Pianist
For just over 20 years Adam has worked all over the world as a solo pianist, from high roller casino rooms to back street clubs in Vienna, Calcutta and New York. Whether it's sophisticated background music for evening dining, or Piano Man entertainment, Adam has played it all.
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The Dunlop Sisters
Adam is thrilled to be working as M.D with his partner Serena and her sister Hannah, performing as the Dunlop Sisters. Recreating the music of the early swing era vocal groups such as the Boswell Sisters & Andrews Sisters.
They have been performing recently at Petworth Festival for the Royal Variety Performance and at the RAC club. More gigs and shows are to follow. |
ADAM'S APPLE
Adam's Apple is a unique jazz piano trio based in Bath, U.K. The trio specialise in original arrangements of, and improvisations on, Hymn tunes performed acoustically in Churches for concerts, services and workshops. They have performed at Bath Abbey, Bath International Music Festival, Glastonbury Abbey, St. Cuthbert's Music Festival Wells, Frome Festival and are often to be heard on Radio in the U.K and Australia. As well as hymns they play jazz standards and other original material.
" It was real jazz, as it should be played, with just the right balance of improvisatory freedom and a flexible structure. A great evening, relaxed and dreamy, then lively and exhilarating by turns. More please." (The Bath Chronicle, Feb 2011)
Check the Gigs page for dates.
Visit ADAM'S APPLE website here
" It was real jazz, as it should be played, with just the right balance of improvisatory freedom and a flexible structure. A great evening, relaxed and dreamy, then lively and exhilarating by turns. More please." (The Bath Chronicle, Feb 2011)
Check the Gigs page for dates.
Visit ADAM'S APPLE website here
Masters of Performance
Adam Biggs completed a Masters of Performance at Bath Spa University passing with a distinction in October 2011.
Adam received a "first" for his first recital on Thursday 10th Feb, 2011, which explored various versions of the classic tune SUMMERTIME.
Adam gave a lecture recital on Friday 10 June, 2011, again achieving a "first". Below is the abstract for the paper he delivered -
Metric Modulation
‘Rhythm presents many interesting problems, few of which have been clearly formulated.’(Cowell & Nicholls 1996)
"Abstract - Rhythm is fundamental to music. Its intrinsic nature, its pulse, is considered as being fixed. However a new type of playing emerged in the second half of the Twentieth Century, which challenged the notion of a fixed regular pulse, and in so doing challenged the accepted expectations of the listener.
This lecture will discuss and define Metric Modulation as a means by which music can speed up, or slow down in a measured way, and thus create and affect tension and release."
Adam completed his Masters with a final recital on 10 October, footage is available here. The Major project was a compilation of New Standards into a New Standards Real Book. This also was awarded a distinction.
Adam received a "first" for his first recital on Thursday 10th Feb, 2011, which explored various versions of the classic tune SUMMERTIME.
Adam gave a lecture recital on Friday 10 June, 2011, again achieving a "first". Below is the abstract for the paper he delivered -
Metric Modulation
‘Rhythm presents many interesting problems, few of which have been clearly formulated.’(Cowell & Nicholls 1996)
"Abstract - Rhythm is fundamental to music. Its intrinsic nature, its pulse, is considered as being fixed. However a new type of playing emerged in the second half of the Twentieth Century, which challenged the notion of a fixed regular pulse, and in so doing challenged the accepted expectations of the listener.
This lecture will discuss and define Metric Modulation as a means by which music can speed up, or slow down in a measured way, and thus create and affect tension and release."
Adam completed his Masters with a final recital on 10 October, footage is available here. The Major project was a compilation of New Standards into a New Standards Real Book. This also was awarded a distinction.
b i g g s o u n d GROUP
The Biggsound Group play jazz fusion and contemporary music as well as swing, motown and soul classics. They are led by Adam Biggs and performed as the "Hepkat Huzzahs" for the show Kroon Kat Lounge at it's Komedia residencies in Bath and Brighton from 2008 - 2010. They play mostly for private and corporate functions and play a wide range of popular and dance classics
Check the Gigs page for dates.
Visit biggsound group website here
GOODMEN QUARTET
The Goodmen Quartet specialise in the music of the Benny Goodman small groups of the 1930's and 40's. They mostly play for private and corporate functions.
"Adam has drawn together a group of like-minded musicians who complement each other perfectly in the sound they produce"
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