Montclair Drummer Will Play With Ted Rosenthal Trio

MONTCLAIR, NJ — A drummer from Montclair will join acclaimed pianist Ted Rosenthal at an upcoming performance in Madison.

Zach Adleman, a Montclair native, will be playing with Rosenthal and bassist Noriko Ueda at the New Jersey Jazz Society’s Jersey Jazz LIVE! Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 11.

The show will take place at the Madison Community Arts Center, 10 Kings Road in Madison (learn more here). Admission to this event will be $10 for members and $15 for non-members, payable at the door with cash or credit card. There will be light refreshments for purchase.

According to a news release from the New Jersey Jazz Society, Adleman studied and performed with Jazz House Kids and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra while growing up in Montclair. He received his bachelor’s degree for jazz performance at Michigan State University in 2019 and his master’s degree in jazz performance at the Juilliard School in 2021. Adleman was the percussionist on saxophonist Ted Nash’s 2017 Motema album, “Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom,” which won a Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. While at Michigan State, Adleman performed on trombonist Michael Dease’s 2018 Posi-Tone album, “Reaching Out.”

Rosenthal has released 15 albums as a bandleader, among them 2014’s “Rhapsody in Gershwin” and 2010’s “Impromptu.” He was the pianist in Gerry Mulligan’s final quartet and has performed or recorded with such other jazz giants as trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, trumpeter Art Farmer, saxophonist James Moody, and alto saxophonist Phil Woods.

In addition to playing frequently with Rosenthal, Ueda is the bassist in drummer Sherrie Maricle’s DIVA Jazz Orchestra and in Artemis, the all-female septet led by pianist Renee Rosnes. Ueda’s first album as a leader, Debut (Terashima Records: 2015), features Rosenthal on piano.

The Ted Rosenthal Trio will be preceded on June 11 by a Rising Star Opening Act featuring a small ensemble from the Jazz Studies Program at Montclair State’s John J. Cali School of Music. The ensemble members are: Will Schetelich, trumpet, Scotch Plains, NJ; Ryan Huston, tenor saxophone, Toms River, NJ; Lorna Morales, piano: Elizabeth, NJ; Felipe Orozco, bass, Perez Zeledon, Costa Rica/Orange, NJ; and Matt Vera-Corcoran, drums: Pompton Lakes, NJ.

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