Los Angeles based Baritone Saxophonist Adam Schroeder is rapidly becoming a major force throughout the global jazz scene. Schroeder is known equally for his studious leadership as well as his musicality in Anthony Wilson’s Nonet (Los Angeles), Bennie Wallace’s Nonet (New York), the Clark Terry Big Band (New York), & the Adam Schroeder Quartet/Quintet.
“Buoyant interpretations leap from fluid, Art Tatum-ish runs to shimmering, Bill Evans-like harmonies.” – The London Sunday Times
Largely self-taught, or rather, “old-schooled,” Asherie learned the ropes at Smalls, spending much of his early teens becoming a fixture of the late-night jam sessions held at this now legendary Greenwich Village club in New York City. Mentored by the late Frank Hewitt, Asherie began to develop “his virtuosity and his ear for clean, crisp lines” (The Star-Ledger). Later, an admiration for earlier piano styles took hold; soon enough Asherie had absorbed them into his playing becoming, in the words of The New Yorker, “A master of swing and stride.” His present style combines this broad tradition, merging idioms into a distinctly personalized approach.