About Jordan
Rudess
Jordan Rudess entered the prestigious Juilliard
School of Music at the age of nine for classical piano training.
At age of nineteen, he began to include the rapidly developing
world of synthesizers in his recordings and performances. Today,
Jordan is a recording artist, composer, producer and performer.
Jordan Rudess was voted Best New Talent
after his release of "Listen" in the 1994 Keyboard
Magazine Readers Poll Keyboardist category, Jordan is the newest
member of the group Dream Theater. Jordan has played with guitarist
Steve Morse and the legendary Dixie Dregs. He has recorded and
toured with guitarist Vinnie Moore, written songs for- and recorded
with singer Annie Haslam (Renaissance) and has recorded tracks
with David Bowie. He has also toured internationally with fellow
keyboardist, Jan Hammer and legendary drummer Tony Williams and
regularly performs and records with Grammy award winners the
Paul Winter Consort. His scoring can be heard with International
Magician of the Year winner, Jeff McBride.
Jordan formed a two piece "power duo"
with Dregs drummer Rod Morgenstein after joining him in the 
Dregs. The Rudess Morgenstein Project is a high powered
progressive rock duo of keyboards and drums. The CD was released
by Domo Records worldwide. Jordan's third solo album has also
been released, and is entitled "Resonance."
Jordan can be heard along with Keith Emerson,
Rick Wakeman and Patrick Moraz playing Chopin's Revolutionary
Etude on "Steinway to Heaven", a Magna Carta release
featuring rock Keyboard virtuosos playing piano classics. Jordan's
recent releases include "Liquid Tension Experiment 2",
which is a collaboration between Jordan, John Petrucci and Mike
Portnoy of Dream Theater with bassist Tony Levin of King Crimson
and Peter Gabriel notoriety - and two performances on "Encores
Legends and Paradox" with drummer Simon Phillips, Violinist
Jerry Goodman and Producer Robert Berry. These releases are also
on the Magna Carta label. Dream Theater's newest album, entitled
"Scenes From A Memory", was released in the fall of
1999, to a warm reception from Dream Theater fans worldwide.
"Scenes" is available in stores now, from the Elektra
Entertainment Group.
In the wake of the album's release, Dream
Theater embarked on the Metropolis 2000 World Tour, and hundreds
of thousands of fans worldwide were captivated by the live show.
The tour resulted in the recent release of Metropolis 2000: Scenes
From New York, Dream Theater's first foray into the world of
DVD.
Upon returning home from the tour, Jordan
composed and recorded all the material for his upcoming solo
release on Magna Carta. The album is being mixed currently and
will be available soon.
Finally, Dream Theate
r is currently
in the studio writing and recording their newest material, to
be released sometime in the near future on Elektra.
American Red Cross-Sponsored Benefit Concert
with Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess Generates $12,000.00 To Aid
the Victims Of the World Trade Center Attack.
October 18, 2001- Nyack, New York - Jordan
Rudess, Dream Theater keyboardist and solo recording artist,
donated a check in the amount of $12,000.00 to the New York Chapter
of the American Red Cross. The funds represent 100% of the proceeds
from Jordan's benefit solo concert, which was held on September
24th, 2001, at the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center in Nyack,
NY. The performance, which was arranged less than one week prior
to the show date, was promoted in the New York Metropolitan area
on local radio programs and musician and music enthusiast web
sites. The concert drew approximately 300 attendees at $50 and
$100 per ticket.
The concert, which was digitally recorded,
will be quickly pressed to a Live CD and be sold through Jordan's
web site, http://www.jordanrudess.com, with proceeds, again,
going to the American Red Cross.
Jordan states, "I hope, in some small
way, the proceeds generated from my concert will offer some degree
of comfort to the families of the victims."
