Adam Holzman (pianist)

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Adam Holzman (born February 15, 1958 in New York City ) is an American fusion musician ( piano , keyboard ).

Live and act

Holzman received piano lessons from the age of twelve. Through his father, the music producer Jac Holzman , he came into contact early on with rock musicians such as Ray Manzarek , with whom he participated in a rock version of the Carmina Burana by Carl Orff produced by Philip Glass . He played in various rock and funk groups and worked as a midi specialist in a music store. After completing his music studies in 1984, Miles Davis drew him to record Tutu . In 1985 he became a member of the Davis Band, where he was initially the second keyboardist and from 1988 (after the departure of Robert Irving III ) as the first keyboardist and musical director. At the end of 1989 he left Miles Davis' band to go on tour with Michel Petrucciani .

Between 1992 and 1994 he worked for both Chaka Khan and Robben Ford , but was also active with his band project "Mona Lisa Overdrive". In 1995 he went on a world tour with Wayne Shorter . In 1997 he presented his band "Brave New World" in Europe, with which he made numerous records. He also worked with Grover Washington , Mino Cinelu , Joe Lovano , Anthony Jackson , Buster Williams , Wallace Roney , Steps Ahead and the Kelvynators . He can also be heard on albums by Bob Belden , Robin Kenyatta and Teo Macero . In 2011 he played on the world tour of Steven Wilson , on which his solo album Grace for Drowning was presented; participated in the recording of Wilson's third album The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories) and the tour that followed. In 2015 Holzman was also part of the lineup on Steven Wilson's album Hand. Cannot. Erase. and can also be seen live on the following world tour. He is also a member of Franz Hackl's IDO Quartet .

Discographic notes

  • In a Loud Way (1993)
  • Overdrive (1994)
  • Manifesto (1995)
  • The Big Picture (1997)
  • Jazz Rocket Science (2005)
  • Spork (2011)
  • Truth Decay (2018)

Lexical entry

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ also: Martin Kunzler: Jazz-Lexikon . Directmedia Publ., Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89853-018-3 (1 CD-ROM)
personal data
SURNAME Holzman, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City