],<ref name=DrakeDiscography/> [[Bill Laswell]], [[Herbie Hancock]],<ref name=DrakeDiscography/> [[Foday Musa Suso]],<ref name=DrakeDiscography/> Massimo Laguardia, [[L. Shankar]], [[Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians|A.A.C.M.]] co-founders [[Fred Anderson (musician)|Fred Anderson]] and [[Muhal Richard Abrams]], [[Wadada Leo Smith]], and [[Omar Sosa]]. He has toured extensively and recorded 15 albums with [[Yusef Lateef]] including duets and their large ensemble compositional collaborations.


Rudolph has released several albums as leader and has also recorded with musicians [[Sam Rivers (jazz musician)|Sam Rivers]], [[Omar Sosa]], [[Wadada Leo Smith]], [[Pharoah Sanders]], [[Bill Laswell]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Foday Musa Suso]], and [[Shadowfax (band)|Shadowfax]].<ref>{{cite web| title=For Adam Rudolph, Collaboration is Communication| author=Thomas, Andy| date=September 13, 2021| publisher=[[Bandcamp Daily]]| url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/adam-rudolph-jazz-drummer-interview| accessdate=2021-11-11}}</ref>
Rudolph grew up in the [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]] area of the Southside of [[Chicago]]. From an early age he was exposed to the live music performances of the great blues and improvising artists who lived nearby. As a teenager, Rudolph started playing hand drums in local streets and parks and soon apprenticed with elders of African American improvised music. He performed regularly in Chicago with Fred Anderson and in [[Detroit]] with the Contemporary Jazz Quintet. In 1973 Rudolph played on his first record date with Maulawi Nururdin and with the CJQ at the [[Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival|Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz festival]].


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== Discography ==
In 1977 he lived and studied in [[Ghana]], where he experienced [[trance]] ceremonies. In his travels throughout [[West Africa]] he saw how music can come from a cosmological grounding beyond music itself and can also be about something beyond music itself. In 1978 he lived in Don Cherry's house in the [[Sweden|Swedish]] countryside. Cherry inspired him to start composing and showed him about [[Ornette Coleman]]'s concept and the connection of music to nature.
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=== As leader ===

Rudolph is known as one of the early innovators of what is now called "[[World music|World Music]]." in 1978 he and Gambian Kora player Jali Foday Musa Suso, along with fellow percussionist [[Hamid Drake]], co-founded The Mandingo Griot Society,<ref name=DrakeDiscography/> one of the first groups to combine African and American music. In 1988, he recorded the first fusion of American and [[Gnawa]] music with [[sintir]] player and singer [[Hassan Hakmoun]]. Rudolph intensely studied North Indian [[Tabla]] for over 15 years with Pandit Taranath Rao. He learned hundreds of drum compositions and about how music is a form of [[Yoga]] – the unity of mind, body and spirit. In 1988 Rudolph began his association with Yusef Lateef, with whom he has recorded over 15 albums including several of their large ensemble collaborations. Lateef introduced Rudolph to the inspirational practice of Autophysiopsychic Music – "that which comes from one's spiritual, physical and emotional self." Rudolph has performed worldwide with Dr. Lateef. Their performances have ranged from their acclaimed duet concerts to appearances as guest soloists with the [[Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne|Köln]], [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra|Atlanta]] and [[Detroit Symphony Orchestra]]s.

Rudolph continues to also create visual art – painting, drawing, photography ‑ and to write. In 2006, his rhythm repository and methodology book, Pure Rhythm was published by Advance Music, Germany. In 2010 Rudolph's article Music and Mysticism: Rhythm and Form was published in Arcana V, edited by [[John Zorn]]. Other essays have been published by [[Parabola (magazine)|Parabola Magazine]] and Morton Books. Rudolph has been on the faculty of [[Creative Music Studio]] ([[New York, New York|New York]] and [[Istanbul]]), [[Esalen Institute]], [[California Institute of the Arts]] and the Danish Jazz Federation Summer Institute. Rudolph has received grants and compositional commissions from the [[Rockefeller Foundation]], [[Chamber Music America]], [[Meet the Composer]], Mary Flagler Cary Trust, the [[National Endowment for the Arts|NEA]], [[Art International|Arts International]], Durfee Foundation, Phaedrus Foundation and [[American Composers Forum]].

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==Discography==
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===As leader===
* ''Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures'' (Flying Fish, 1992)
* ''Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures'' (Flying Fish, 1992)
* ''Skyway'' (Soul Note, 1994)
* ''Skyway'' (Soul Note, 1994)
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* ''Merely a Traveler On the Cosmic Path'' (Meta, 2012)
* ''Merely a Traveler On the Cosmic Path'' (Meta, 2012)
* ''Glare of the Tiger'' (Meta, 2017)
* ''Glare of the Tiger'' (Meta, 2017)
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* ''Focus and Field'' (Meta, 2020)


===As co-leader===
=== As co-leader ===
'''With Build an Ark'''
'''With Build an Ark'''
* ''Peace with Every Step'' (Kindred Spirits, 2004)
* ''Peace with Every Step'' (Kindred Spirits, 2004)
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* ''Universal Mother Boonghee Music 3'' (Soul Jazz, 2006)
* ''Universal Mother Boonghee Music 3'' (Soul Jazz, 2006)
* ''The Epic Botanical Beat Suite Boonghee Music 4'' (Meta, 2015)
* ''The Epic Botanical Beat Suite Boonghee Music 4'' (Meta, 2015)
* ''Timeless Boonghee Music 5'' (Meta, 2023)

'''With [[Yusef Lateef]]'''
* ''Live in Seattle'' (YAL, 1999)


'''With Mandingo Griot Society'''
'''With Mandingo Griot Society'''
* ''Mandingo Griot Society'' (Flying Fish, 1978)
* ''Mandingo Griot Society'' (Flying Fish, 1978)
* ''Mighty Rhythm'' (Flying Fish, 1981)
* ''Mighty Rhythm'' (Flying Fish, 1981)

'''With [[Bennie Maupin]]'''
* ''[[Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef]]'' (Strut, 2022)


'''With Universal Quartet'''
'''With Universal Quartet'''
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* ''Light'' (ILK Music, 2013)
* ''Light'' (ILK Music, 2013)


===As sideman===
=== As sideman ===
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'''With [[Jon Hassell]]'''
'''With [[Jon Hassell]]'''
* ''City: Works of Fiction'' (Opal, 1990)
* ''City: Works of Fiction'' (Opal, 1990)
* ''Dressing for Pleasure'' (Warner Bros., 1994)
* ''[[Dressing for Pleasure]]'' (Warner Bros., 1994)
* ''Seeing Through Sound'' (Ndeya, 2020)
* ''[[Seeing Through Sound]]'' (Ndeya, 2020)

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

'''[[Dave Liebman]]'''
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* ''The Unknowable'' (RareNoise, 2018)
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* ''Chi'' (RareNoise, 2019)


'''With [[Yusef Lateef]]'''
'''With [[Yusef Lateef]]'''
* ''Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp'' (YAL, 1992)
* ''Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp'' (YAL, 1992)
* ''The African-American Epic Suite for Quintet and Orchestra'' (ACT, 1994)
* ''The African-American Epic Suite for Quintet and Orchestra'' (ACT, 1994) – rec. 1993
* ''The World at Peace'' (Meta, 1997)
* ''The World at Peace'' (Meta, 1997)[2CD] – rec. 1995
* ''Live in Seattle'' (YAL, 1999)
* ''Beyond the Sky'' (YAL/Meta, 2000)
* ''A Gift'' (YAL, 2000)
* ''A G.I.F.T. (A Goodness Inwardness Forgiving Tolerance)'' (YAL, 2000)
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* ''Beyond the Sky'' (Meta, 2000)
* ''Live at Luckman Theater'' (YAL, 2001)
* ''Live at Luckman Theater'' (YAL, 2001)
* ''Towards the Unknown'' (Meta, 2010)
* ''Towards the Unknown'' (Meta, 2010) – rec. 2009
* ''Voice Prints'' (Meta, 2013)
* ''Voice Prints'' (Meta, 2013) – rec. 2008


'''With [[Shadowfax (band)|Shadowfax]]'''
'''With [[Shadowfax (band)|Shadowfax]]'''
* ''Shadowdance'' (Windham Hill, 1983)
* ''[[Shadowdance (Shadowfax album)|Shadowdance]]'' (Windham Hill, 1983)
* ''The Dreams of Children'' (Windham Hill, 1984)
* ''[[The Dreams of Children]]'' (Windham Hill, 1984)
* ''Too Far to Whisper'' (Windham Hill, 1986)
* ''[[Too Far to Whisper]]'' (Windham Hill, 1986)


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'''With [[Wadada Leo Smith]]'''
* ''[[Compassion (Wadada Leo Smith album)|Compassion]]'' (Meta, 2006) – rec. 2002
* ''[[Najwa (album)|Najwa]]'' (TUM TUM, 2017) – rec. 2014
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'''With others'''
'''With others'''
* [[Fred Anderson (musician)|Fred Anderson]], ''The Missing Link'' (Nessa, 1984)
* [[Fred Anderson (musician)|Fred Anderson]], ''[[The Missing Link (Fred Anderson album)|The Missing Link]]'' (Nessa, 1984) – rec. 1979
* [[Bob Belden]], ''Puccini's Turandot'' (Blue Note, 1993)
* [[Bob Belden]], ''Puccini's Turandot'' (Blue Note, 1993)
* [[Joseph Bowie]], ''Good Medicine'' (Defunkt Music, 2013)
* [[Joseph Bowie]], ''Good Medicine'' (Defunkt Music, 2013) – rec. 2011
* [[Henry Brant]], ''The Henry Brant Collection Vol. 2'' (Innova, 2004)
* [[Henry Brant]], ''The Henry Brant Collection Vol. 2'' (Innova, 2004)
* [[Norman Connors]], ''Passion'' (Capitol, 1988)
* [[Norman Connors]], ''Passion'' (Capitol, 1988)
* [[Hamid Drake]], ''Karuna'' (Meta, 2018)
* [[Hamid Drake]], ''Karuna'' (Meta, 2018)
* [[Hassan Hakmoun]], ''Gift of the Gnawa'' (Flying Fish, 1991)
* [[Hassan Hakmoun]], ''Gift of the Gnawa'' (Flying Fish, 1991)
* [[Herbie Hancock]], ''Jazz Africa'' (NEC Avenue, 1987)
* [[Herbie Hancock]], ''[[Jazz Africa]]'' (NEC Avenue, 1987)
* [[Hue and Cry (band)|Hue and Cry]], ''Remote'' (Circa, 1988)
* [[Hue and Cry (band)|Hue and Cry]], ''[[Remote (album)|Remote]]'' (Circa, 1988)
* [[Sam Rivers (jazz musician)|Sam Rivers]], ''[[Vista (Sam Rivers, Adam Rudolph, and Harris Eisenstadt album)|Vista]]'' (Meta, 2004)
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* [[Bill Laswell]], ''Kauai: The Arch of Heaven'' (Metastation, 2014)
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* Bill Laswell, ''Against Empire'' (M.O.D. Reloaded, 2020)
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* [[Dave Liebman]], ''The Unknowable'' (RareNoise, 2018)
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* Dave Liebman, ''Chi'' (RareNoise, 2019)
* [[Sam Rivers]], ''Vista'' (Meta, 2004)
* [[Ned Rothenberg]], ''Overlays'' (Moers Music, 1991)
* [[Ned Rothenberg]], ''Overlays'' (Moers Music, 1991)
* [[Pharoah Sanders]], ''Spirits'' (Meta, 2000)
* [[Pharoah Sanders]], ''[[Spirits (Pharoah Sanders album)|Spirits]]'' (Meta, 2000)
* [[Claudia Schmidt]], ''Claudia Schmidt'' (Flying Fish, 1979)
* [[Claudia Schmidt (musician)|Claudia Schmidt]], ''Claudia Schmidt'' (Flying Fish, 1979)
* [[Paul Shapiro (musician)|Paul Shapiro]], ''Shofarot Verses'' (Tzadik, 2014)
* [[Paul Shapiro (musician)|Paul Shapiro]], ''Shofarot Verses'' (Tzadik, 2014) – rec. 2013
* [[Avery Sharpe]], ''Extended Family II Thoughts of My Ancestors'' (JKNM, 1995)
* [[Avery Sharpe]], ''Extended Family II Thoughts of My Ancestors'' (JKNM, 1995) – rec. 1994
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* [[Wadada Leo Smith]], ''Compassion'' (Meta, 2006)
* Wadada Leo Smith, ''Najwa'' (TUM TUM, 2017)
* [[Antonio Pinho Vargas]], ''Selos E Borboletas'' (EMI, 1991)
* [[Antonio Pinho Vargas]], ''Selos E Borboletas'' (EMI, 1991)
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==References==
==References==
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*{{cite book| last =Carr| first =Ian| author-link =Ian Carr| author2 =Digby Fairweather| author2-link =Digby Fairweather| author3 =Brian Priestley| author3-link =Brian Priestley| title =The Rough Guide to Jazz, 3rd Edition| publisher =Rough Guides| year =2004| location =London| url =https://archive.org/details/roughguidetojazz00carr| isbn =1-84353-256-5| url-access =registration}}
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.metarecords.com/adam.html Adam Rudolph's Official Website]
* [https://metarecords.com/adam.html Adam Rudolph at Meta Records]
* [http://www.nycradiolive.org/?p=41 Interview with Adam Rudolph - originally broadcast on WKCR 89.9 FM-NY radio]
* [https://www.nycradiolive.org/adam-rudolphs-moving-pictures-live-performance-and-interview-podcast-4/ Radio interview with Adam Rudolph]

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Latest revision as of 02:08, 13 January 2024

Adam Rudolph
Adam Rudolph and his Moving Pictures perform in 2006.
Adam Rudolph and his Moving Pictures perform in 2006.
Background information
Born (1955-09-12) September 12, 1955 (age 69)
Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois
GenresWorld fusion, African music
OccupationMusician
InstrumentPercussion
LabelsMeta
Adam Rudolph

Adam Rudolph (born September 12, 1955) is a jazz composer and percussionist performing in the post-bop and world fusion media.[1]

In 1988, Rudolph met jazz musician Yusef Lateef, and the two would go on to collaborate and perform together for the next 25 years.[2][3]

Rudolph has released several albums as leader and has also recorded with musicians Sam Rivers, Omar Sosa, Wadada Leo Smith, Pharoah Sanders, Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock, Foday Musa Suso, and Shadowfax.[4]

Discography

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As leader

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  • 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)

As co-leader

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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 Yusef Lateef

  • Live in Seattle (YAL, 1999)

With Mandingo Griot Society

  • Mandingo Griot Society (Flying Fish, 1978)
  • Mighty Rhythm (Flying Fish, 1981)

With Bennie Maupin

With Universal Quartet

  • The Universal Quartet (Blackout Music, 2009)
  • Light (ILK Music, 2013)

As sideman

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References

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  1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. Adam Rusolph Biography. Allmusic.
  2. ^ Rudolph, Adam (26 April 2019). "Adam Rudolph Remembers Yusef Lateef". JazzTimes. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. ^ Carr, Ian; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz, 3rd Edition. London: Rough Guides. p. 465. ISBN 1-84353-256-5.
  4. ^ Thomas, Andy (September 13, 2021). "For Adam Rudolph, Collaboration is Communication". Bandcamp Daily. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
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