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Symphonic Tone Poem for Brother Yusef

by Bennie Maupin & Adam Rudolph

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    A1 FIRST MOVEMENT
    A2 SECOND MOVEMENT
    A3 THIRD MOVEMENT (Part 1)

    B1 THIRD MOVEMENT (Part 2)
    B2 FOURTH MOVEMENT
    B3 FIFTH MOVEMENT

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    1. FIRST MOVEMENT
    2. SECOND MOVEMENT
    3. THIRD MOVEMENT
    4. FOURTH MOVEMENT
    5. FIFTH MOVEMENT

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Strut present an exclusive collaboration between two jazz greats, Bennie Maupin and Adam Rudolph, on ‘Symphonic Tone Poem For Brother Yusef’, originally commissioned by the Angel City Jazz festival in Claremont, to mark the late, great Yusef Lateef’s 100th birthday on 9th October, 2020.

The album weaves a magical, meditative path across five movements, combining electronics, saxophone, voices and Rudolph’s wide palette of percussion from hand drums to thumb pianos and gongs. “I learned so much from Yusef about intervals,” explains Rudolph. “Greats like Yusef, Ornette Coleman and Coltrane stopped using traditional harmonic forms and introduced systems of working with intervals. So, there was an intellectual process with this album, but mostly it was just intuitive. What I love about intuition is that it erases its own tracks behind it. On the 5th Movement of this album, I was working around a major seventh but 90% of what happened was instinctive. It is a unique moment; you can’t go back and recreate it.”

Both artists bring unparalleled experience to the project. Detroit’s Bennie Maupin is best known for his work with Miles Davis on Bitches Brew, Herbie Hancock and The Headhunters and Eddie Henderson. Chicago percussionist Adam Rudolph was Yusef Lateef’s percussionist for 20 years and has worked with many other jazz luminaries including Pharoah Sanders, Wadada Leo Smith and Don Cherry. His work with Mandingo Griot Society during the ‘70s and ‘80s and, more recently, leading Hu Vibrational and Go Organic Orchestra constantly break new ground in the use and context of percussion.

“Brother Yusef was a luminous being who continues to be an inspiration to so many of us,” continues Rudolph. “He was a great teacher, not only of music, but also of how to live as an artist and as a human being.”

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released June 17, 2022

All music composed by Adam Rudolph and Bennie Maupin
Organic arrangements, Orchestrations and Electronic Processing by Adam Rudolph
Produced by Adam Rudolph
Production Assistance by Carlos Niño
Recorded at Clear Lake Studio, New Jersey
Woodwinds Recorded by Chris Harbach and Jonathan Rowden, assisted by Farrokh Shroff at Redgate Recorders, California
MIxed by James Dellatacoma at Orange Music Sound Studio, New Jersey
Mastered by Peter Beckmann at Technology Works.
Vinyl cut by Frank Merritt at The Carvery
Cover art by Nancy Jackson, based on a Lateef saying, "Have you noticed the leaves waving to you? It's okay to wave back.”
Photography by Ozier Mohammed and Toussaint Maupin

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Adam Rudolph New York, New York

Composer, improviser, and percussionist

Hailed as “a pioneer in World music” by the NY Times and “a master percussionist” by Musician magazine.

Current projects include Go: Organic Orchestra, Moving Pictures, and Hu Vibrational.

Performed and recorded extensively with Yusef Lateef from 1988-2013

Also with Don Cherry, Jon Hassell, Sam Rivers, Pharoah Sanders, Fred Anderson, and many others.
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