Jazz trombonist Joel Adams will perform with other members of North Central College’s acclaimed jazz faculty Oct. 10 at the College. The performance begins at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, in the College’s Madden Theatre at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave. Tickets are $20/adults and $15/students and senior citizens; call the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit northcentralcollege.edu/showtix.
A Chicago-based jazz performer and composer, Adams holds a degree from the University of North Texas. He won the prestigious International Trombone Association’s Frank Rosolino Jazz Award and was awarded a Dallas Jazz Society Scholarship while a member of the Dallas Jazz Orchestra.
He has toured with the Woody Herman Orchestra and performed with such jazz greats as Clark Terry, Joe Williams, Diane Schuur and Dizzy Gillespie. While living in New York City, Adams had the opportunity to play with Rich Perry and the Gary Morgan Latin Big Band.
Locally, he has performed with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble with Jon Faddis and with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, as well as with such artists as Doug Lawrence, Jimmy Heath, Arturo Sandoval, Clyde Stubblefield and more.
Adams has taught at the Milwaukee Conservatory of Music and has served on the faculties of the Whitewater Jazz Camp and Birch Creek Music Camp. He leads and composes for the large jazz ensemble the Chicago Yestet, whose album “Jazz Is Politics” features many of his compositions.
Jazz trombonist Joel Adams will perform with other members of North Central College’s acclaimed jazz faculty Oct. 10 at the College. The performance begins at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, in the College’s Madden Theatre at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave. Tickets are $20/adults and $15/students and senior citizens; call the North Central College Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or visit northcentralcollege.edu/showtix.
A Chicago-based jazz performer and composer, Adams holds a degree from the University of North Texas. He won the prestigious International Trombone Association’s Frank Rosolino Jazz Award and was awarded a Dallas Jazz Society Scholarship while a member of the Dallas Jazz Orchestra.
He has toured with the Woody Herman Orchestra and performed with such jazz greats as Clark Terry, Joe Williams, Diane Schuur and Dizzy Gillespie. While living in New York City, Adams had the opportunity to play with Rich Perry and the Gary Morgan Latin Big Band.
Locally, he has performed with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble with Jon Faddis and with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra, as well as with such artists as Doug Lawrence, Jimmy Heath, Arturo Sandoval, Clyde Stubblefield and more.
Adams has taught at the Milwaukee Conservatory of Music and has served on the faculties of the Whitewater Jazz Camp and Birch Creek Music Camp. He leads and composes for the large jazz ensemble the Chicago Yestet, whose album “Jazz Is Politics” features many of his compositions.