THE ARTISTS At 78 years of age, DR. YUSEF LATEEF is a master improviser and composer with over 70 recordings under his own name. His explorations into sound have led him from study of Eastern music since the 1950's to a recent four year Senior Research Fellowship at Ahmadu Bello University, in Zaria, Nigeria. He contributed to the legendary groups of Dizzy Gillespe, Charles Mingus and Cannonball Adderly and led his own ensembles in tours worldwide. He has composed for and performed with the Detroit, New World, and Augusta Symphony Orchestras. His recent work "The African American Epic Suite" was recorded and performed by the Cologne Radio Orchestra and featured himself and Adam Rudolph as soloists. Dr. Lateef also has many publications to his credit in both music and literature. He is currently a Visiting Professor of Music at the University of Massachusetts. Composer and hand percussionist ADAM RUDOLPH has been hailed as "a pioneer in world music" by the New York Times and "a master percussionist" by Musician magazine. He has recorded extensively and performed at festivals and concerts throughout the North & South America, Europe and Japan, with Don Cherry, Shankar, Foday Musa Suso, Kevin Eubanks, Pharoah Sanders, and Hassan Hakmoun. He has received grants from the Cary Trust & NEA and has released several recordings and toured internationally his own ensemble, Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures. His first opera, The Dreamer recently premiered to coincide with it's CD release. |
