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Alan Adams

One of the Pacific Northwest newest instrumental artist, the music of Alan Adams blends smooth jazz and mellow grooves, with traditional fusion. Using digital keyboard technology, Alan is an innovative composer and versatile musician, and he creatively paints the moments of his life on a musical canvass that is vivid with life and color.

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Alan Adams: My Notes

Read "My Notes" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


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 ...

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"Music this finely crafted and wrought was made not only to be listened to but heard and enjoyed, both actively and passively." - C. Michael Bailey, allaboutjazz.com (May 05, 2011)

"The instrumental wizardry on this record is rooted in his own fertile imagination.....it is one of the most alluringly mysterious exercises in smooth jazz this year. ." - Leslie Connors, JazzTimes (Dec 29, 2010)

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

My Notes

Self Produced
2011

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