Jazz Articles about Nicki Adams

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Album Review

Jaana Narsipur: The Re-Collection

Read "The Re-Collection" reviewed by Pierre Giroux

by Pierre Giroux
June 11, 2026

There are few things more revealing than the songs we hold close from our formative years. Jaana Narsipur on The Re- Collection opens her musical scrapbook of Brit-pop and adult contemporary staples, reimagining them as living, breathing jazz narratives. The result is an album that feels deeply personal without tipping into self-indulgence. Pianist and music director Nicki Adams has taken Narsipur's intricate arrangements and expanded them into expressive jazz frameworks, leaving ample room for improvisation. Other first-rate ensemble members include ...

Album Review

Nicki & Patrick Adams: Lynx

by Dan Bilawsky
February 22, 2021

The bonds of brotherhood--literal and figurative--are strong in the music of pianist Nicki Adams and trumpeter Patrick Adams. Using their duo debut as an opportunity to cross-pollinate jazz and classical ideals and language, they revel in connectivity on multiple planes. Each of the Adams brothers selected four pieces for Lynx. All are familiar, yet none are formulaic in fashion. The wreathed nature of this style-twining project and the creative thrust powering this pair see to it that ...

Album Review

Nicki & Patrick Adams: Lynx

by Maurizio Zerbo
February 2, 2021

L'ascolto di questo CD desterà sicuramente l'interesse del pubblico italiano nei confronti dei fratelli Nicki e Patrick Adams, giovani promesse del jazz statunitense. La loro tecnica sopraffina, rispettivamente al pianoforte e alla tromba, si abbina a una fervida inventiva che vola in alto verso territori raramente esplorati nell'improvvisazione jazzistica. Il loro retroterra eurocolto riaffiora qui come sostrato armonico che va a integrarsi felicemente con il jazz, per dar luogo ad un progetto variopinto e ricco di contrasti. Troviamo ...