Adam Birnbaum
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| Background information | |
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| Genres | Jazz |
| OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Musician, composer, arranger |
| InstrumentTemplate:Pluralize from text | Piano |
| Years active | 2000s–present |
| Website | adambirnbaum.com |
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Adam Birnbaum (born 1979) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He was the winner of the 2004 American Piano Awards Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz.
Life and career
Birnbaum was born in 1979 in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][2] He studied "music theory, chamber music, and classical and jazz performance" at the New England Conservatory of Music's Preparatory School.[2] He graduated from Boston College in 2001, and went on to study at the Juilliard School.[2] In 2004, he won the American Piano Awards Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz.[3] Birnbaum toured Japan and South Korea in 2008 as part of the Juilliard Jazz All-Stars.[4]
In 2008 Birnbaum received a Chamber Music America grant to compose music for a piano trio.[5] From around 2009 Birnbaum has been part of drummer Al Foster's quartet.[6]
Playing style
The DownBeat reviewer of Birnbaum's 2015 album Three of a Mind commented that the pianist "has a light touch, with playing that dances over the bars. He favors major keys, and his lyricism seems to sparkle".[7]
Discography
An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release.
As leader/co-leader
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
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| 2006* | Ballade pour Adeline | Pony Canyon | Trio, with Matt Brewer (bass), Quincy Davis (drums) |
| 2006* | A Comme Amour | Pony Canyon | Trio, with Ben Wolfe (bass), Rodney Green (drums) |
| 2008* | Travels | Smalls | Trio, with Joe Sanders (bass), Rodney Green (drums) |
| 2015* | Three of a Mind | Daedalus | Trio, with Doug Weiss (bass), Al Foster (drums) |
| 2023 | Preludes | Chelsea Music Festival | Trio, with Matt Clohesy (bass), Keita Ogawa (percussion)[8][9] |
As sideman
| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label |
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| 2003 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Say It | M&I |
| 2004* | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Small Hours | CDBaby |
| 2004* | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Besame Mucho | M&I |
| 2008* | Script error: No such module "Sort". | 9 Levels | Inner Circle |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About | Adam Birnbaum biography". adambirnbaum.com.
- ^ a b c "Adam Birnbaum" Script error: No such module "webarchive".. New York Youth Symphony. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ "Adam Birnbaum Named Cole Porter Fellow" Script error: No such module "webarchive".. (May 26, 2004) JazzTimes.
- ^ "School Notes" (September 2008), Down Beat. p. 92.
- ^ "New Jazz Works". Chamber Music America. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
- ^ Chinen, Nate (February 16, 2015), "Review: Estelle, Adam Birnbaum, and Sonny and the Sunsets Release New Albums". The New York Times.
- ^ Silsbee, Kirk (April 2015), "Adam Birnbaum – Three of a Mind". DownBeat. p. 54.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mandel, Howard (December 2023). "Adam Birnbaum: Preludes". DownBeat. Vol. 90, no. 12. p. 63.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Preludes". Chelsea Music Festival Records. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
External links
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