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Adrian
Cohen
Photo by John Whipple
The Adrian
Cohen Trio
Photo by Mike Farrell
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Adrian
Cohen Bio
(short version)
About
Adrian
Adrian Cohen has been voted Best Pianist by Upstate
New York's Metroland Magazine
two years consecutively (2000-2001), and The Adrian Cohen
Quartet was voted Best Jazz Ensemble by the same magazine
in 2002 and 2005.
Adrian was recently voted “Best Jazz Musician”
by the same publication for their 2006 Best Of issue.
Cohen 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 plays regularly
with the Charles Neville Quartet.
Adrian'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 currently maintains a busy roster of private students
and performs regularly with various incarnations of The Adrian
Cohen Group as well as freelancing with several other regional
artists as pianist/keyboardist in a variety of styles. He
is currently putting the finishing touches on his first all
original CD to be released in spring of 2008.
PRESS:
11.03
• Review
from Seth Rogovoy of the Berkshire Eagle
9/03 •
Feature
on Adrian in the sunday 9/28 Times Union
9/03 • Review
of Adrian Cohen Trio's CD Standardized at All About Jazz.com
8/03 •
Interview
about the Earchow Quintet with Benjamin Steward
6/02 • An
Interview with Adrian Cohen
by Steve Lillienstein for Albanyjazz.com
7/01 • Listen
Here - In the Key of Live Area
keyboardist Adrian Cohen uses his varied musical and nonmusical
experiences to nurture a new performance space in downtown
Albany.
By John Rodat for Metroland
Magazine
• J.
Eric Smith on Adrian Cohen
The host of Time Warner Cable's live
music program "Sounding Board" waxes very
poetic about Adrian and his contributions to the Capital Region
music scene...
Email
Adrian / Phone (518) 426- 8004
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