Biography
Guitarist, composer, and producer Adam Ratner is part of a genre-bending Los Angeles scene centered around jazz but always stretching beyond. Adam came up playing with musicians including Louis Cole, Sam Gendel, Sam Wilkes, Genevieve Artadi, Fabiano do Nascimento and more. His music incorporates deep harmonic progressions and melodies with strong improvisations at the core. It is beyond genre and incorporates a range of influences from jazz, Brazilian music, Beatles, electronic music and more.
Adam has performed and recorded with artists including KNOWER, Larry Goldings, David Binney, Louis Cole, Genevieve Artadi, Kali Uchis, Sam Amidon, Ravi Coltrane, Ben Wendel, Nate Wood, Justin Brown, Tim Lefebvre, Sam Wilkes, Pedro Martins, Frederico Heliodoro, Fabiano do Nascimento, Sam Gendel, Jenny Scheinman, Darek Oles, Itiberê Zwarg, and Shin Sasakubo. Adam’s releases have been featured on numerous Spotify editorial playlists, including State of Jazz, Fresh Finds Jazz, & 21st Century Jazz, and he has recorded on albums for Stones Throw Records, Leaving Records, Atlantic, Terrible Records, and Rings Label (Japan).
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