Trombonist Joel Adams is a performer and composer based in the Chicago area. Adams won the prestigious International Trombone Association Frank Rosolino Jazz Award and a Dallas Jazz Society Scholarship while a member of the Dallas Jazz Orchestra. While touring with the Woody Herman Orchestra, he performed with Clark Terry, Joe Williams, Dizzy Gillespie and Diane Schuur. He has also performed with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble with Jon Faddis and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, as well as Doug Lawrence, Jimmy Heath, Arturo Sandoval, and Clyde Stubblefield. Adams also leads and composes for the Chicago Yestet, which features many of his compositions in the ensemble's current CD "Jazz Is Politics?" The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Madden Theatre, 171 E. Chicago Ave. Tickets are $15 for Adults and $12 for Students and Seniors; call the box office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit www.northcentralcollege.edu/showtix.