ADAM SIMMONS

http://www.adamsimmons.com/

Adam Simmons (Australian): Saxophones/Clarinets/Flutes/Shakuhachi.

Adam is a composer and sought after instrumentalist, involved across many different scenes within Melbourne and beyond, performing contemporary jazz, punk, afro-beat, new music, traditional Japanese Honkyo-Ku, funk and free noise/improv. In 2004, Adam received a Special Award from the Freedman Foundation, facilitating a period of work and study in New York, Germany and Poland. As part of the 2006 Melbourne Fringe Festival, a special Retrospective of Adam's work was held - featuring over 200 musicians in 40 configurations over three weeks. Current ensembles include: Adam Simmons Toy Band, Adam Simmons Quartet, New Blood, Embers, bucketrider, Steve Purcell’s Pearly Shells, Harrow, Big Fela, Collider and the Bennetts Lane Big Band. Other artists that Adam has worked with include: Ernest Ranglin, Nigel Kennedy, Odean Pope, The Mavis's, You Am I, KK Null, Ursel Schlicht, Ned Rothenberg, Jacek Kochan, CW Stoneking and Spontaneous Human Combustion.