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Adrian Cohen
Upstate New York pianist Adrian Cohen has been recognized multiple times as Best Pianist, as well as Best Jazz Ensemble (for the Adrian Cohen Quartet), and Best Jazz Musician by Metroland Magazine.
Adrian has composed music for radio and television including clients such as WHMT TV (PBS) and WAMC (NPR), and can be heard on the soundtrack for the Miramax film "The Castle". He has opened for artists such as Terence Blanchard, Larry Coryell, and K.D. Lang, and recently performed with the Charles Neville Quartet at the legendary Blue Note in New York.
Cohen's theater credits include two productions of "Always...Patsy Cline" for Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany NY, and a month long stint serving as musical director/pianist/conductor for the same show at the historic Lyceum Theater in Arrowrock, Missouri. Cohen has also been pianist for productions of "Forever Plaid" and "The Song Of Singapore" (pianist/conductor), at Capital Repertory Theater.
Adrian, when not performing with various incarnations of The Adrian Cohen Group, maintains a busy roster of private students, is a dance accompanist at Skidmore College, and freelances as a pianist/keyboardist for several regional artists in a variety of styles. He released his debut recording "Standardized" in 2003, and his 2nd disc as a leader, 'Delphic', will be released on October 24th 2008.
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Adrian Cohen: Delphic
by Alexander M. Stern
Five years have passed since pianist Adrian Cohen released his debut CD, Standardized (Independent, 2003), an exhilarating exploration of the jazz repertoire in a trio setting. In that time, both Cohen's abilities and his reputation have grown. With Delphic, Cohen meets and exceeds the promise of his first disc.
The album takes its title from the oracle of Apollo whose temple stood at the foot of Mount Parnassus. The Greek God Apollo spoke through this oracle proclaiming, among other things, ...
read moreThe Adrian Cohen Trio: Standardized
by Alexander M. Stern
The body of music collectively known as “standards” consists of old show tunes, pop songs, and contributions to the jazz songbook by some of the most important composers and improvisers in the history of the music. These works became known as standards because they represented a musical lingua franca, a common language of shared cultural references, a well-spring from which any number of musicians who had never before met could draw in order to communicate their ideas.
Standards remain a ...
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