What did Jordan Rudess do before he joined Dream Theater?
Jordan is a Julliard educated keyboardist with influences ranging from Beethoven and Chopin to ELP, pop and prog bands. He worked with Dixie Dregs, Vinnie Moore, Dream Theater and others. He and Rod Morgenstein opened for DT during a set of Christmas shows in New England, and they went on to release Rudess Morgenstein Project, an all instrumental keyboard/drum duo. In 1998 he worked with John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, and Tony Levin on Liquid Tension Experiment. It was the success and chemistry of that all instrumental project that influenced Dream Theater’s decision to hire Jordan as their new keyboardist.
