Jazz Articles about Alan Adams

Alan Adams: My Notes

by C. Michael Bailey
May 5, 2011

Solo piano recordings of all-original music often bear the burden of being dumped in the same genre bin with George Winston, Jim Brickman and David Lanz. For Portland, Oregon native Alan Adams, this would not be only unfair, it would be unfortunate. Music this finely crafted and wrought was made not only to be listened to but heard and enjoyed, both actively and passively. My Notes is a collection of fourteen Adams original compositions with a decidedly ...