Adam Rudolph


Adam Rudolph is a jazz composer and percussionist performing in the post-bop and world fusion media.
Rudolph grew up in the South Side of Chicago among jazz and blues musicians. In 1988 he met jazz musician Yusef Lateef, 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 Jazz Times 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, Wadada Leo Smith, Pharoah Sanders, Bill Laswell, Herbie Hancock, Foday Musa Suso, and Shadowfax.

Discography

As leader

Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures Skyway Contemplations 12 Arrows Go: Organic Orchestra: 1 Web of Light Dream Garden Yeyi Both/And Merely a Traveler On the Cosmic Path Glare of the Tiger Focus and Field
  • ''Autumn Moon Meditation''

As co-leader

With Build an ArkPeace with Every Step Dawn
With Eternal WindEternal Wind Terra Incognita Wasalu
With Hu VibrationalBoonghee Music 1 Beautiful Boonghee Music 2 Universal Mother Boonghee Music 3 The Epic Botanical Beat Suite Boonghee Music 4 Timeless Boonghee Music 5
With Yusef LateefLive in Seattle
With Mandingo Griot SocietyMandingo Griot Society Mighty Rhythm
With Bennie MaupinSymphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef
With Universal QuartetThe Universal Quartet
  • ''Light''

As sideman

With Jon HassellCity: Works of Fiction Dressing for Pleasure Seeing Through Sound
With Bill LaswellKauai: The Arch of Heaven Against Empire
Dave LiebmanThe Unknowable Chi
With Yusef LateefTenors of Yusef Lateef and Archie Shepp The African-American Epic Suite for Quintet and Orchestra – rec. 1993The World at Peace – rec. 1995Beyond the Sky A G.I.F.T. Live at Luckman Theater Towards the Unknown – rec. 2009Voice Prints – rec. 2008
With ShadowfaxShadowdance The Dreams of Children Too Far to Whisper
With Wadada Leo SmithCompassion – rec. 2002Najwa – rec. 2014
With others