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Adam Cruz is an American

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drummer from New York City.

Biography

He is best known for his work with pianist

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, saxophonist Steve Wilson,

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, and pianist Edward Simon. He has also toured and recorded with the

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, saxophonist Chris Potter, guitarist

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, and Chick Corea's Origin. Cruz's debut album as a leader was released in 2011 on Sunnyside Records. ''Milestone'' was given favorable reviews by the

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, and

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. ''

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'' describes the album as "Informed by several strains of Latin music but just as meaningfully by brisk post-bop and lyrically minded free jazz".NYTimes: When the Latin and Jazz Converge June 8, 2011
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Discography

As leader

* ''Milestone'' (Sunnyside, 2011)

As sideman

With

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* ''The Art of Rhythm'' (RCA Victor, 1998) * ''Paradise'' (BMG/Bluebird 2001) * ''Trip'' (HighNote, 2014) * ''Moving Picture'' (HighNote, 2017) * ''Infinity'' (HighNote, 2019) With

* ''Gunslinging Birds'' (Dreyfus, 1995) * ''Live in Time'' (Dreyfus, 1996) * ''Que Viva Mingus!'' (Dreyfus, 1997) With

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* ''Above & Below'' (Epicure, 1994) * ''Belief'' (Columbia, 1996) * ''Awakening'' (Columbia, 1998) With

* ''Sketches of Dreams'' (Columbia, 1995) * ''Obsesion'' (Columbia, 1998) * ''Melaza'' (Columbia, 2000) * ''Coral'' (Columbia, 2004) * ''Cultural Survival'' (Concord Picante, 2008) With Edward Simon * ''Edward Simon'' (Kokopelli, 1995) * ''Simplicitas'' (Criss Cross, 2005) * ''La Bikina'' (Red, 2011) * ''Venezuelan Suite'' (Sunnyside, 2013) * ''Latin American Songbook'' (Sunnyside, 2016) With others * Ester Andujar, ''Celebrating Cole Porter'' (Omix, 2005) *

Patricia Barber Patricia Barber (born November 8, 1955) is an American songwriter, composer, singer, and pianist. Biography Barber's father Floyd was a jazz saxophonist who played with Bud Freeman and Glenn Miller. She played saxophone and piano from a young ...

, ''Nightclub'' (Premonition, 2000) * Ray Barretto, ''Standards Rican-ditioned'' (Zoho, 2006) *

Bruce Barth Bruce David Barth (born September 7, 1958) is a jazz pianist, composer, and producer. Early life Barth was born in Pasadena, California, on September 7, 1958. He started to play the piano around the age of five. He had private jazz lessons wit ...

, ''Hope Springs Eternal'' (Double-Time, 1998) * Bruce Barth, ''Where Eagles Fly'' (Fresh Sound, 2000) *

David Binney David Binney (born August 2, 1961) is an American alto saxophonist and composer. Early life Binney was born in Miami, Florida, and was raised in Carpinteria, California. From his parents, who loved music, he was exposed to albums by John C ...

, ''Afinidad'' (Red, 2001) * Anthony Branker, ''Dance Music'' (Origin, 2010) *

Francesco Cafiso Francesco Cafiso (born 24 May 1989) is an Italian jazz alto saxophonist. Cafiso was born in Sicily on 24 May 1989. He was successful musically from a young age: he played duets with pianist Franco D'Andrea at the 2002 Umbria Jazz Festival, toure ...

, ''Angelica'' (CAM Jazz, 2009) *

Joey Calderazzo Joseph Dominick Calderazzo (February 27, 1965) is a jazz pianist and brother of musician Gene Calderazzo. He played extensively in bands led by Michael Brecker and Branford Marsalis, and has also led his own bands. Early life Calderazzo was born ...

, ''Going Home'' (Sunnyside, 2015) * Chick Corea, ''Live at the Blue Note'' (Stretch, 1998) *

Ronnie Cuber Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. He also played in Latin, pop, rock, and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet ...

, ''In a New York Minute'' (SteepleChase, 1996) * Paquito D'Rivera, ''A Night in Englewood'' (Messidor, 1994) * Jon Gordon, ''Currents'' (Double-Time, 1998) * Conrad Herwig, ''The Latin Side of John Coltrane'' (Astor Place, 1996) *

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, ''Return Voyage'' (Candid, 1994) * Brian Lynch, ''Spheres of Influence'' (Sharp Nine, 1997) *

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (inclu ...

, ''America/Brasil'' (Lightyear, 1997) * Herbie Mann, ''65th Birthday Celebration'' (Lightyear, 1997) *

Armando Manzanero Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican Mayan musician, singer, composer, actor and music producer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the most successfu ...

, ''El Piano'' (BMG/RCA, 1995) *

Virginia Mayhew Virginia Mayhew (born May 14, 1959, San Francisco, California) is a New York-based saxophonist, composer and bandleader. She has led her own groups for over 25 years, and currently leads several quartets, a quintet, and a septet. Mayhew has worke ...

, ''Nini Green'' (Chiaroscuro, 1997) *

Donny McCaslin Donald Paul McCaslin (born August 11, 1966) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has recorded over a dozen albums as a bandleader in addition to many sideman appearances, including on David Bowie's final studio album, '' Blackstar'' (2016). Early ...

, ''The Way Through'' (Arabesque, 2003) *

Sam Newsome Sam Newsome (born April 28, 1965) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator. His music combines straight-ahead jazz, world music (drawing influences from North Africa and East Asia) and experimental jazz, which uses extended techni ...

, ''Global Unity'' (Palmetto, 2001) *

Bill O'Connell Bill O'Connell (born August 22, 1953 in New York City) is a jazz pianist, educator, and bandleader. He is most associated with Latin jazz and hard bop. He studied piano at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, but has mostly lived in NYC or Long I ...

, ''Zocalo'' (Savant, 2013) *

Eddie Palmieri Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936) is an American Grammy Award-winning pianist, bandleader, musician, and composer of Puerto Rican ancestry. He is the founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II, and Harlem River Drive. Early life Pal ...

, ''Arete'' (TropiJazz, 1995) * Eddie Palmieri, ''Vortex'' (TropiJazz, 1996) *

, ''Till Then'' (Verve, 2003) *

Dave Pietro Dave Pietro (born February 10, 1964) is a saxophonist, woodwind artist, bandleader, sideman, composer and educator. A native of Southboro, Massachusetts, he has been on the New York City music scene since 1987. From 1994–2003 Dave played le ...

, ''The Chakra Suite'' (Challenge, 2008) * Chris Potter, ''Song for Anyone'' (Sunnyside, 2007) * Bruno Raberg, ''Tailwind'' (Red Piano, 2018) *

David Virelles David Virelles (born 1983) is a Cuban jazz pianist and composer. Early life Virelles was born in Cuba in 1983Jurek, Tho"Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved 21 February 2015. and grew up in Santiago. His father is José Aquiles, a singer-songwr ...

, ''Gnosis'' (ECM, 2017) * Steve Wilson, ''Passages'' (Stretch, 2000) * Steve Wilson, ''Soulful Song'' (MAXJAZZ, 2003)

References

External links

Official siteAll About Jazz
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