Adam Meckler

Adam Meckler: Magnificent Madness

by Angelo Leonardi
September 16, 2019

Non so se Minneapolis è considerata “provincia" nel vasto territorio statunitense (nel campo del jazz certamente si, rispetto ai poli storici di New York, Los Angeles e Chicago) ma spesso dalla provincia giungono alte prove di creatività. Il trombettista, educatore e bandleader Adam Meckler deve ancora trovare ampi riconoscimenti ma il suo debutto orchestrale del 2014 (When The Clouds Look Like This) e un paio di lavori in quintetto hanno evidenziato le sue doti di fantasioso solista e orchestratore. Come ...

Adam Meckler Quintet: Wander

by Vic Albani
October 12, 2016

Secondo album in quintetto per Adam Meckler, talentuoso trombettista di Minneapolis, già messosi in luce con la sua “Orchestra," combo di diciotto elementi più volte citato da molti articolisti statunitensi come una delle migliori nuove realtà del jazz a stelle e strisce degli ultimi anni. Il lavoro, edito dall'attenta Shifting Paradigm Records, è stato registrato dal vivo in tre differenti serate in tre diversi locali del mid-west americano. “Post-bop di provincia," ha scritto qualcuno di quegli articolisti, ...

Adam Meckler Orchestra: When The Clouds Look Like This

by Dan Bilawsky
September 30, 2014

The image that adorns the cover of When The Clouds Look Like This--three weathered valves rising from the mist, a finger button inexplicably missing from the middle valve--is something of a mystery. Is it a riddle? A metaphor of some sort? Or is it simply an image that appealed to these musicians? Only those involved with the project can answer those questions, but the cover is certainly thought provoking, just like the music that sits beneath it. ...

Take Five With Adam Meckler

by AAJ Staff
August 31, 2009

Meet Adam Meckler: Trumpeter, composer and educator Adam Meckler graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI in 2007 with a degree in trumpet performance and an emphasis in jazz studies. He was a member of LU's Down Beat award-winning Jazz Ensemble (2007) and studied privately under the direction of critically acclaimed composer and educator Fred Sturm. He was the recipient of LU's prestigious jazz composition award being inducted in to the Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society, and Phi Mu Alpha ...

The Adam Meckler Quintet Announces Release of Debut Album

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

Jazz trumpeter Adam Meckler and his quintet are set to release their first full-length album. Since relocating to Minneapolis in 2008, Meckler — who hails from Chicago and studied at Lawrence University — has quickly established himself as a bright star in the Twin Cities jazz scene. As a trumpet player, Meckler already finds himself in a class of his own locally, combining technical savvy with fresh, thoughtful improvisation — but it's perhaps his compositions that make this young musician ...
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Adam Meckler Releases Debut Album

Source: All About Jazz
August 28, 2009

After an unexpected end to his father's life, Meckler began making plans to record an album in his memory.

Teaming up with some of the Twin Cities' most prominent small group jazz musicians, Meckler brings us a mix of rock infused modern jazz music influenced by a wide range of artists including Dave Douglas and Happy Apple.

The album tells the sad story of Meckler's father's untimely passing and the emotions that so vividly followed. At times the music is ...
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