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| Adam Glaser Trio - Wide Awake - conductor and composer Adam Glaser makes his recording debut as a jazz leader Drawing inspiration from legends ranging from Bill Evans and Brad Mehldau to Robert Schumann and Igor Stravinsky, pianist, conductor and composer Adam Glaser makes his recording debut as a jazz leader with his Trio's Wide Awake. Alongside standards "My Romance" and "I Got a Name, " the album includes a host of originals such as the upbeat opener, "If You Don't Mind, " lyrical waltzes "November" and "True to You, " and ballads "Before the Dawn" and "Lullaby for a Little Boy." With a nod to his orchestral conducting background, the album also features Glaser's "Sacrificial Rhumba, " inspired by Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, and "Day Trip to Cologne, " inspired by Schumann's Rhenish Symphony. Acclaimed bassist Pete Coco and drummer Chris Smith round out the trio. One of the most engaging and versatile conductors on the classical scene today, Adam Glaser serves as Music Director of the professional-caliber Juilliard Pre-College Orchestras, which he has conducted in over 50 concerts at New York's Lincoln Center, and as the Director of Orchestras at Hofstra University. Career highlights include a nine-concert residency with the Symphonia Boca Raton, multiple appearances with the symphonies of Wheeling, Illinois and Victoria (BC) and the NYU Orchestras, and collaborations with such distinguished artists as Itzhak Perlman, Joyce Yang, Conrad Tao, Timo Andres and Monica Yunus. Selected honors include the American-Austrian Foundation's Karajan Fellowship for Young Conductors, which sponsored his residence at the Salzburg Festival and the Vienna Philharmonic's Attergau Orchestra Institute. With the release of his debut CD, Wide Awake, Glaser takes an important step forward as a jazz pianist and recording artist. In recent years, he has been a featured guest artist with the Hofstra Jazz Ensemble performing the music of Duke Ellington, and led his own quartet at the Usdan Center Festival Concert Series. In 2019, he made his New York City Opera debut conducting the world premiere of Ted Rosenthal's acclaimed jazz opera, Dear Erich. As a founding member of Philork Jazz, Glaser has performed with this unique group of Philadelphia Orchestra musicians since 1999, joining forces with guest artists Larry McKenna (saxophone), John Blake (violin) and Tony Miceli (vibes) among others. Equally at home across the spectrum of pop, jazz and contemporary music, he has also collaborated with such diverse artists as the bluegrass-inspired DePue Brothers Band and world-music fusion ensemble Batik. An established composer, Glaser's works have been performed by over 30 orchestras throughout the U.S. and Canada, including the orchestras of Philadelphia, St. Louis, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Utah, Vancouver and Toronto. Profoundly committed to arts education and community engagement, Glaser is the creator and host of The Composer's Paintbrush, a series in which he leads audiences through an exploration of the creative techniques behind musical masterworks, originally commissioned and presented by New York's prestigious Morgan Library & Museum. A native of Long Island, New York, Glaser earned graduate degrees in orchestral conducting from the Curtis Institute of Music and the University of Michigan, an MBA from the Ross School of Business (University of Michigan), a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, and a diploma in composition from the Juilliard Pre-College Division. PLAYERS & INSTRUMENTS: Adam Glaser, piano Pete Coco, bass Chris Smith, drums TRACKS AND TIMES & COMPOSER: 1. If You Don't Mind (5:40) 2. November (5:09) 3. I Got a Name (4:23) 4. Day Trip to Cologne (inspired by Schumann's Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 97, Rhenish) (6:21) 5. True to You (5:10) 6. Before the Dawn (5:41) 7. Sacrificial Rhumba (inspired by the "Sacrificial Dance" from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring) (6:40) 8. Lullaby for a Little Boy (5:48) 9. My Romance (8:28) **All songs by Adam Glaser (Pickle Jar Music, ASCAP), except "I Got a Name, " by Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, and "My Romance, " by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. write your comments about the article :: © 2020 Jazz News :: home page |