Adam Nussbaum

Adam Nussbaum is an American jazz musician.

Biography
Nussbaum grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut, and started to play drums at the age of 12 after studying piano for five years. He also played bass and saxophone as a teenager. He moved to New York City in 1975 to attend The Davis Center for Performing Arts at City College. While there he began working with Albert Dailey, Monty Waters, Joe Lee Wilson, Sheila Jordan and he played with Sonny Rollins in 1977 in Milwaukee. In 1978 he joined Dave Liebman's quintet and did his first European tour with John Scofield.

During the early 1980s he continued working with John Scofield in a celebrated trio with Steve Swallow. In 1983 he become a member of the Gil Evans Orchestra and also played with Stan Getz. He later joined the Eliane Elias/Randy Brecker Quartet, Gary Burton, and Toots Thielemans. In 1987 he began touring with the Michael Brecker Quintet. In 1988 they recorded the Grammy-winning "Don't Try This At Home". During 1992 Nussbaum was part of the Carla Bley Big Band and that same year John Abercrombie hired him to complete his organ trio.

Since then Nussbaum has kept active in a wide variety of groups, among them a recently formed quartet "B A N N" with Seamus Blake, Jay Anderson and Oz Noy, a co-op quartet "NUTTREE" with Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi and Gary Versace, the James Moody Quartet, "We Three" with Dave Liebman and Steve Swallow, the Eliane Elias Trio, "Playing in Traffic" with Steve Swallow and Ohad Talmor, while maintaining an active freelance schedule. Nussbaum has taught as an Adjunct professor at New York University, the New School and the State University of New York at Purchase. He also does clinics and master classes around the world.

Discography
With John Abercrombie With Michael Brecker With Hal Galper With John Scofield With Ed Summerlin With Steve Swallow With Tom Varner With Miroslav Vitous
 * While We're Young (ECM, 1992)
 * Speak of the Devil (ECM, 1993)
 * Tactics (ECM, 1996)
 * Open Land (ECM, 1998)
 * Don't Try This at Home (Impulse!, 1988)
 * Ivory Forest (Enja, 1979)
 * Rough House (Enja, 1978)
 * Who's Who? (Jive, 1979)
 * Bar Talk (Jive, 1980)
 * Shinola (Enja, 1981)
 * Out Like a Light (Enja, 1981)
 * Eye on the Future (Ictus, 1999)
 * Damaged In Transit - (ECM/XtraWATT, 2003) with Chris Potter
 * Motion/Stillness (Soul Note, 1982)
 * Universal Syncopations II (ECM, 1995)