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Jordan Rudess is the amazing keyboard wizard for Dream Theater. He also is involved in numerous side projects and has a tremendous following. If you are a keyboardist or simply a fan of Jordan's playing, you owe it to yourself to check out these other offerings...

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	Jordan's latest solo effort, The Road Home, was released September 12, 2007. Listen to free samples of Jordan's music.
	An Evening with John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess: This 2000 performance by John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess was truly special as most of the compositions were written in a relatively short period. Petrucci effortlessly switches from acoustic to electric and his chosen notes during the improvisations are stunning. The same can be said of Rudess, whose virtuosity on the piano is breathtaking.
	Rhythm Of Time: Check out samples from this disk on Amazon.com. Special guests on "Rhythm of Time" include Joe Satriani; Dixie Dregs’ guitarist Steve Morse, bassist Dave LaRue and drummer Rod Morgenstein; Vinnie Moore; Greg Howe; and Kip Winger.
	Prime Cuts: Dream Theater aside, Jordan’s solo output has been prolific and of substance, while his side projects have always captured the interest of a wide range of fans, many of whom follow his every move in the intertwined worlds of composition and keyboard technology.
	Feeding the Wheel: Feeding The Wheel is a milestone in the man's personal expression, comprising eleven instrumental tracks (with a bit of dramatic spoken word) that demonstrate the skills of a man that is both technologically and technically at the top of his game.
	ForNYC: On September 24, 2001, Jordan Rudess held a benefit concert at the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center, in Nyack, New York. This album is comprised of performances from that concert and studio recordings he improvised the following week in his studio.
	Total Keyboard Wizardry: Take your playing to the next level with Jordan Rudess, the Julliard-trained, award-winning keyboardist of Dream Theater! Work at your own pace to improve your skills in physical technique, improvisation, soloing and comping with clear, easy-to-follow directions and exercises that create real results.
	Dream Theater Keyboard Anthology: One of the post popular metal bands of all time, Dream Theater, is known for not compromising their musical vision and staying true to their unique style. Transcriptions for all the keyboard parts to 15 Dream Theater songs.

More information coming soon. For now, check out these great sites:

www.jordanrudess.com

http://www.jordanrudess.com/forum/index.php

From Wikipedia:

Rudess 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 council 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.[citation needed] Two of the bands who took notice of the young 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.

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.