Adam Rudolph's and Ralph Jones first performed together in 1974 at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival. They have collaborated together in numerous projects including their collective quartet Eternal Wind (1980 - 1990) Kenne Cox's Guerrilla Jam Band, de Candombe, Wadada Leo Smith, and Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures. In 1988 they began their association with Yusef Lateef with whom they have performed and recorded in Trio Quartet, Octet and as featured soloists in Dr. Lateefs "The African American Epic Suite" with the Koln, Atlanta, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras.