Jordan Rudess - Discography

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Biography

Rudess was born in 1956 into a Jewish family. He was recognized by his 2nd grade teacher for his piano playing and was immediately given professional tuition. At nine, he entered the Juilliard School of Music Pre-College Division for classical piano training, but by his late teens he had grown increasingly interested in synthesizers and progressive rock music. Against the counsel of his parents and tutors, he turned away from classical piano and tried his hand as a solo prog rock keyboardist.

After performing in various projects during the 1980s, he gained international attention in 1994 when he was voted "Best New Talent" in the Keyboard Magazine readers' poll after the release of his Listen solo album. Two of the bands who took notice of Rudess were The Dixie Dregs and Dream Theater, both of whom invited him to join. Rudess chose the Dregs, primarily as being a part time member of the band would have less of an impact on his young family, a choice he was not given with Dream Theater.
Rudess is also noted for composing the Toys "R" Us theme tune, from their highly popular adverts during the 1990s.[citation needed]
During his time with the Dregs, Rudess formed a "power duo" with drummer Rod Morgenstein. The genesis of this pairing occurred when a power outage caused all of the Dregs' instruments to fail except Rudess', so he and Morgenstein improvised with each other until power was restored and the concert could continue. The chemistry between the two was so strong during this jam that they decided to perform together on a regular basis (under the name Rudess/Morgenstein Project or later RMP) and have since released a studio and a live record.

Rudess encountered Dream Theater once again when he and Morgenstein secured the support slot on one of Dream Theater's North American tours.
In 1997, when Mike Portnoy was asked to form a supergroup by Magna Carta Records, Rudess was chosen to fill the keyboardist spot in the band, which also consisted of Tony Levin and Portnoy's Dream Theater colleague John Petrucci. During the recording of Liquid Tension Experiment's two albums, it became evident to Portnoy and Petrucci that Rudess was what Dream Theater needed. They asked Rudess to join the band, and when he accepted they released their then-keyboardist Derek Sherinian to make way for him.
Rudess has been the full-time keyboardist in Dream Theater since the recording of 1999's Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory. He has recorded 4 other studio albums: 2002's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, 2003's Train of Thought, 2005's Octavarium, and 2007's Systematic Chaos. In addition, he has appeared on the live albums Live Scenes From New York, Live at Budokan and Score.
Rudess says his influences as a keyboardist are Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman and Patrick Moraz. His favourite bands include Gentle Giant, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson, Jimi Hendrix, Autechre, and Aphex Twin

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Listen (1993)

1. Listen to the Voice
2. Inspiration
3. Beyond the Shoreline
4. Fade Away
5. It's a Mystery
6. Feel the Magic
7. Invisible Child
8. Across the Sky
9. Take Time
10. Danielle
11. Boogie Wacky Woogie

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Secrets Of The Muse (1997)

1. Stillness
2. Deepest Love
3. Autumn Fire
4. Gentle Ways
5. Footpath
6. Virgin Snow
7. Darkness
8. Drifting East
9. A Call For Beauty
10. Cradle Song
11. New Life
12. So It Is
13. Sunset Swingset

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Resonance (1999)

1. Resonance
2. Timeline
3. Flying
4. Catharsis
5. Tears

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Feeding The Wheel (2001)

1.The Voice (Intro)
2.Quantum Soup
3.Shifting Sands
4.Dreaming In Titanium
5.Ucan Icon
06.Center Of Sphere
7.Crack The Meter
8.Headspace
9.Revolving Door
10.Interstices
11.Feel The Wheel

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Rudess Morgenstein Project - The Official Bootleg (2001)

1. Over the Edge
2. Drop the Puck
3. Crossing Over
4. Don't Look Down
5. Night Wind
6. Dead in the Water

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4NYC (2002)

1.My Thoughts
2.If I Could
3.A Step Beyond
4.Outcast
5.Lamb Chops
6.Within
7.One Voice
8.Real Time
9.Mourning After
10.Darkness To Day
11.Speed As Light
12.On My World
13.For You

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Christmas Sky (2002)

1.White Christmas
2.God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
3.Silent Night
4.The Little Drummer Boy
5.I Wonder When I Wander
6.The Christmas Song
7.O Holy Night
8.What Child Is This?
9.It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
10.The First Noel
11.Andelusion (Original Song)

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An evening with John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (2004)
1. Furia Taurina
2. Truth
3. Fife and Drum
4. State of Grace
5. Hang 11
6. From Within
7. The Rena Song
8. In The Moment
9. Black Ice
10. Bite of The Mosquito

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Rhythm Of Time (2004)

1.Time Crunch
2.Screaming Head
3.Insectsamongus
4.Beyond Tomorrow
5.Bar Hopping With Mr. Picky
6.What Four
7.Ra
8.Tear Before The Rain

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The Road Home (2007)

1. Dance on a Volcano
2. Sound Chaser
3. Just The Same
4. JR Piano Medley
5. Piece of the Pi
6. Tarkus

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Rudess Morgenstein Project / Silly Putty Sounds (Live) 2007

CD 1
1. Over The Edge (edit)*
2. Crossing Over
3. Voice Synth & Keys
4. Crossing Over (reprise)
5. Roland V-Synth GT
6. Don't Look Down
7. Silly Putty Sounds
8. Screaming Head
CD 2
1. Rod Morgenstein’s Speech
2. Night Wind
3. Drop The Puck
4. The Vocal Modeller
5. RA
6. Rod’s Thank You Speech
7. Dead In The Water

Notes: Track 01 contains a mid track edit as a few seconds of recording is missing due
to an inexplicable mini-disc error

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