Adam Rudolph
Composer and percussionist Adam Rudolph has spent over four decades performing worldwide, releasing over 30 recordings showcasing his compositions and percussion skills. He leads ensembles such as Moving Pictures, Hu Vibrational, and Go: Organic Orchestra, known for its unique music notation and conducting system. Rudolph has collaborated with a diverse array of artists including Don Cherry, Jon Hassel, and Philip Glass. He is recognized as a pioneer of World Music, co-founding the Mandingo Griot Society in 1978 and pioneering fusion with Moroccan Gnawa music in 1988 alongside Hassan Hakmoun.
For the past four decades, composer and percussionist Adam Rudolph has performed extensively throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. He has released over 30 recordings under his own name, featuring his compositions and percussion work. Rudolph composes for his ensembles Moving Pictures, Hu Vibrational, and Go: Organic Orchestra, a 30-piece group for which he has developed an original music notation and conducting system. Rudolph has performed with Don Cherry, Jon Hassel, Sam Rivers, Pharaoh Sanders, Muhal Richard Abrams, Shankar, Dave Liebman, Wadada Leo Smith, Philip Glass, and Fred Anderson, among others. He toured extensively and recorded 15 albums with Yusef Lateef, including duets and their large ensemble compositional collaborations.
Rudolph is known as one of the early innovators of World Music. In 1978 he co-founded, with Foday Musa Suso, the Mandingo Griot Society, one of the first groups to combine African and American music, and in 1988, he recorded the first fusion of American and Moroccan Gnawa music with sintir player Hassan Hakmoun.