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Adam Kolker

Adam Kolker is a multi-talented performer, composer and arranger. He performed and recorded with latin-jazz artist Ray Barretto from 1994 through 2002 (with whom he received two GRAMMY nominations). He also appears in New York City with groups including the Village Vanguard Orchestra, Fred Hersch's "My Coma Dreams," the Maria Schneider Orchestra, Bruce Barth, Judi Silvano, Lucia Pulido, and his own groups with John Abercombie and Billy Hart. He has recorded with Bruce Barth, John Hébert, Marty Ehrlich, The Story, Bobby Previte, Gunther Schuller, Bruce Saunders, Frank Carlberg, among others. Adam is also a member of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground, was a full time Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst from 1999-2008 and currently teaches at Kutztown University and Prinz Claus Conservatory in the Netherlands. Kolker’s first release as a leader, “Crazybird”, on A Records with Tim Hagans, Kevin Hays, Jeff Ballard and Doug Weiss, reached the Top Ten on the CMJ Charts, and received critical acclaim from such publications as Jazz Times, JazzIz and the Village Voice. Other CDs include “Sultanic Verses” (Satchmo Jazz Records) with Bruce Barth, Billy Hart, Ray Barretto and John Hébert, “Change Of Time” (OmniTone Records) a trio with Russ Lossing and John Hébert, performing music based on music by Bela Bartok which received 4 1/2 stars in Downbeat Magazine and was voted one of the Top CD's of the Decade. “Meditacions” (Satchmo Jazz Records) co-led with Catalan drummer Xavi Maureta, received the award for "Best Modern Jazz CD" from the Catalan Jazz Society in 2002, and Kolker’s "Flag Day," (Sunnyside) with John Abercrombie, John Hébert and Paul Motian, received critical acclaim from the New York Times, Jazz Times, Stereophile, and Downbeat. In May 2011, Kolker released “Reflections” (Sunnyside), with John Abercrombie, John Hébert, Russ Lossing, Billy Mintz, Judi Silvano and Kay Matsukawa

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Night City

Label: Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records
Released: 2024

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Los Trabajos Y Las Noches

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Pido el silencio; Antes; Moradas; Fronteras inútiles; Signos; Los trabajos y las noches; Crepúsculo; Verde paraíso; Nombrarte; Amantes; Del otro lado.

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Elegy for Thelonious

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Spooky Rift We Pat; Out Of Steam; Wanting More; Elegy For Thelonious; Scallop’s Scallop; Wrinkle On Trinkle; Brake Tune.

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Article: Album Review

Frank Carlberg Large Ensemble: Elegy for Thelonious

Read "Elegy for Thelonious" reviewed by Mark Corroto


There was a sardonic saying circulating a few years ago that observed, “It's Frank Sinatra's world, we just live in it." While that was a backhanded compliment, tailoring it to the subject of this large ensemble recording, we would call it a commendation. Pianist, composer, and conductor Frank Carlberg is telling us, “It's Thelonious Monk's world, ...

Article: Album Review

Roxana Amed, Frank Calberg: Los Trabajos Y Las Noches

Read "Los Trabajos Y Las Noches" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


La seconda collaborazione tra la cantante argentina Roxana Amed e il pianista finlandese Frank Carlberg continua a esplorare l'introspettivo mondo della poetessa Alejandra Pizarnik. Dopo La sombra de su sombra questo progetto prende il nome da uno dei massimi testi della poetessa, “Los trabajos y las noches," scritto nel 1965 dopo il suo ritorno a Buenos ...

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Alternative Side Parking Music

Label: Aqua Piazza Record
Released: 2023
Track listing: Honk...; Cloned; Next 3 km; Move It Over; Parallel Park; Double Park...; Rain/Ramadan; Meter Maid...; Cloned Again; Turn...".

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Alternate Side Parking Music

Label: Aqua Piazza Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Honk...; Cloned; Next 3 km; Move It Over; Parallel Park; Double Park...; Rain/Ramadan; Meter Maid...; Cloned Again; Turn...".

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Voice - Instrument Duos

Read "Voice - Instrument Duos" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


Here are three examples of vocalists working in close partnership with either a pianist or guitarist, all producing excellent results. Edward Simon Femeninas ArtistShare 2023 Pianist Edward Simon gets sole credit on the cover of this album, but this is equally a feature for vocalist Magos Herrera ...

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Article: Album Review

Russ Lossing: Alternate Side Parking Music

Read "Alternate Side Parking Music" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Pianist Russ Lossing is not one to let imposed downtime go to waste. The imposition comes from New York City's regulations concerning alternate side parking which requires, only one day per week, that cars park on one side of the street, for street cleaning purposes. The evening car-moving causes jostling. Sometimes open spots are not readily ...


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