# Adam Rudolph > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Rudolph > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adam_Rudolph.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Rudolph > Source revision: 1355103468 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American jazz composer and percussionist}} {{BLP one source|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Adam Rudolph | image = Adam_Rudolph.jpg | caption = Adam Rudolph and his Moving Pictures perform in 2006. | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|9|12}} | birth_place = [Hyde Park, Chicago](/source/Hyde_Park%2C_Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois) | genre = [World fusion](/source/World_fusion), [African music](/source/African_music) | occupation = Musician | instrument = Percussion | years_active = | label = Meta }} thumb|right|280px|Adam Rudolph '''Adam Rudolph''' (born September 12, 1955) is a [jazz](/source/jazz) [composer](/source/composer) and [percussionist](/source/percussionist) performing in the [post-bop](/source/post-bop) and [world fusion](/source/world_fusion) media.{{cite book| last =Ankeny| first =Jason| year =| title =Adam Rusolph Biography| publisher= [Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)| url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p34533|pure_url=yes}}}} Rudolph grew up in the [South Side](/source/South_Side%2C_Chicago) of Chicago among jazz and blues musicians.{{cite web| title=The Pop Life| author=Rule, Sheila| date=30 September 1992| publisher=[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)| url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/30/arts/the-pop-life-440992.html | accessdate=2 January 2025}} In 1988 he met jazz musician [Yusef Lateef](/source/Yusef_Lateef), and the two would go on to collaborate and perform together for the next 25 years.{{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}}{{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}} In 1992 Rudolph helped found the band Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures, “a malleable group of improvisers“, as [Jazz Times](/source/Jazz_Times) described it.{{cite web| title= Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures with Organic Orchestra Strings: Both/And | author=Wolf, Carlo| date=17 June 2024| publisher=[Jazz Times](/source/Jazz_Times)| url= https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/adam-rudolphs-moving-pictures-with-organic-orchestra-strings-bothand/ | accessdate=2 January 2025}} 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.{{cite web| title= Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures Octet Performance | author=Wolf, Carlo| date=27 February 2008| publisher=[Media Sanctuary](/source/Media_Sanctuary)| url= https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/adam-rudolphs-moving-pictures-octet-performance/ | accessdate=2 January 2025}} Rudolph has released several albums as leader and has also recorded with musicians [Sam Rivers](/source/Sam_Rivers_(jazz_musician)), [Omar Sosa](/source/Omar_Sosa), [Wadada Leo Smith](/source/Wadada_Leo_Smith), [Pharoah Sanders](/source/Pharoah_Sanders), [Bill Laswell](/source/Bill_Laswell), [Herbie Hancock](/source/Herbie_Hancock), [Foday Musa Suso](/source/Foday_Musa_Suso), and [Shadowfax](/source/Shadowfax_(band)).{{cite web| title=For Adam Rudolph, Collaboration is Communication| author=Thomas, Andy| date=13 September 2021| publisher=[Bandcamp Daily](/source/Bandcamp_Daily)| url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/adam-rudolph-jazz-drummer-interview| accessdate=11 November 2021}} == 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 [Yusef Lateef](/source/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](/source/Bennie_Maupin)''' * ''[Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef](/source/Symphonic_Tone_Poem_for_Brother_Yusef)'' (Strut, 2022) '''With Universal Quartet''' * ''The Universal Quartet'' (Blackout Music, 2009) * ''Light'' (ILK Music, 2013) === As sideman === {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''With [Jon Hassell](/source/Jon_Hassell)''' * ''City: Works of Fiction'' (Opal, 1990) * ''[Dressing for Pleasure](/source/Dressing_for_Pleasure)'' (Warner Bros., 1994) * ''[Seeing Through Sound](/source/Seeing_Through_Sound)'' (Ndeya, 2020) '''With [Bill Laswell](/source/Bill_Laswell)''' * ''Kauai: The Arch of Heaven'' (Metastation, 2014) * ''Against Empire'' (M.O.D. Reloaded, 2020) '''[Dave Liebman](/source/Dave_Liebman)''' * ''The Unknowable'' (RareNoise, 2018) * ''Chi'' (RareNoise, 2019) '''With [Yusef Lateef](/source/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](/source/Shadowfax_(band))''' * ''[Shadowdance](/source/Shadowdance_(Shadowfax_album))'' (Windham Hill, 1983) * ''[The Dreams of Children](/source/The_Dreams_of_Children)'' (Windham Hill, 1984) * ''[Too Far to Whisper](/source/Too_Far_to_Whisper)'' (Windham Hill, 1986) '''With [Wadada Leo Smith](/source/Wadada_Leo_Smith)''' * ''[Compassion](/source/Compassion_(Wadada_Leo_Smith_album))'' (Meta, 2006) – rec. 2002 * ''[Najwa](/source/Najwa_(album))'' (TUM TUM, 2017) – rec. 2014 {{col-2}} '''With others''' * [Fred Anderson](/source/Fred_Anderson_(musician)), ''[The Missing Link](/source/The_Missing_Link_(Fred_Anderson_album))'' (Nessa, 1984) – rec. 1979 * [Bob Belden](/source/Bob_Belden), ''Puccini's Turandot'' (Blue Note, 1993) * [Joseph Bowie](/source/Joseph_Bowie), ''Good Medicine'' (Defunkt Music, 2013) – rec. 2011 * [Henry Brant](/source/Henry_Brant), ''The Henry Brant Collection Vol. 2'' (Innova, 2004) * [Norman Connors](/source/Norman_Connors), ''Passion'' (Capitol, 1988) * [Hamid Drake](/source/Hamid_Drake), ''Karuna'' (Meta, 2018) * [Hassan Hakmoun](/source/Hassan_Hakmoun), ''Gift of the Gnawa'' (Flying Fish, 1991) * [Herbie Hancock](/source/Herbie_Hancock), ''[Jazz Africa](/source/Jazz_Africa)'' (NEC Avenue, 1987) * [Hue and Cry](/source/Hue_and_Cry_(band)), ''[Remote](/source/Remote_(album))'' (Circa, 1988) * [Sam Rivers](/source/Sam_Rivers_(jazz_musician)), ''[Vista](/source/Vista_(Sam_Rivers%2C_Adam_Rudolph%2C_and_Harris_Eisenstadt_album))'' (Meta, 2004) * [Ned Rothenberg](/source/Ned_Rothenberg), ''Overlays'' (Moers Music, 1991) * [Pharoah Sanders](/source/Pharoah_Sanders), ''[Spirits](/source/Spirits_(Pharoah_Sanders_album))'' (Meta, 2000) * [Claudia Schmidt](/source/Claudia_Schmidt_(musician)), ''Claudia Schmidt'' (Flying Fish, 1979) * [Paul Shapiro](/source/Paul_Shapiro_(musician)), ''Shofarot Verses'' (Tzadik, 2014) – rec. 2013 * [Avery Sharpe](/source/Avery_Sharpe), ''Extended Family II Thoughts of My Ancestors'' (JKNM, 1995) – rec. 1994 * [Antonio Pinho Vargas](/source/Antonio_Pinho_Vargas), ''Selos E Borboletas'' (EMI, 1991) {{col-end}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://metarecords.com/adam.html Adam Rudolph at Meta Records] * [https://www.nycradiolive.org/adam-rudolphs-moving-pictures-live-performance-and-interview-podcast-4/ Radio interview with Adam Rudolph] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rudolph, Adam}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:American jazz percussionists Category:American world music musicians Category:Justin Time Records artists Category:Flying Fish Records artists Category:RareNoiseRecords artists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Adam Rudolph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Rudolph) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Rudolph?action=history)). 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