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Musician

Adam O'Farrill

Born: 1994

Brooklyn native, Adam O'Farrill (b. 1994) has emerged as a “rising star as a player and composer” (PopMatters) and “a blazing young trumpet talent” (The New York Times). Coming from a rich musical lineage, Adam’s grandfather was the boundary-pushing Cuban composer and arranger, Chico O’Farrill; his father is the composer, pianist, and activist, Arturo O’Farrill; his mother, Alison Deane, is a classical pianist and educator; and his brother, Zack O’Farrill, is a drummer and composer, who also performs in Adam’s band, Stranger Days. Further shaped by growing up in the rich and diverse musical community of New York City, Adam has cemented himself as one of the most in-demand trumpet players in New York City, as well as internationally. He has collaborated and performed with the likes of Hiromi, Mary Halvorson, Anna Webber, Samora Pinderhughes, Kaoru Watanabe, Tyshawn Sorey, Mulatu Astatke, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer, Stimmerman, Patricia Brennan, Son Lux, Micah Thomas, and Sunny Jain.

Album

Members... Don't!

By Tyshawn Sorey

Label: Pi Recordings
Released: 2026
Track listing: Abstrusions; Effi; Absolutions; Equipoise (pt. 1); Equipoise (pt. 2); Libra; Members, Don't Git Weary.

Album

Elephant

By Adam O'Farrill

Label: Out Of Your Head Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Curves and Convolutions; Sea Triptych, Pt. 1 – Along the Malecon; Sea Triptych, Pt. 2 – The Three of Us; Floating; Sea Triptych, Pt. 3 – Iris Murdoch; Eleanor’s Dance; Herkimer Diamond; The Return; Thank You Song;

Album

In Real Life

By JabFung

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Changes; Stronger Still; Respite Piano Smash; In Transit, Undefined, Skander; Methadone for Doomscrolling; Future Tense; Woven

Article: Radio & Podcasts

An outstanding new release from Emma Dayhuff featuring Isaiah Collier and Paul Cornish, Kevin Sun's latest, Jane Ira Bloom and Caleb Wheeler Curtis with Jason Moran

by Hobart Taylor
September 30, 2026

Music from Anna Webber's latest projects, her nonet and Shimmer and Wince, saxophonist Alain Bradette and a classic cut from Frank Wess. Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Jane Ira Bloom “ White Tower" from Light from a Person (Outline) 00:07 Alain Bradette"Lunatic" from For My Loved Ones (Quantum Gravity) 06:24 Host Speaks 13:10 Anna Webber ...

Article: Live Review

Adam O'Farrill's ELEPHANT at BOP STOP

by John Chacona
September 26, 2026

Adam O'Farrill's ELEPHANT BOP STOP at the Music Settlement Cleveland, OH September 9, 2026 What might have been on the minds of listeners who considered attending a concert by Adam O'Farrill's ELEPHANT, but who didn't know quite what to expect? Since the band had a name and not a ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kris Davis Trio, Trumpeter Giveton Gelin, Steve Swallow's latest + Poet Anne Waldman, Thurston Moore and James Ilgenfritz set Willam S. Burroughs' Cut Ups to Music

by Hobart Taylor
September 23, 2026

New music from the Kris Davis Trio, pianist Marta Warelis, poet Saul Williams, and rising trumpet star Gaveton Gelin. Host Speaks 00:00 Agneya Chitke “ Naima" from Agneya (Self-Produced) 00:13 Kris Davis Trio “Congestion Pricing" from Lost In Geneva (4166 Records) 05:41 Host Speaks 13:54 Saul Williams “Baobab Constellations (feat. Carlos Niño)" from ...

Song of the Day

Respite Piano Smash

September 3, 2026

Album: In Real Life
By JabFung
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Duration: 09:36

Video

Herkimer Diamond

Featuring the music of Adam O'Farrill
Duration: 07:18
August 2, 2026

With his quartet and album, both called ELEPHANT, trumpeter Adam O’Farrill achieves new heights in modern jazz that make you think… and nod approval. The son of master pianist Arturo O'Farrill, this trumpet player has carved out a personal sound that incorporates modern jazz, cinematic themes and indie rock. On ELEPHANT, he updates the approach. First, Adam is now the sole horn, which make his bell tone, splats and blats, and electronic effects each pop. Second, his configuration now includes a chordal component, Yvonne Rogers on piano, prepared piano and synth, who delivers off-kilter harmonic clusters and stuttering patterns that feel compatible with jazz or modern classical compositions. Finally, his bassist Walter Stinson and drummer Russell Holzman create fluidity while locking in hip hop-tight. The title of the song “Herkimer Diamond” refers to quartz crystals that, through natural processes, emerge from the ground exceptionally translucent and multi-faceted – an apt description for a track that begins as a jam and transforms into a shifting soundscape and groove.

Article: Radio & Podcasts

2026 New Releases, Part 1

by Jon Greenbaum
August 1, 2026

These kinds of lists are like a mirror; our aesthetic preferences reflect back to us who we are. This list is saying I-don't-care-much-for-walking-bass-or-the-accepted-conventions-of-the-jazz-tradition. I don't want to accept that truth. I want to love The Tradition. And in my defense of my fealty to straight ahead jazz I will say that I just got ...