Brian Adler

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About me:Brian Adler is a NY based drummer who is most at home playing various forms of improvised music. These include but are not limited to: straight-ahead jazz (both the straight and the swung kinds), free jazz (which is not really free), groove-based, ethnic, chamber-jazz, folk, and Indian music.

He is particularly inspired by mysticism and incorporates this into his music. This includes using the poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, Lao Tsu, Issa, and Kabir and Shankarcarya as spring boards for composition, primal grooves, and sound scapes based on ritual.

Brian Adler has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Ran Blake, Frank Carlberg, Dave "Fuze" Fiuczynski, Dave Holland, Erik Lawrence, Joe Lovano, Kate McGarry, Stomu Takeishi, Ray Vega and others. He studied with Billy Hart, Misha Masud, Joe Morris, and Bob Moses.

Adler is the back-bone of Prana Trio and is the founder of Circavision Productions a record label, publishing house and production entity. Adler plays tablas in Tanya Jacobs' Pakistani Ghazal group Nazranah and drums in the cartoon music group, Spacely Sprocket. He also plays in Ray Vega and Sharon Spinetti's Ambos Mundos, a group that plays the music of Debussy, Villa Lobos, Piazzolla, as well as others.

Brian holds a Bachelor's Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music.

Member Since:January 25, 2004

Last Login:January 5, 2007

Location:Bronx, NY

Schools:New England Conservatory

Other Distractions:Poetry of Lao Tzu, Rumi, Hafiz, Mirabai, Shankarcarya, Issa, Kabir, Cummings, Neruda

SHOWS FOR Brian Adler's TRACKED ARTISTS

within miles of EverywhereGo

Date Artist Venue Location

11/27/09 Fri Chick Corea Blue Note Tokyo, JP
11/28/09 Sat Ahmad Jamal Congress Theater Chicago, IL
11/28/09 Sat Chick Corea Blue Note Tokyo, JP
11/28/09 Sat Stevie Wonder MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, NV
11/29/09 Sun Chick Corea Blue Note Tokyo, JP
11/30/09 Mon Chick Corea Blue Note Tokyo, JP
12/01/09 Tue Kronos Quartet Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, CA
12/01/09 Tue Chick Corea Blue Note Tokyo, JP
12/02/09 Wed Chick Corea Blue Note Tokyo, JP
12/05/09 Sat Black Eyed Peas Parque Alameda Poniente Mexico City, MX
12/05/09 Sat Chick Corea Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay Singapore, SG
12/08/09 Tue Chick Corea Hult Center Eugene, OR
12/09/09 Wed Rufus Wainwright Royal Albert Hall London, GB
12/09/09 Wed Chick Corea Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
12/10/09 Thu Ahmad Jamal Yoshi's SF San Francisco, CA
12/10/09 Thu Chick Corea Jazz Alley Seattle, WA
12/11/09 Fri Ahmad Jamal Yoshi's SF San Francisco, CA
12/11/09 Fri Chick Corea Jazz Alley Seattle, WA
12/12/09 Sat Stevie Wonder Nokia L.A. LIVE Theatre Los Angeles, CA
12/12/09 Sat Ahmad Jamal Yoshi's SF San Francisco, CA
12/12/09 Sat Chick Corea Jazz Alley Seattle, WA
12/13/09 Sun Ahmad Jamal Yoshi's SF San Francisco, CA
12/26/09 Sat The Roots Borgata Music Box Atlantic City, NJ
12/29/09 Tue Black Eyed Peas Mandalay Bay Casino Las Vegas, NV
12/30/09 Wed Black Eyed Peas Mandalay Bay Casino Las Vegas, NV
12/31/09 Thu The Roots The Warfield San Francisco, CA
01/01/10 Fri The Roots The Knitting Factory Reno, NV
01/14/10 Thu Brad Mehldau Highline Ballroom New York, NY
01/30/10 Sat Kronos Quartet Chan Centre Vancouver, BC
02/01/10 Mon Kronos Quartet Kaul Auditorium Portland, OR
02/03/10 Wed Elton John Key Arena Seattle, WA
02/04/10 Thu Kronos Quartet Loeb Playhouse (Purdue University) West Lafayette, IN
02/06/10 Sat Elton John Key Arena Seattle, WA
02/10/10 Wed Elton John Rose Garden Arena Portland, OR
02/13/10 Sat Elton John Oracle Arena Oakland, CA
02/16/10 Tue Elton John HP Pavilion San Jose, CA
02/19/10 Fri Elton John Energy Solutions Arena Salt Lake City, UT
02/20/10 Sat Jay-Z BankAtlantic Center Sunrise, FL
02/22/10 Mon Elton John Pepsi Center Denver, CO
02/22/10 Mon Jay-Z Toyota Center Houston, TX
02/23/10 Tue Jay-Z American Airlines Center Dallas, TX
02/25/10 Thu Jay-Z New Orleans Arena New Orleans, LA
02/25/10 Thu Elton John The Ford Center Oklahoma City, OK
02/27/10 Sat Jay-Z Philips Arena Atlanta, GA
02/27/10 Sat Elton John Sprint Center Kansas City, MO
02/27/10 Sat Dave Holland Newmark Theatre Portland, OR
02/28/10 Sun Jay-Z Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
03/01/10 Mon Wynton Marsalis Kennedy Center Washington, DC
03/03/10 Wed Jay-Z Verizon Center Washington, DC
03/03/10 Wed Chick Corea Aeolian Hall London, ON
03/04/10 Thu Wynton Marsalis Paramount Theatre Austin, TX
03/05/10 Fri Wynton Marsalis Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas, TX
03/06/10 Sat Chick Corea Vilar Performing Arts Center Beaver Creek, CO
03/06/10 Sat Jay-Z IZOD Center East Rutherford, NJ
03/06/10 Sat Wynton Marsalis Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas, TX
03/07/10 Sun Wynton Marsalis Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas, TX
03/07/10 Sun Jay-Z Scope Arena Norfolk, VA
03/08/10 Mon Chick Corea Jazz @ the Sheraton Salt Lake City, UT
03/09/10 Tue Wynton Marsalis River Center Baton Rouge, LA
03/09/10 Tue Elton John HSBC Arena Buffalo, NY
03/11/10 Thu Wynton Marsalis Walton Arts Center Fayetteville, AR
03/11/10 Thu Jay-Z TD BankNorth Garden Boston, MA
03/11/10 Thu Elton John Times Union Center Albany, NY
03/12/10 Fri Jay-Z Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY
03/12/10 Fri Wynton Marsalis Germantown Performing Arts Center Germantown, TN
03/13/10 Sat Wynton Marsalis Sheldon Concert Hall St. Louis, MO
03/13/10 Sat Jay-Z The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa Atlantic City, NJ
03/14/10 Sun Jay-Z The Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI
03/14/10 Sun Wynton Marsalis Orchestra Hall Minneapolis, MN
03/16/10 Tue Jay-Z Mellon Arena Pittsburgh, PA
03/17/10 Wed Wynton Marsalis Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor, MI
03/18/10 Thu Jay-Z United Center Chicago, IL
03/19/10 Fri Wynton Marsalis Orchestra Hall Chicago, IL
03/19/10 Fri Jay-Z The Scottrade Center St. Louis, MO
03/19/10 Fri Danilo Perez The Kimmel Center for Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA
03/20/10 Sat Jay-Z Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
03/20/10 Sat Wynton Marsalis University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY
03/21/10 Sun Wynton Marsalis Scottish Rite Cathedral West Reading, PA
03/22/10 Mon Jay-Z Pepsi Center Denver, CO
03/22/10 Mon Wynton Marsalis Auditorium Theater Rochester, NY
03/23/10 Tue Wynton Marsalis Millett Hall - Miami University Oxford, OH
03/24/10 Wed Jay-Z HP Pavilion San Jose, CA
03/25/10 Thu Wynton Marsalis Von Braun Center Huntsville, AL
03/26/10 Fri Jay-Z Staples Center Los Angeles, CA
03/26/10 Fri John Zorn Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH
03/26/10 Fri Wynton Marsalis Schermerhorn Symphony Center Nashville, TN
03/27/10 Sat Wynton Marsalis Symphony Hall Atlanta, GA
03/27/10 Sat Danilo Perez Koerner Hall Toronto, ON
03/28/10 Sun Wynton Marsalis Johnny Mercer Theater Savannah, GA
03/29/10 Mon Wynton Marsalis Lee Hall at Florida A & M Tallahassee, FL
04/08/10 Thu Danilo Perez Hill Auditorium Ann Arbor, MI
04/09/10 Fri Chick Corea Ridgefield Playhouse Ridgefield, CT
04/10/10 Sat Rufus Wainwright Davies Symphony Hall San Francisco, CA
04/10/10 Sat Chick Corea Wentz Concert Hall Naperville, IL
04/10/10 Sat Danilo Perez Ted Mann Theater Minneapolis, MN
04/11/10 Sun Dave Douglas Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
04/12/10 Mon Dave Douglas Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
04/13/10 Tue Dave Douglas Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
05/04/10 Tue Chick Corea The Blue Note New York, NY
05/05/10 Wed Chick Corea The Blue Note New York, NY