Adam Benjamin (musician)

Adam Benjamin is an American jazz keyboardist and composer. He is a founding member of Kneebody, and leads an active career as a performer and writer. He has been recognized as a Rising Star in Jazz by Downbeat Magazine.[1]

Background

Benjamin attended the Eastman School of Music and California Institute for the Arts, where he received a bachelor's and master's degree in jazz studies. Since then, he has performed at numerous festivals and clinics with groups such as Kneebody, Dave Douglas's Keystone, So Percussion, Beck, and Joshua Redman. He has served as adjunct faculty at California Institute of the Arts, University of Southern California, the School for Improvisational Music, and the Banff Jazz Workshop.[2] He is currently serving as the jazz piano instructor at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he resides.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Kneebody

With Dave Douglas & Keystone

With Darek Oleskiewicz

With Jimmy Chamberlin

With Donny McCaslin

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20110616024345/http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=criticspoll. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Adam Benjamin Biography - The Banff Centre". Banffcentre.ca. Retrieved 2015-06-17.

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