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)
References
External links
Adam Rudolph at Meta Records
Radio interview with Adam Rudolph
1955 births
Living people
American jazz percussionists
American world music musicians
Justin Time Records artists
Flying Fish Records artists
RareNoiseRecords artists