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Michael Adkins

MICHAEL ADKINS, a critically regarded jazz saxophonist and composer raised by Lake Huron’s juncture with the St. Clair River, has traveled a peripatetic landscape between Ontario, Michigan, New York, Boston, New York, the Mississippi Delta, New Orleans, and back again. Adkins’ work across these travels has been particularly influenced by musical relationships formed with drummers: a critically applauded recording and performances with fellow Canadian Ian Froman; performances and two acclaimed recordings with Paul Motian; current work with Rakalam Bob Moses, and five years of almost continuous sessioning and performances with the late Alvin Fielder, who summarized Adkins playing in three words: “He can swing.” Fielder, a founding member of the Black Arts Music Society and the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, himself traveled from his natal Meridian to New Orleans, Houston, Chicago, New York, and the world as a stellar improviser before returning to Jackson; Fielder’s musical contributions, dedication to jazz artistry, and devotion to the contributions of his family to African American civil rights and music remain legendary