Mark Adams Jazz

Mark Adams is a worldly soul jazz pianist who is proving to be the premiere jazz pianist of his generation. Mark, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, was introduced to the piano by his mother, Velma, a music teacher, at the tender age of 5. With a move to New York at the age of 12, Mark continued to prefect his craft with the encouragement of his father Kenneth, a successful classical and Broadway woodwind musician. Mark furthered augmented his musical talents at Greenwich House of Music School specializing in jazz and classical music, this he followed up by receiving a Bachelor degree in Music and Performance and Fine Arts at City College of New York.

Among Marks many accomplishments is composing; performing in the Broadway musical production of "Guys Named Moe" and becoming an active faculty member of York College (CUNY) where he teaches music theory, as well as beginning and advanced piano techniques.

As a published author and professor, Mark's book "Basics" debuted in August 2010,an