Adam Larson

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Adam Larson (born January 6, 1991 ) is an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , composition ).

Live and act

Larson, who is from Normal, Illinois , started playing the saxophone when he was eleven. During his high school years he already had the opportunity to perform in formations and at events such as The Grammy Band, Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, Betty Carter Jazz Ahead, YoungArts Jazz Fellows, Telluride Student All-Stars and Jazz Band of America . After earning a bachelor's degree at the Manhattan School of Music in 2012, a master’s degree followed, also at the Manhattan School; In 2014 he graduated with distinction, combined with the William H. Borden Award for outstanding jazz performance.

Larson released his first album under his own name in high school in 2008, which was followed by other publications, such as his own production Selective Amnesia (Inner Circle Music 2015), which received positive reviews in publications such as The New York Times , Down Beat and Saxophone Journal. He is currently working with his own quintet, with whom he has performed in well-known New York jazz clubs such as Birdland , The 55 Bar, The Jazz Gallery , Blue Note , Village Vanguard , Smalls , Cornelia Street Café . He also works with Jamie Cullum , Ted Rosenthal , Ari Hoenig , the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra , Otis Brown III , Michael Rodríguez and Helen Sung . In 2015, Larson toured Africa with his quartet on behalf of the State Department as part of the American Music Abroad program . He currently teaches in the Jazz for Young People program at the Jazz at Lincoln Center . Larson lives in Manhattan with his family. In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was only involved in four recording sessions between 2010 and 2012.

Discographic notes

  • Looking East (2008)
  • Simple Beauty (2012), with Can Olgun, Nils Weinhold, Raviv Markovitz, Jason Burger, Guilhem Flouzat
  • Second City (Inner Circle Music 2017, with Rob Clearfield , Clark Sommers, Jimmy Macbride )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b portrait (AllAboutJazz)
  2. ↑ a b Adam Larson. Smalls, January 9, 2019, accessed January 9, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 10, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Larson, Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1991