THE JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION awarded Rufus a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship for composition. The resulting three-movement work, MASS TRANSIT, was debuted by the Idyllwild Arts Academy Symphony Orchestra in Idyllwild, CA, and Los Angeles, CA, on May 7 & 8, 2011, conducted by Peter Askim. Motéma Music, in 2010, released, Rufus Reid Trio – OUT FRONT, recording to critical acclaim. June 2010, Rufus Reid was awarded the prestigious MacDowell Colony Fellowship. HUES OF A DIFFERENT BLUE, is Rufus Reid’s OUT FRONT Trio’s latest and second Motéma Music recording released in April, 2011.