Contemplations, by Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures

Contemplations

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1.	Black Cherry Lotus 05:08	buy track
2.	Bardo 02:15	buy track
3.	Abmilakelo 04:54	buy track
4.	Ascent 08:33	buy track
5.	Midnight 01:22	buy track
6.	Light Upon Light 07:11	buy track
7.	Spiral 02:43	buy track
8.	The Elders 05:24	buy track
9.	Nascence 02:45	buy track
10.	Mirto 03:51	buy track
11.	Primal Iridescence 02:13	buy track
12.	Emptiness and Form 04:48	buy track
13.	Jumpover 04:26	buy track
14.	Chandrikans 08:02	buy track

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released August 12, 2016

Adam Rudolph: Udu Drum, Hand Drums, Thumb Pianos, Talking Drum, Bendir, Selya Flute, Balafon, Brekete, Tajida, Naqqara, El. Keyboards, Gongs, Cymbals, Percussion

Hamid Drake: Trap Drums, Vocal, Def, Tumba, Bendir

Ralph Jones: Soprano & Tenor Saxophone, C and Alto Flute, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano, Shenai, Ney, Bamboo Flutes

Federico Ramos: Acoustic Guitar, Charango, 'Ud, Bamboo Flutes

Oguri: Dance

All compositions by Adam Rudolph except Bardo, Spiral, Nascence, Primal Iridescence, and Jumpover by Rudolph & the ensemble

Light Upon Light by Drake & the ensemble dedicated to Shaykh Nur-al Jerrahi (Lex Hilton)

Mirto by Ramos & the ensemble

Midnight by Jones & Rudolph

Migration Music BMI

Recorded live in studio on March 11 & 12, 1997 at Stagg Street Studios by Gary Denton

Additional recording by Adam Rudolph

Mixed at El Dorado Studios by Brian Carlstrom

Mastered at Pacific Coast Sound Works by Mark Waldrep

Concert photo by Roger Burns

Artwork and poetry by Adam Rudolph

Design & layout by Kam

Produced by Adam Rudolph

Dedicated to our friend and teacher Don Cherry

A Special Thank You to Yusef Lateef and Ngakpa Chögyam Rinpoche

Contemplation

If on a summers night
the axis
balanced
rises slowly.
All moments hence
pause
lightly...
gesture perhaps.

If in repose
after rain showers song
the thinker
not thinks
yet again.

Ah, steam rises
from concretes heat
misting in the dark.
Lungs expand and contract.
Midnights rhythm
caresses each and every one
being human being
the stillness
the dampness...
the turn.

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