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Adam Rudolph

jazz composer, percussionist

From: Chicago, United States
Since: 1955–present
Releases: 22

About

Adam Rudolph (born September 12, 1955) 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.

From Adam Rudolph on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Mandingo Griot Society 1978–now, now other vocals, percussion, congas, bongos, timbales, bell, djembe, talking drum
Hu Vibrational now percussion
Karuna Trio now flute, bowed string instruments, mbira, percussion, bongos, sampler, keyboard, djembe, gong, gumbri, udu, cajón, bendir, marímbula, donso ngɔni
Adam Rudolph’s Moving Pictures now eponymous, other vocals, percussion, membranophone, sampler, didgeridoo, keyboard, talking drum, flute, mbira, gong, cymbal, udu, balafon