Biografi of Jordan Rudess by Vernanda
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Born : November
4, 1956 (age 50)
Origin :
Israel [citation needed]
Genre(s) :
Progressive metal
Jazz fusion
New Age
New Age
Instrument(s) :
Keyboards
Continuum
Lap steel guitar
Years active :
1981 [citation needed] – present
Associated :
Dream Theater
Acts :
Dixie Dregs
Liquid Tension Experiment
It is an inspiring figure he named Jordan
Rudess (born Jordan Rudes on November 4, 1956) is a Juilliard-trained
keyboardist most famously known as a member of the progressive metal band Dream
Theater. Rudess is the first keyboardist to bring a Haken Continuum on to a
live stage.
Jordan was recognized by his 2nd grade
teacher as an exceptional piano player, and was immediately given professional
tuition to enhance his prodigious talents. By the age of nine he entered the
prestigious 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 advice and wishes of his
parents and tutors, he decided to turn away from classical piano and try his
hand as a solo progresive 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.[citation needed] Two of the bands who took notice of the
up and coming young star were The Dixie Dregs and Dream Theater, both of whom
invited him to join their respective bands. Jordan chose the Dregs primarily
because being a part time member of the band would have less of an impact on
his young family, a choice he wasn’t given with Dream Theater.
During his time with the Dregs, Jordan
formed a so-called “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 Jordan’s, so he and Rod 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 RPM) and have since
released a studio and a live record.Jordan 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, Jordan was chosen to fill the
keyboardist spot in the band, which also consisted of Tony Levin and Mike’s
Dream Theater colleague John Petrucci. During the recording of Liquid Tension
Experiment‘s two albums, it became evident to Mike and John that Jordan was
precisely what Dream Theater needed. They asked Jordan to join the band, and
when he accepted they released their then-keyboardist Derek Sherinian to make
way for Jordan.
Jordan 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 3 other studio albums since then; 2002′s
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, 2003′s Train of Thought, and 2005′s
Octavarium. In addition, he has appeared on the live albums Live Scenes From
New York , Live at Budokan and Score.
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