# Adam Cruz

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{{Short description|American jazz drummer from New York City|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name               = Adam Cruz
| image              = Adam Cruz (3340657887).jpg
| caption            = Cruz in March 2009
| background         = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date         = 
| birth_place        = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), U.S.
| genre              = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| occupation         = Musician
| instrument         = Drums
| years_active       =
| label              = {{flatlist|
*[Sunnyside](/source/Sunnyside_Records)
*[Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records)
}}
| associated_acts    = {{flatlist|
*[Mingus Big Band](/source/Mingus_Big_Band)
*[Chick Corea](/source/Chick_Corea)
}}
| website            = {{URL|adamcruz.net}}}
}}

thumb|Cruz at the 2017 Oslo Jazz Festival

'''Adam Cruz''' is an American [jazz](/source/jazz) drummer from [New York City](/source/New_York_City).

==Biography==
He is best known for his work with pianist [Danilo Perez](/source/Danilo_Perez),<ref>{{cite book|last1=Carr|first1=Ian|authorlink1=Ian Carr|last2=Fairweather|first2=Digby|authorlink2=Digby Fairweather|last3=Priestley|first3=Brian|authorlink3=Brian Priestley|title=The Rough Guide to Jazz|year=2004|publisher=Penguin|isbn=1-84353-256-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetojazz00carr/page/184 184]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetojazz00carr/page/184}}</ref> [Tom Harrell](/source/Tom_Harrell), saxophonist [Steve Wilson](/source/Steve_Wilson_(jazz_musician)), [David Sanchez](/source/David_S%C3%A1nchez_(musician)), and pianist [Edward Simon](/source/Edward_Simon_(musician)). He has also toured and recorded with the [Mingus Big Band](/source/Mingus_Big_Band), saxophonist [Chris Potter](/source/Chris_Potter_(jazz_saxophonist)), guitarist [Charlie Hunter](/source/Charlie_Hunter), and [Chick Corea](/source/Chick_Corea)'s Origin.

Cruz's debut album as a leader was released in 2011 on Sunnyside Records.  ''Milestone'' was given favorable reviews by the [Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times),<ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/04/culture-watch-adam-cruzs-milestone-cd.html LA Times review of ''Milestone'']</ref> [Downbeat Magazine](/source/Downbeat_Magazine),<ref>[http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=editorspicks201106#6 DownBeat Magazine Editor's Picks] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614135139/http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=editorspicks201106#6 |date=June 14, 2012 }}</ref> and [JazzTimes](/source/JazzTimes).<ref>[http://jazztimes.com/articles/27636-milestone-adam-cruz JazzTimes ''Milestone'' review]</ref> ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' describes the album as "Informed by several strains of Latin music but just as meaningfully by brisk post-bop and lyrically minded free jazz".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/arts/music/adam-cruz-and-milestone-embody-grammys-latin-jazz-dilemma.html NYTimes: When the Latin and Jazz Converge June 8, 2011]</ref>

==Discography==
===As leader===
* ''Milestone'' (Sunnyside, 2011)

===As sideman===
'''With [Tom Harrell](/source/Tom_Harrell)'''
* ''The Art of Rhythm'' (RCA Victor, 1998)
* ''Paradise'' (BMG/Bluebird 2001)
* ''Trip'' (HighNote, 2014)
* ''Moving Picture'' (HighNote, 2017)
* ''Infinity'' (HighNote, 2019)
* ''Oak Tree'' (HighNote, 2022)

'''With [Danilo Perez](/source/Danilo_Perez)'''
* ''...Till Then'' (Verve, 2003)
* ''Live at the Jazz Showcase'' (ArtistShare, 2005)
* ''Providencia'' (Mack Avenue, 2010)
* ''Panama 500'' (Mack Avenue, 2014)

'''With [Mingus Big Band](/source/Mingus_Big_Band)'''
* ''Gunslinging Birds'' (Dreyfus, 1995)
* ''Live in Time'' (Dreyfus, 1996)
* ''Que Viva Mingus!'' (Dreyfus, 1997)
* ''The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions'' (Jazz Workshop, 2022)

'''With [Leon Parker](/source/Leon_Parker)'''
* ''Above & Below'' (Epicure, 1994)
* ''Belief'' (Columbia, 1996)
* ''Awakening'' (Columbia, 1998)

'''With [David Sanchez](/source/David_S%C3%A1nchez_(musician))'''
* ''Sketches of Dreams'' (Columbia, 1995)
* ''Obsesion'' (Columbia, 1998)
* ''Melaza'' (Columbia, 2000)
* ''Coral'' (Columbia, 2004)
* ''Cultural Survival'' (Concord Picante, 2008)

'''With [Edward Simon](/source/Edward_Simon_(musician))''' 
* ''Edward Simon'' (Kokopelli, 1995)
* ''Simplicitas'' (Criss Cross, 2005)
* ''La Bikina'' (Red, 2011)
* ''Venezuelan Suite'' (Sunnyside, 2013)
* ''Latin American Songbook'' (Sunnyside, 2016)
* ''Femeninas'' (ArtistShare, 2023)

'''With others'''
* [Ester Andujar](/source/Ester_Andujar), ''Celebrating Cole Porter'' (Omix, 2005)
* [Patricia Barber](/source/Patricia_Barber), ''Nightclub'' (Premonition, 2000)
* [Ray Barretto](/source/Ray_Barretto), ''Standards Rican-ditioned'' (Zoho, 2006)
* [Bruce Barth](/source/Bruce_Barth), ''Hope Springs Eternal'' (Double-Time, 1998)
* Bruce Barth, ''Where Eagles Fly'' (Fresh Sound, 2000)
* [David Binney](/source/David_Binney), ''Afinidad'' (Red, 2001)
* [Anthony Branker](/source/Anthony_Branker), ''Dance Music'' (Origin, 2010)
* [Francesco Cafiso](/source/Francesco_Cafiso), ''Angelica'' (CAM Jazz, 2009)
* [Joey Calderazzo](/source/Joey_Calderazzo), ''Going Home'' (Sunnyside, 2015)
* [Chick Corea](/source/Chick_Corea), ''Live at the Blue Note'' (Stretch, 1998)
* [Ronnie Cuber](/source/Ronnie_Cuber), ''In a New York Minute'' (SteepleChase, 1996)
* [Paquito D'Rivera](/source/Paquito_D'Rivera), ''A Night in Englewood'' (Messidor, 1994)
* [Jon Gordon](/source/Jon_Gordon_(musician)), ''Currents'' (Double-Time, 1998)
* [Conrad Herwig](/source/Conrad_Herwig), ''The Latin Side of John Coltrane'' (Astor Place, 1996)
* [Klaus Ignatzek](/source/Klaus_Ignatzek), ''Return Voyage'' (Candid, 1994)
* [Brian Lynch](/source/Brian_Lynch_(musician)), ''Spheres of Influence'' (Sharp Nine, 1997)
* [Herbie Mann](/source/Herbie_Mann), ''America/Brasil'' (Lightyear, 1997)
* Herbie Mann, ''65th Birthday Celebration'' (Lightyear, 1997)
* [Armando Manzanero](/source/Armando_Manzanero), ''El Piano'' (BMG/RCA, 1995)
* [Virginia Mayhew](/source/Virginia_Mayhew), ''Nini Green'' (Chiaroscuro, 1997)
* [Donny McCaslin](/source/Donny_McCaslin), ''The Way Through'' (Arabesque, 2003)
* [Sam Newsome](/source/Sam_Newsome), ''Global Unity'' (Palmetto, 2001)
* [Bill O'Connell](/source/Bill_O'Connell_(musician)), ''Zocalo'' (Savant, 2013)
* [Eddie Palmieri](/source/Eddie_Palmieri), ''Arete'' (TropiJazz, 1995)
* Eddie Palmieri, ''Vortex'' (TropiJazz, 1996)
* [Dave Pietro](/source/Dave_Pietro), ''The Chakra Suite'' (Challenge, 2008)
* [Chris Potter](/source/Chris_Potter_(jazz_saxophonist)), ''Song for Anyone'' (Sunnyside, 2007)
* [Bruno Raberg](/source/Bruno_Raberg), ''Tailwind'' (Red Piano, 2018)
* [David Virelles](/source/David_Virelles), ''Gnosis'' (ECM, 2017)
* [Steve Wilson](/source/Steve_Wilson_(jazz_musician)), ''Passages'' (Stretch, 2000)
* Steve Wilson, ''Soulful Song'' (MAXJAZZ, 2003)
* [The Rodriguez Brothers](/source/The_Rodriguez_Brothers), ''Reunited Live at Dizzy's Club'' (RB Music, 2023)

==References==

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==External links==
*[http://www.adamcruz.net Official site]
*[http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/Adam_Cruz.html  DrummerwWorld]
*[https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/adam-cruz All About Jazz]

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