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Jordan Rudess

Jordan Rudess

Real/full name:
Jordan Charles Rudes
Age:
67 (born Nov 4th, 1956)
Place of birth:
United States (Great Neck, New York)
Gender:
Male

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 ...

Trivia

Was Dream Theater's first choice to replace Kevin Moore in 1994, but turned down the offer to play with The Dixie Dregs. Jordan reconsidered the position after playing with John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy in Liquid Tension Experiment, and finally joined the band in January 1999 to record Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, replacing Derek Sherinian.

He was a live keyboardist for Deep Purple ...

Dream Theater

Keyboards (1999-present)

1999 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory Keyboards
2000 Through Her Eyes (Single) Keyboards
2000 Fan Club Christmas CD 2000 (Compilation) Keyboards
2001 Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York (Video) Keyboards
2001 Metropolis 2000: Scenes from New York (Video) Keyboards
2001 Live Scenes from New York (Live album) Keyboards
2002 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Songwriting, Keyboards
2003 Train of Thought Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-7)
2003 Graspop Festival 2002 (Live album) Keyboards
2004 Master of Puppets (Live album) Keyboards
2004 Live at Budokan (Video) Keyboards
2004 Live at Budokan (Live album) Keyboards
2004 A Sort of Homecoming (Fan Club CD 2004) (Compilation) Keyboards
2005 A Walk Beside the Band (Video) Keyboards
2005 The Number of the Beast (Live album) Keyboards
2005 When Dream and Day Reunite (Live album) Keyboards
2005 When Dream and Day Reunite (Video) Keyboards
2005 Octavarium Continuum, Lap steel guitars, Keyboards
2006 Romavarium (Fan Club DVD 2006) (Video) Keyboards
2006 Dark Side of the Moon (Live album) Keyboards
2006 Dark Side of the Moon (Video) Keyboards
2006 Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra (Live album) Keyboards, Continuum, Lap Steel Guitar
2006 Score - 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra (Video) Keyboards, Continuum, Lap Steel Guitar
2007 Forsaken (Single) Keyboards
2007 Forsaken / Set the World on Fire (Split) Keyboards
2007 Systematic Chaos Continuum, Keyboards
2007 Made in Japan (Live album) Keyboards
2007 Bucharest, Romania 7/4/02 (Video) Keyboards
2008 Forsaken EP (EP) Keyboards
2008 Chaos in Motion 2007-2008 (Video) Keyboards
2009 Stargazer (Single) Keyboards
2009 Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley (Single) Keyboards
2009 Odyssey (Single) Keyboards
2009 Take Your Fingers from My Hair (Single) Keyboards
2009 Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part II (Single) Keyboards
2009 Black Clouds & Silver Linings Songwriting (tracks 1, 2, 4-6), Keyboards, Continuum
2009 To Tame a Land (Single) Keyboards
2009 Uncovered 2003-2005 (Live album) Keyboards
2009 Train of Thought - Instrumental Demos 2003 (Demo) Keyboards
2009 Santiago, Chile 12/6/05 (Video) Keyboards
2009 Progressive Nation 2008 (Live album) Keyboards
2009 Wither (EP) Keyboards
2010 Raw Dog (Single) Keyboards
2010 God of War: Blood & Metal (Split) Keyboards
2011 On the Backs of Angels (Single) Keyboards
2011 A Dramatic Turn of Events Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-8)
2013 The Enemy Inside (Single) Keyboards
2013 Along for the Ride (Single) Keyboards
2013 Dream Theater Keyboards, Songwriting (tracks 1-9)
2013 Live at Luna Park (Live album) Keyboards
2013 Happy Holidays (Live album) Keyboards
2014 Illumination Theory (EP) Keyboards
2014 Breaking the Fourth Wall (Live from the Boston Opera House) (Live album) Keyboards
2016 The Astonishing Songwriting, Keyboards
2016 Our New World (Single) Keyboards
2018 Untethered Angel (Single) Keyboards
2019 Fall into the Light (Single) Keyboards
2019 Paralyzed (Single) Keyboards
2019 Distance over Time Songwriting, Keyboards
2020 Distant Memories - Live in London (Live album) Keyboards
2021 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Images and Words - Live in Japan, 2017 (Live album) Keyboards
2021 The Alien (Single) Keyboards
2021 Invisible Monster (Single) Keyboards
2021 A View from the Top of the World Keyboards
2022 ...and Beyond - Live in Japan, 2017 (Live album) Keyboards
2022 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Live in Berlin (2019) (Live album) Keyboards
2023 Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Live at Madison Square Garden (2010) (Live album) Keyboards
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Jordan Rudess

Keyboards, Vocal Effects, Guitars (1988-present)

1988 Arrival (Demo) Keyboards
1993 Listen Vocals, Keyboards
1997 Secrets of the Muse Piano, synth
1997 Rudess / Morgenstein Project (Collaboration) Keyboards, Vocal Effects, Guitars
1999 Resonance Piano, Keyboards
2000 An Evening with John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (Collaboration) Keyboards
2001 Warzone XIII (The Dream Theater Projects) (Split) Keyboards, Vocal Effects, Guitars
2001 Feeding the Wheel Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals (effects)
2002 Christmas Sky Keyboards, Piano
2002 4NYC Keyboards
2003 Aldebaran (Collaboration) Moog Minimoog Model D, Moog Minimoog Voyager
2004 Polaris (Collaboration) Keyboards, Vocal Effects, Guitars
2004 Rhythm of Time Vocals (lead) (tracks 9, 10)
2004 Rhythm of Time Keyboards
2005 Tarazed (Collaboration) Keyboards, Vocal Effects, Guitars
2006 Keyboard Madness (Video) Piano, Synthesizer
2006 A Fistful of Patchcords (Video) Synthesizer [Moog Minimoog Model D, Moog Minimoog Voyager, Roland V-Synth, Arrick Modular Synthesize
2006 Keyfest Live! (Video) Piano, Synthesizer
2006 Prime Cuts (Split) Keyboards, Vocal Effects, Guitars
2006 Orion (Collaboration) Moog Minimoog Model D, Moog Minimoog Voyager
2007 The Road Home Keyboards, Vocal effects, Guitars
2009 Notes on a Dream Piano
2013 All That Is Now Piano
2014 Explorations Grand piano, Keyboards, Effects
2015 The Unforgotten Path Everything
2017 Light Becomes Day (Single) Keyboards, Vocal Effects, Guitars
2017 Intersonic (Collaboration) Piano, Synthesizers, Geoshred, Morphwiz, Seaboard, Continuum, Eigenharp
2018 The Vault (Compilation) Keyboards
2019 Wired for Madness Keyboards, Vocals, Guitars, Whispers (track 1)
2019 Heartfelt Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer
2020 Unplugged Piano
2021 A Chapter in Time Keyboards
2024 Embers (Single) Keyboards, Vocal Effects, Guitars
2024 Permission to Fly Keyboards, Vocal Effects, Guitars
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Levin Minnemann Rudess

Keyboards

Liquid Tension Experiment

Keyboards (1997-present)

1998 Liquid Tension Experiment Keyboards
1999 Liquid Tension Experiment 2 Keyboards
2001 Warzone XIII (The Dream Theater Projects) (Split) Keyboards
2009 Live in LA (Live album) Keyboards
2009 Live in NYC (Live album) Keyboards
2009 Live in NYC (Video) Keyboards
2009 Live in LA (Video) Keyboards
2009 Liquid Tension Experiment Live 2008 (Boxed set) Keyboards
2021 The Passage of Time (Single) Keyboards
2021 Beating the Odds (Single) Keyboards
2021 Liquid Tension Experiment 3 Keyboards
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Symphony North

Keyboards

Dixie Dregs

Keyboards (1994)

Liquid Trio Experiment

Keyboards (1998, 2008)

2007 Spontaneous Combustion Keyboards
2009 When the Keyboard Breaks: Live in Chicago (Live album) Keyboards (track 1), Guitars (track 7)

Speedway Blvd.

Keyboards (1980)

Vinnie Moore

Keyboards (1988)

1988 Time Odyssey Keyboards

Deep Purple

Keyboards (2020)

Dixie Dregs

Keyboards (2024-present)

Affector

2012 Harmagedon Keyboards

Ayreon

2013 The Theory of Everything Keyboards (CD1 track 7)

Behold the Arctopus

2007 Skullgrid Keyboards (lead) (track 7)

Brainslug

2023 Thrash Grandad (Single) Keyboards
2023 Brainslug Keyboards (track 3)

Charlie Griffiths

2022 Tiktaalika Keyboards (track 4)

Daniel J

2005 Losing Time Keyboards (tracks 3, 7, 13)

K3

2007 Under a Spell Keyboards (track 6)

Lalu

2013 Atomic Ark Piano (tracks 9, 10), Songwriting (track 10), Keyboards (solo) (track 9)
2022 Paint the Sky Keyboards (track 8)

Scream Maker

2014 Livin' in the Past Intro keyboards

Sylencer

2012 A Lethal Dose of Truth Keyboards (track 10)

Vinnie Moore

2019 Soul Shifter Piano (track 6)

Virtual Symmetry

2014 Program Error (We Are the Virus) (Single) Keyboard solo
2016 Message from Eternity Keyboards (track 2)
2020 Exoverse Keyboards (tracks 1, 8, 'secret track')

Dream Theater

1999 Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory Arrangements (choir), Conductor

Jordan Rudess

1988 Arrival (Demo) Producer
1993 Listen Producer
1997 Secrets of the Muse Producer
1997 Rudess / Morgenstein Project (Collaboration) Producer
2000 An Evening with John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess (Collaboration) Songwriting (tracks 1-6, 8-10)
2001 Feeding the Wheel Producer
2004 Rhythm of Time Producer
2006 Prime Cuts (Split) Producer
2007 The Road Home Producer
2009 Notes on a Dream Producer
2013 All That Is Now Producer
2014 Explorations Producer
2015 The Unforgotten Path Producer
2017 Intersonic (Collaboration) Recording, Engineering
2019 Wired for Madness Producer
2020 Unplugged Producer
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Marty Friedman

2024 Drama Recording (additional)
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