Merely a Traveler on the Cosmic Path

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With "Merely a Traveler on the Cosmic Path" drummer and percussionist Adam Rudolph and Ralph Jones on various woodwind instruments present their first studio recording as a duo. Their first recorded collaboration, YEYI (MTA 11) was voted one of the years top 10 CDs of 2011 by NY City Jazz Record. Dusty Groove called it "A dreamlike flow of elemental sounds and masterful moods". Rudolph's refers to Jones as "the greatest woodwind player you may not have heard of," and the description is apt. Jones' wide-ranging career has included recordings and performances with the likes of Yusef Lateef, Pharaoh Sanders, Ahmed Abdul Malik, Ella Fitzgerald, Wadada Leo Smith, Ken Cox, Detroit's MC5, and his own group, the Seekers of Truth Revolutionary Ensemble.