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Yamaha S90 ES

Jordan just replied to a comment of mine saying that he was playing a Yamaha S90 ES in his recent videos and also for Explorations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLy6jAsArWo Oh, and for that matter, Explorations isn't on here either. http://www.jordanrudess.com/jr/index1.html Slashe50 03:13, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Genres

Should Classical Piano be in Jordan's Genres? After all he has made about 3 albums that are mainly classical piano.

And shouldn't he be put into the category "american heavy-metal keyboardists?" Dream theater's other two (former) keyboardists are, so why shouldn't Jordan?

He's origin isn't confirmed yet. --ΛэтєяиuS 10:42, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Use of Technology

I think the "Use of Technology" section is outdated
I don't think so. It states that information is from 2005, and to my knowledge it's correct. Do you have any other information?--RockyMM 23:43, 25 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You're right, he <endorses> Korg but still <uses> Kurzweil (http://www.jordanrudess.com/endorsements.shtml)
I added a real, true and veridic fact, the last sentence on jordan's biography.
Shouldn't the Continuum be added?
The Instruments that have an other page should be linked correctly. I'll see what I can do.

Image

Previous image I have uploaded was taken from official website, therefore I assumed that it was free to use ... Personaly, I think it was by far better picture than this one, but I'm too bothered to please everybody and put tags explaing the origin of everything I upload or every fact I write.--RockyMM 20:12, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The previous image is not free licensed, the new one is so policy is quite clear, we use the free licensed image. --Sherool (talk) 19:29, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that it was on the official website does NOT mean it was free to use!! Please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia:Copyrights policy, and copyright law, before uploading any more images! --149.159.113.157 16:09, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Origin

Can somebody confirm Jordan's origin? --Λeternus 18:44, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Earth I believe.--E tac 03:45, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Haha. No but seriously, I doubt the Israel thing. It would be good to get a confirmed source for that.

A 'source' has been added but it does not actually say or suggest tha Jordan himself is from Israel. It says someone else is and this may have cause confusion to whoever read it. Offski 02:20, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Footnote #1 says that Jordan Rudess discovered a talented musician who was from Israel, not that he himself is from Israel. In the same interview, it is rather strongly implied (though not explicitly stated) that he is from New York. Footnote #4 includes a sample of alleged correspondence between Rudess and an Israeli woman named Tal (which is a very common name over there, BTW); in this correspondence, he says that he would love to visit the country but it is "too turbulent" now; moreover, he mentions that he has never been to Israel.

I do not exactly know how to change the infobox or what to change it to (I don't have a source offhand that says the guy is American or a new Yorker) but it should be changed. The sources that have been cited here in no way indicate that he is Israeli. A lizard 23:05, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jordan's website record label's biography states that he is a "Great Neck native". No doubt Great Neck village in New York.

Regular Guitar

I know the lap steel guitar is listed under his instruments but shouldn't just the regular guitar/electric guitar be listed there, since he is a very competent player. There is a video on youtube of him endorsing the "Muse Receptor" and features him playing guitar for a bit. The burnanator 10:40, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, since he used it in his song, "Shifting Sands". I'm adding it right now. --ΛэтєяиuS 16:33, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Road Home

An unregistered user has added twice this "Road Home" album in Rudess' solo albums section. I want to know from him or any of you if this album actually exists. I haven't find it anywhere. --ΛэтєяиuS 08:07, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! Look at http://www.magnacarta.net/releases/jrtrh.html As far as I know this album was leaked

Hey! Thanks for the information. The album has been leaked, it's true... It's a tribute, though... --ΛэтєяиuS 18:48, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jordan rocks continuum hard this time! --ΛэтєяиuS 07:47, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jewish

Is Jordan Jewish in the terms of religion or nation? --ΛэтєяиuS 10:56, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did some research on this, and I came out in a conclusion that Jordan is an American by nationality and Jewish by religion. Maybe there will be some exact facts about this in the future. --ΛэтєяиuS 15:41, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

American is not a nationality, it's a citizenship. A nation is a people, like Italians, African-Americans, Rednecks :P, etc. 84.247.147.18 22:59, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

External links

This article has been tagged re external links more than 2 years ago, but it still appears to have problems. I have started the ball rolling by removing an ext. link to Jordan's YouTube page, which I believe crosses the line into unsafe territory. Could other editors bring their experience to the table to improve this article?CaesarsPalaceDude (talk) 09:56, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are right, most of the external links do not belong to the article. We should assess them using WP:LINKSTOAVOID and remove those that fall in categories to be avoided. I don't have the time to do it right now but I might get back to it later. Permafrost46 (talk) 17:33, 17 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All right, I removed 3 dead links to material not directly related to the article (like sound patches). I also removed a link to an open wiki, and a link to a fansite. Permafrost46 (talk) 01:44, 18 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Vocals

"Vocals" is listed at Jordan's instruments, but I've never heard of him doing any kind of vocal work, except for a couple of informal videos. If nobody objects, I'll remove it. Victão Lopes ^Fala! 16:38, 12 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Nobody objected, so I'm removing it. Victão Lopes ^Fala! 00:28, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I just saw this. He sings on his album Listen. So please add the vocals again. --Λeternus ^(talk) 10:54, 24 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A guitarist

In the intro sentence, should not he be introduced as a guitarist too? RockyMM (talk) 22:49, 19 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

He's mostly known as a keyboardist, and even his mobile app development work seems to be more discussed in sources than his guitar contributions. The article barely mentions his work on the guitar, actually. I remember some years ago I attempted to add "guitar" as one of the instruments on the infobox and that was rejected on similar grounds. Victor Lopes ^Fala!•C 15:27, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Complex

I've got a couple of newspaper articles on Rudess' first band Complex w his old Juilliard instructor. I think it makes sense to add a few sentences about that in a paragraph preceding Bleau Ocean. Justinkrivers (talk) 14:24, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ok I added a section on Complex, I think it's particularly interesting as it presages a theatrical imagination in his later work. But here's my real question: what's the deal with the band Ocean Star? it's referenced in a few places as having an album released, but I have no other articles about it. Very curious.Justinkrivers (talk) 15:24, 23 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sources for reinstating Jewish background

The article had previously stated that Jordan Rudess was born into a Jewish family, until this statement and the associated categories were removed in this 19 July 2022 edit as unsourced: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jordan_Rudess&diff=prev&oldid=1099196672

That part was indeed unsourced, although I remembered reading about it elsewhere so I went looking. Currently what I've been able to find is a supposed 2007 interview from jewishtelegraph.com, posted in medium.com (https://mike1cohen.medium.com/why-jordan-put-family-before-fame-42677aa7f8f4), where Rudess discusses his grandfather being a Rabbi, going to Hebrew school as a child and his daughters having bat mitzvahs, but I can't find the interview on the original website (it is possibly archived in a pay-walled section), so I'm not sure the Medium post is reliable enough as a source. Otherwise I found a couple of interviews with Rudess on Israeli metal websites where this is mentioned, but they are in Hebrew and probably not the best sources for English Wikipedia.

What's left is that the first reference on this article (https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/26/style/nancy-kornfeld-becomes-a-bride.html?sec=&spon=), which comes to clarify the spelling of his surname, mentions the wedding of him and his wife taking place in a Jewish temple and being officiated by a rabbi. One thing though is that the synagogue/temple in question seems to be of Reform Judaism, and these have sometimes allowed for interfaith wedding ceremonies.

Any chance the wedding reference is good enough? Or perhaps someone manages to find a better source for a relevant interview?ThisNameIsAvailable (talk) 04:49, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]