Feeding The Wheel

With Feeding The Wheel Juilliard-trained keyboardist Jordan Rudess has created an album of challenging, life-affirming keyboard rock to nourish the soul. It is nothing new for this consummate artist, a man who has collaborated with a myriad of prog greats to get to where he is today. The resume is daunting: Dream Theater (his current band), Dixie Dregs, Liquid Tension Experiment. As well, there have been fruitful, productive liaisons with Jan Hammer, Vinnie Moore, Tony Williams, Annie Haslam, Rod Morgenstein, along with three previous solo albums. Jordan Rudess is busy. But 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. In additon, the CD features blazing guitaristic contributions from Steve Morse and John Petrucci.