Christoph Adams

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Christoph Adams (born April 19, 1965 in Wittlich ) is a German jazz pianist .

Live and act

Adams studied jazz since 1986 at the Cologne University of Music with Frank Wunsch , John Taylor and Jiggs Whigham . Between 1995 and 1998 he lived in Malta and since then in Berlin. In 1986 he founded his first bands with Pepe Berns , Dietmar Fuhr , Christian Ramond , Reinhard Kobialka , Uwe Ecker , Peter Kahlenborn , John Schröder and Steve Argüelles . In 1992 he brought Ed Schuller and Ernst Bier into his trio, which also toured as Perry Robinson's quartet at times . Later on, Felix Astor and Paulo Cardoso and Carlos Bica respectively belonged to the trio that has been traveling with Paul Kleber and Astor under the name Trio'68 since 2004 . The trio was temporarily expanded to include small wind ensembles, including Sebastian Studnitzky , Nikolaus Neuser , Tilmann Dehnhard , Falk Breitkreuz , Gebhard Ullmann , Samon Kawamura and Jan von Klewitz . He also performed with Woody Shaw , Lew Soloff , Till Brönner and with Fred Kellner and the famous Soulsisters , Gitte Hænning , Lisa Bassenge , Pe Werner and Jazzanova .

According to Tom Lord , Adams was involved in ten jazz recordings between 1991 and 2008, including with Reiner Witzel ( Passage to the Ear ) and Perry Robinson ( Still Traveling ). In 2001 he received the Bernkastel-Wittlich district's cultural sponsorship award . He also has a teaching position at the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig .

Discographic notes

  • Featuring Ed Schuller & Ernst Bier (New Morning 1997)
  • Portraits in Black and White ( JazzHausMusik 1997, solo)
  • Pastime Paradise (Jazz Town 2000, with Ed Schuller and Ernst Bier)
  • Bossa no Piano (Contemplate 2013)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  2. ↑ Bernkastel-Wittlich Cultural Promotion Prize ( Memento from June 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ HMT Leipzig
personal data
SURNAME Adams, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz musician (piano, vocals)
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittlich