ADAM NIEWOOD

By the time Adam he was five years old, he had tagged along with his 'Old Man' on two world tours with Simon & Garfunkel, and Liza Minnelli. In high school Adam got the great opportunity to play tenor in the Chuck Mangione Big band which included Lew Soloff, Don Menza, his father Gerry, and Steve Gadd. He was then hooked, and decided to play the saxophones professionally. Adam earned his Bachelor's degree in Music performance at the Berklee College of music, William Paterson University. From 2000 - 2003 Adam was the professor of Saxophone, Jazz History, and small Ensembles at Montclair State University. In 2001 Adam attended The Juilliard School of Music's fledging Jazz program for a year. In 2005 Adam graduated with a Masters Degree in Jazz Performance from the Manhattan School of music after receiving a full scholarship there in 2003. Currently Adam is enjoying playing original experimental music in New York, traveling with many different bands, playing clubs, and presenting clinics at schools across the country. Aside from Adam's own project 'The Rabble Rousers,' you can hear Adam as a sideman with Bill Goodwin's bands, Grupa Janke Randalu Nathan Peck's The Voip, Scott Reeves, Id Trio (with Rohin Khemani and Noah Jarrett), Matt Brewer's Band with Jeff Tain Watts or Gerald Cleaver... It all depends on the day.Check out http://www.niewood.com or http://www.myspace.com/niewood for more information on what Adam is doing, and where he's playing next.