Adam Czerepinski Sextet

Composer and trumpet player Adam Czerepinski was born and raised in Madison WI, where by the age of 16, he had become one of the most in-demand jazz musicians in the city. In 1999, he accepted a full scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where he was able to study improvisation with Greg Hopkins, Joe Lovano, and Bill Pierce. Since the fall of 2002, Adam has been living in New York, working as a freelance trumpet player and composer, and attending the Manhattan School of Music, where he earned his masters in 2004, and is currently a doctoral candidate.

Since the fall of 2002, Adam has been living in New York, working as a freelance trumpet player and composer, and attending the Manhattan School of Music, where he earned his masters in 2004, and is currently a doctoral candidate. Adam is a regular performer at jazz clubs such as Kavehaz, the Jazz Gallery, and the Jazz Standard, and is also busy as a teacher through his own private studio, and on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music's pre-college division.

The Adam Czerepinski Sextet has over the past several years become the main vehicle for Adam's harmonically and contrapuntally sophisticated compositions. Featuring Jon Irabagon on alto, Jake Saslow on tenor, Soren Moller on piano, Dave Hertzberg on bass, and Paul Wiltgen on drums, the band is able to seamlessly blend daring mixed meters and atonality with soulful swing and overt lyricism. Their debut CD Dimensions features Czerepinski's first major published work; a 40 minute through-composed suite displaying the band's sensitivity and virtuosity.