-NEWS-
New CD "Looking East", now available!
Downloadable copy available at
Adam wins the 2008 Jupiter XO Student Jazz Solo Competition! Adam will receive a pro model XO saxophone and get to perform with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in April!
Check out the latest press on Adam Larson at the links below:
Listen to the entire 2007 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra concert at the 50th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival on NPR below!
Adam can be seen in the Clip of The 2007 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra on CNN below!
CNN: Monterey Jazz fest Coverage
WGLT - FM: Radio Interview
The Pantagraph:
-THE LATEST-
Adam Selected for the
2008 Telluride Student All Stars!
http://www.telluridejazz.org/allstars.html
Adam Selected for 1st Tenor in the 2008 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra!
http://www.montereyjazzfestival.org/2008/NGJO/index.php
Adam wins the 2008 Jupiter XO Student Jazz Solo Competition!
Adam selected for the 2008 Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Residency Program at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts!
www.kennedy-center.org/programs/jazz/jazzahead
Adam selected for 1st Tenor in the 2008 Jazz Band of America
Adam selected for 1st Tenor in the 2008 Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensemble
Adam receives National Honorable Mention and an Illinois Regional Scholar award for the National Foundation for the Arts Jazz Saxophone Category
ADAM TAKES BEST JAZZ COMPOSITION, IMPROVISATION, AND 2ND PLACE IN ARRANGING FOR THE 2007-2008 ILLINOIS ALL-STATE COMPOSITION CONTEST!!!!
Jazz Artist and Composer, Adam Larson, has been playing saxophone since 5th grade. Since then, Larson has garnered numerous awards that showcase both his abilities as a soloist and as a composer. Recently, Adam was selected to participate in the 2008 Telluride Student All Star Ensemble, was the winner of the 2008 Jupiter XO Solo Competition, and was selected for the 2008 Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Adam was also selected to play in the 2008 Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensemble, 2008 Jazz Band of America and was named a youngARTS National Honorable Mention Finalist, and an Illinois Regional Award Winner for the National Foundation for the Advance of the Arts Jazz Saxophone category. He has also been awarded best Jazz Composition and Improvisation for 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 Illinois All-State Composition Contest, and was a member of the 2007/2008 Illinois All-State Honors Jazz Combo. In addition Larson was a member of the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, 2007 Inaugural Jazz Band of America, and was 1 of 15 invitees to the 2007 Jazz Rising Stars Program at the Steans Institute for Young Artists invitation only workshop at Ravinia, in Chicago, IL. Larson has had the privilege to work with James Moody, Rufus Reid, Jim Mcneely, Billy Childs, Matt Wilson, Terrance Blanchard, Shelly Berg, Nathan Davis, Dr. Billy Taylor, Winard Harper, Curtis Fuller, Butch Warren, Wynton Marsalis, John McNeil, Bob Montgomery and many others . Larson will be attending the Manhattan School of Music in the fall on a full-tuition scholarship.
Upcoming Shows- (see Schedule for details
21- Private Function; ISU
27 - Adam Larson trio - Medici, Uptown Normal
28- Adam Larson Quartet, Entourage Lounge, 8-11pm