Adam Bartczak

Though rooted in jazz, Boston-based trombonist, composer, arranger, and educator Adam Bartczak reaches into many walks of music. A Colorado native, Adam grew up playing in jazz, rock, reggae, Afro-Cuban, and Dixieland bands, to name a few. In addition to jazz, blues, and soul, his music and playing are influenced by various popular and world musics, particularly those of Africa and Latin America.He earned a BM from the University of Colorado at Boulder before joining Denver-based hip-hop/jazz collective Yo, Flaco! (winner of Jim Beam's Best Un-signed Band in America and American Music Award nominee) with whom he recorded three records and toured extensively.He moved east to study with musical gurus Bob Brookmeyer, Michael Cain, and Frank Carlberg at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he earned a MM in Jazz Composition and had numerous works performed by the Jazz Composers' Workshop Orchestra and the Jazz Composers' Ensemble. His music has also been performed by Denver's 9th and Lincoln Jazz Orchestra, the Metropolitan State College of Denver Jazz Band, and the Charles Mingus Tribute Big Band.Currently, he teaches in the Boston area and plays with several local groups, including his own jazz quintet, which has performed at the Telluride Jazz Celebration on three occasions. Adam also composes and arranges extensively for large ensemble.