Adam Rudolph

Adam Rudolph
Adam Rudolph and his Moving Pictures perform in 2006.
Background information
Born	(1955-09-12) September 12, 1955 Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois
Genres	World fusion, African music
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Percussion
Labels	Meta

Adam Rudolph

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

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

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.

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)

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 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

• Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef (Strut, 2022)

With Universal Quartet

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

As sideman

With Jon Hassell

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

With Bill Laswell

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

Dave Liebman

• The Unknowable (RareNoise, 2018)
• Chi (RareNoise, 2019)

With Yusef Lateef

• Tenors of Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp (YAL, 1992)
• The African-American Epic Suite for Quintet and Orchestra (ACT, 1994) – recorded in 1993
• The World at Peace (Meta, 1997)[2CD] – recorded in 1995
• Beyond the Sky (YAL/Meta, 2000)
• A G.I.F.T. (YAL, 2000)
• Live at Luckman Theater (YAL, 2001)
• Towards the Unknown (Meta, 2010) – recorded in 2009
• Voice Prints (Meta, 2013) – recorded in 2008

With Shadowfax

• Shadowdance (Windham Hill, 1983)
• The Dreams of Children (Windham Hill, 1984)
• Too Far to Whisper (Windham Hill, 1986)

With Wadada Leo Smith

• Compassion (Meta, 2006) – recorded in 2002
• Najwa (TUM TUM, 2017) – recorded in 2014

With others

• Fred Anderson, The Missing Link (Nessa, 1984) – recorded in 1979
• Bob Belden, Puccini's Turandot (Blue Note, 1993)
• Joseph Bowie, Good Medicine (Defunkt Music, 2013) – recorded in 2011
• Henry Brant, The Henry Brant Collection Vol. 2 (Innova, 2004)
• Norman Connors, Passion (Capitol, 1988)
• Hamid Drake, Karuna (Meta, 2018)
• Hassan Hakmoun, Gift of the Gnawa (Flying Fish, 1991)
• Herbie Hancock, Jazz Africa (NEC Avenue, 1987)
• Hue and Cry, Remote (Circa, 1988)
• Sam Rivers, Vista (Meta, 2004)
• Ned Rothenberg, Overlays (Moers Music, 1991)
• Pharoah Sanders, Spirits (Meta, 2000)
• Claudia Schmidt, Claudia Schmidt (Flying Fish, 1979)
• Paul Shapiro, Shofarot Verses (Tzadik, 2014) – recorded in 2013
• Avery Sharpe, Extended Family II Thoughts of My Ancestors (JKNM, 1995) – recorded in 1994
• Antonio Pinho Vargas, Selos E Borboletas (EMI, 1991)

External links

• Adam Rudolph at Meta Records
• Radio interview with Adam Rudolph