Adam Rudolph

Adam Rudolph
Adam Rudolph and his Moving Pictures perform in 2006.
Background information
Born	(1955-09-12) September 12, 1955 (age 68) Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois
Genres	World fusion, African music
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Percussion
Labels	Meta

Musical artist

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

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) – rec. 1993
The World at Peace (Meta, 1997)[2CD] – 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 Wadada Leo Smith

Compassion (Meta, 2006) – rec. 2002
Najwa (TUM TUM, 2017) – rec. 2014

With others

Fred Anderson, The Missing Link (Nessa, 1984) – rec. 1979
Bob Belden, Puccini's Turandot (Blue Note, 1993)
Joseph Bowie, Good Medicine (Defunkt Music, 2013) – rec. 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) – rec. 2013
Avery Sharpe, Extended Family II Thoughts of My Ancestors (JKNM, 1995) – rec. 1994
Antonio Pinho Vargas, Selos E Borboletas (EMI, 1991)

References

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