Adam Rudolph

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Throughout his storied career, visionary percussionist and composer Adam Rudolph has continually ventured into unexplored regions of sound – some of them real, as his studies and travels have taken him around the world and into diverse cultures; and many of them imaginary, as he melds wide-ranging traditions into startlingly original music or conjures fantastic realms that he both envisions and investigates. As Rudolph describes his approach, "With every record and every concert, I'm always trying to do something I've never done before."

Rudolph accomplishes that daunting goal yet again with his breathtaking new album Focus and Field. The new eight-piece ensemble, an offshoot of his Go: Organic Orchestra, gathered for a mesmerizing performance at New York City's Roulette in March, mere days before the world seemed to stop with the impact of the global pandemic. The fragile yet utterly captivating mood summoned by Rudolph and his ensemble seems in retrospect to be prescient, a stunning showcase of the healing and communal powers of spontaneous composition.

PERSONNEL:

• Sumie Kaneko - (vocal, koto, shamisen)
• Stephanie Griffin – (viola)
• Kaoru Watanabe - (shinobue, noh kan, fue, taiko, percussion)
• Sara Schoenbeck - (bassoon)
• Ned Rothenberg - (shakuhachi, bass clarinet)
• Ivan Barenboim - (b flat clarinet, contra-alto clarinet)
• Michel Gentile - (c, alto, and bass flutes, bamboo flutes)
• Adam Rudolph - (handrumset)

TRACKS:

• 01. Tsuzumi ....... 28:47
• 02. Focus and Field ....... 7:00
• 03. Mu Wi ....... 9:24