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Adam Shead

Country: United States

Adam Shead is an American drummer, percussionist and composer based in Chicago. He works in free improvisation and free jazz, and is best known for the trio he co-leads with bass clarinettist Jason Stein and double bassist Damon Smith. Shead studied at Columbia College Chicago and took a Master of Music in Contemporary Improvisation at the University of Michigan. The Stein/Smith/Shead trio recorded Five Nights in the Midwest for Balance Point Acoustics. With pianist Marilyn Crispell joining the trio, the group recorded Live At The Hungry Brain at the Chicago club of that name.