Associations...
Adam Nussbaum's LEAD BELLY PROJECT
Steve Cardenas/guitar, Nate Radley/guitar,
Ohad Talmor/sax, Adam Nussbaum/drums 2015 - present
New Light Quartet
w/ Dave Liebman, Adam Niewood, Gene Perla & Adam Nussbaum 2014 - present
We3 w/ Dave Liebman, Steve Swallow & Adam Nussbaum 2004 - present
BANN w/ Seamus Blake, Jay Anderson, Oz Noy & Adam Nussbaum 2007 - present
Vic Juris/Jay Anderson/Adam Nussbaum Trio 2008 - present
Steve Swallow/Ohad Talmor/Adam Nussbaum Trio 2008 - present
THE IMPOSSIBLE GENTLEMEN
w/ Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker, Steve Rodby & Adam Nussbaum 2010 - present
Pat LaBarbera/Kirk MacDonald Quartet 2016 - present
ZZ Quartet
Ratko Zjaca, Simone Zanchini, Adam Nussbaum & Martin Gjakonovski 2010 - present
(Another) NUTTREE Quartet
w/ John Abercrombie, Jay Anderson & Dave Liebman 2008 - 2015
Eliane Elias Trio 2007 - 2010
Jiannis Pavlidis w/ Adam Nussbaum & George Kontrafouris 2007 - 2014
John Abercrombie Trio w/ Gary Versace & Adam Nussbaum 1991 - 2017
NUTTREE Quartet w/ John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi & Gary Versace 2007 - 2014
US4 w/ Tomas Franck, Thomas Clausen, Sinne Eeg, Jimmi Roger Pedersen 2014
James Moody Quartet 1996 - 2010
Mike Quick Band 2006 - 2007
Joe Sample Trio 2003 - 2006
Jerry Bergonzi Quartet 1989 - 2011
Markus Fleischer / Ulli Jünemann Quartet 2003 - 2009
Sigurd Ulveseth Quartet 1994 - 2009
Steve Swallow Quintet & Trio 1996 - 2001
Kenny Wheeler Quartet 1996 - 2003
Rita Marcotulli Trio 2002 - 2004
Miroslav Vitous Quartet 2004 - 2005
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Trio 1992 -1996
Beirach/McClure Trio 1985 - 1994
'Toots' Thielemans Quartet 1986 -1995
Eliane Elias Trio 1988 - 1994
The Doky Brothers 1989 - 1993
Bob Berg Quartet 1993
Very Big Carla Bley Band 1992
Michael Brecker Band 1987 - 1990
George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band & Trio 1984 - 1997
Mike Stern Trio 1985 - 1988
Gil Evans Orchestra 1983 - 1986
Randy Brecker /Eliane Elias Quartet 1984 - 1985
Gary Burton Quartet 1985
Stan Getz Quartet 1982 - 1984
Bob Brookmeyer Sextet 1982 - 1983
John Scofield Trio & Quartet 1978 - 1983
David Liebman Quintet 1978 - 1981
Freelance Work...
Jeff Berlin, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Hank Crawford, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis,
Art Farmer, Eddie Gomez, Don Grolnick, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson,
Sheila Jordan, Steve Kuhn, Charles Lloyd, Chuck Mangione, David (Fathead) Newman,
Caecilie Norby, John Patitucci, Art Pepper, Kenny Rankin, Sonny Rollins,
David Sanborn, Marlena Shaw, Phil Woods, Bohuslan Big Band, WDR Big Band, Danish Radio Big Band,
Big Band de Lausanne, the American Jazz Orchestra & Metropole Orchestra
Recent Projects...
Adam Nussbaum - The LEAD BELLY Project - Sunnyside Records rec. 2017
w/ Steve Cardenas, Nate Radley, Ohad Talmor
AGNZ - Chance Meeting - Whaling City Sound rec. 2016
The Impossible Gentlemen w/ Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker & Steve Swallow
- Let’s Get Deluxe - Basho Music rec. 2016
- Basho Music rec. 2010
Kirk Knuffke w/ Jay Anderson, Adam Nussbaum
Cherryco - Steeplechase Records rec. 2016
Pat LaBarbera/Kirk MacDonald Quartet
Silent Voices - Jazz Compass rec. 2016
Selected Discography...
John Abercrombie
Open Land - ECM rec. 1998
Tactics - ECM rec. 1996
Speak of the Devil - ECM rec. 1993
While We¹re Young - ECM rec. 1992
Allman Brothers Band
Live Beacon Theater New York 3/14/09 - Peach Records rec. 2009
(Another) NUTTREE Quartet w/ John Abercrombie, Jay Anderson & Dave Liebman
Something Sentimental - Kind of Blue Records rec. 2009
APOLIDE
Caligola Records rec. 2013
Jay Azzolina
Live at the One Station Plaza
Past Tense - DoubleTime rec. 2000
Patricia Barber
Nightclub - Premonition rec. 2000
A Distortion of Love - Antilles rec. 1991
Stefan Bauer
Best of Two Worlds - Jazzline rec. 1994
Burak Bedikyan
New Beginning - Steeplechase (SCCD 31861) rec. 2017
Richie Beirach
Some Other Time - Triloka rec. 1989
Chuck Bergeron
Loyalties - Gayle Force rec. 1995
Anders Bergcrantz
C - Dragon rec. 1996
In This Together - Dragon rec. 1994
Live at Sweet Basil - Dragon rec. 1992
Jerry Bergonzi
Tenorist - Savant rec. 2006
A Different Look - DoubleTime rec. 1999
Wiggy - DoubleTime rec. 1999
Lost In the Shuffle - DoubleTime rec. 1998
Just Within - Double Time rec. 1996
On Again - RAM rec. 1996
Lineage - RED rec. 1989
The Standard Gonz - Blue Note rec. 1989
Big Band de Lausanne
Duke Ellington's Sacred Music - TCB rec. 1998
Paul Bley
If We May - SteepleChase rec. 1993
Bohuslän Big Band w/ Lew Soloff
Salvatore Bonafede
Actor-Actress - Ken/Bellaphon rec. 1990
Michael Brecker
The Cost Of Living - Jazzdoor rec. 1989 (bootleg rec.)
Live - Jazzdoor rec. 1989 (bootleg rec.)
Now You See It...(Now You Don't) - GRP rec. 1989
Don't Try This At Home - GRP/Impulse rec. 1988
George Cables
I Mean You - SteepleChase rec. 1993
Joey Calderazzo
In The Door - Blue Note rec. 1989
Gary Campbell
Thick & Thin - Double-Time rec. 1996
Richard Cole
The Forgotten - Origin rec. 1999
Ronnie Cuber
Ronnie’s Trio - Steeplechase (SCCD 31848) rec. 2017
Ted Curson
I Heard Mingus - Interplay rec. 1980
Albert Dailey
Renaissance - Vee Jay/Catalyst rec. 1977
Eddie Daniels
Real Time - Chesky rec. 1995
Nepenthe - GRP rec. 1989
Lars Danielsson
Origo - Curling Legs rec. 1995
Continuation - L + R/Bellaphon rec. 1994
Michael Davis
Trumpets Eleven - Hip Bone Music rec. 2003
Peter Delano
Bite Of The Apple - Verve rec. 1994
Christian Minh Doky
Minh - EMI/Medley Blue Note rec. 1997
Letters - Storyville rec. 1991
The Sequel - Storyville rec. 1989
Niels Lan Doky
Friendship - Milestone rec. 1990
Dreams - Milestone rec. 1989
Doky Brothers
The Toronto Concert - DAM rec. 1991
Miles Donahue
The Good Listener - RAM rec. 1993
Pierre Dørge
Soundscapes Steeplechase (SCCD 31846) rec. 2017
Marc Ducret
Le Kodo - Label Bleu rec. 1988
Christian Elsässer & NDR Big Band
featuring Adam Nussbaum
Flying In Circles rec. 2015 NDR
Bill Evans
Living in The Crest of a Wave - Elektra/Musician rec. 1983
Gil Evans
Live at Sweet Basil vols. 1 & 2 - Gramavision & King/Evidence rec. 1984
Dalia Faitelson
Point of No Return - StuntRecords rec. 2001
Global Sound Diamond of the Day - StuntRecords rec. 1999
Spring Alliance - Calibration Records rec. 2006
Art Farmer & Slide Hampton
In Concert - Enja rec. 1984
Riccardo Fassi
New York Quintet - YVP Music rec. 1998
Matthew Finck/Jonathan Ball Project
It's Not That Far rec. 2012
Axel Fischbacher
Normal - Jazzsick rec. 2014
Mysterious Princess - Acoustic Music rec. 1991
Fleischer / Jünemann Quartet
4 - Village (ZYX) Records rec. 2003
Hal Galper
Ivory Forest - Enja rec. 1979
Li Gaoyang
China Tour - Bailey Records rec. 2016
Live Tour - Bailey Records rec. 2015
Herb Geller
A Jazz Song Book - Enja rec. 1988
Gerardo DiLella Jazz Orchesrta
Napoli & Jazz - EmarcyRecords rec. 2012
Bruce Gertz
Red Handed - Double-Time rec. 1998
Dicovery Zone - RAM rec. 1994
Third Eye - RAM rec. 1992
Blueprint - Freelance/Evidence rec. 1991
Terje Gewelt
Steppingstone - Resonant Music rec. 2013
Maurizio Giammarco
Run Deep - Parco Della Muscia Records rec. 2012
Michael Gibbs & NDR Big Band
In My View - Cuneiform Records rec. 2013
George Gruntz
Mock-Lo-Motion - TCB rec. 1996
Blues¹n Dues Et Cetera - Enja rec. 1991
Serious Fun! - Enja rec. 1989
First Prize - Enja rec. 1989
Simone Gubbiotti
Resilience - Dot Time Records rec. 2013
Tom Harrell
Visiones - Contemporary rec. 1989
Sail Away - Contemporary rec. 1989
Conrad Herwig
New York Breed - Double-Time rec. 1996
The Amulet - Ken/Bellaphon rec. 1991
New York Hardball - Ken/Bellaphon rec. 1989
With Every Breath - Ken/Bellaphon rec. 1987
Michael Higgins
The Moon and the Lady dancing - rec. 2007
Matt Hilgenberg
Rasa - DoubleTime rec. 1999
Chris Hunter
I Want You - Sweet Basil rec. 1990
Scarborough Fair - PaddleWheel rec. 1989
Lara Iacovini
Right Together - AbeatRecords rec. 2013
The Impossible Gentlemen w/ Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker & Steve Swallow
Let’s Get Deluxe - Basho Music rec. 2016
Internationally Recognised Aliens - Basho Music rec. 2013
The Impossible Gentlemen - Basho Music rec. 2010
Ove Ingmarsson
Heart of the Matter - Imogena rec. 1995
Nucio Intrieri
Jazz My Dear - Splasc(h) rec. 1994
Yvan Ischer
Scorpio 7 - Sleepless - TCB rec. 2004
Mak Issacs
Keeping the Standards - Vorticity rec. 2002
Christian Jacob
Time Lines - Concord rec. 1998
Quinn Johnson
Quinn Johnson Trio - Birds Records rec. 2009
Ulli Junemann
BooHoo - Nabel Records rec. 2012
Vic Juris
Blue - Steeplechase rec. 2014
Omega is the Alpha - Steeplechase rec. 2009
Blue Horizon - Zoho Music rec. 2003
Chris Kase
Starting Now - Mons rec. 1994
Morgana King
Simply Eloquent - Muse rec. 1986
Niclas Knudsen
Second Stroke - Stunt rec. 1999
Human Beat Boxer - Stunt rec. 1997
Kirk Knuffke
Cherryco - Steeplechase Records rec. 2016
Lee Konitz
New York Album - Soul Note rec. 1987
Round and Round - MusicMasters rec. 1987
Olga Konkova
Some Things From Home - Candid rec. 1998
Her Point Of View - Candid rec. 1998
Pat LaBarbera/Kirk MacDonald Quartet
Silent Voices - Jazz Compass rec. 2016
Tony Lakatos
The Music of Hoagy Carmichael - Skip Records rec. 2003
Standard Time - Skip Records rec. 2012
Andy LaVerne
Farewell - Musidisc rec. 1991
Soren Lee
Trio - L + R/Bellaphon rec. 1992
Jed Levy
Rain - Steeplechase Records rec. 2012
Pete Levin
Iridium Live - E1 Entertainment Records rec. 2012
David Liebman
Monk's Mood - Double-Time rec. 1999
Time Line - Owl rec. 1989
Homage to John Coltrane - Owl rec. 1987
If They Only Knew - MCA/Impulse rec. 1980
Doin' It Again - Timeless rec. 1979
Rudy Linka
Live It Up - Timeless rec. 1991
Joe Locke
Very Early - Steeplechase rec. 1994
Scenario - Cadence rec. 1987
Rick Margitza
Color - Blue Note rec. 1989
Phil Markowitz Trio
Catalysis - Sunnyside - rec. 2007
Ole Matthiessen
Red Python - Stunt Records rec. 2013
Giovanni Mazzarino
Piani Paralelli - Live at Fazioli Concert Hall - Jazzy records rec. 2015
Light - Philogy rec. 2008
Jazz in Trio - Splasc(h) rec. 2001
Ron McClure
Inspiration - Ken/Bellaphon rec. 1991
Tonite Only - SteepleChase rec. 1991
McJolt - SteepleChase rec. 1989
John McLean
Easy Go - Premonition rec. 2000
Jim McNeely
In This Moment - Stunt rec. 2001
East Coast Blow Out w/ John Scofield & WDR Big Band - Lipstick rec. 1989
From the Heart - Owl rec. 1984
Kazu Michishita
You Can Dream - Kaz Music rec. 1995
Migration w/ Jiannis Pavlidis, Adam Nussbaum, George Kontrafouris
FMRCD346 - FMR Records rec. 2013
Karlheinz Miklin
Last Waltz - Acoustic Music rec. 1995
James Moody/Hank Jones Quartet
Our Delight - IPO Records - rec. 2007
Tony Monaco
East to West - Chicken Coop Records rec. 2005
Bobo Moreno
Dreamsville - Stunt records rec. 2013
Tisziji Munoz
Hearing Voices - Anami rec. 1984
Leaving This Planet - Anami rec. 1984
Mark Murphy
Kerouac, Then and Now - Muse rec. 1986
Judy Niemack
Straight Up - Freelance rec. 1992
New Light w/ Dave Liebman, Adam Niewood & Gene Perla
Live - PM Records rec. 2014
The NUTTREE Quartet w/ John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi & Gary Versace
The NUTTREE Quartet - Kind of Blue Records 10023 rec. 2007
David O'Higgins
Beats Working For A Living - EFZ rec. 1994
Peter O'Mara
Mirage - Pirouet
Avenue "U" - Enja rec. 1989
Chuck Owen
Jazz Surge - Seabreeze rec. 1995
Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge
The Comet's Tail - Mama rec. 2008
Jeff Palmer
Abracadabra - Soul Note rec. 1987
Lazer Wizard - Statiras rec. 1984
Jackie Paris
Lucky to be Me - Emarcy rec. 1988
Jaco Pastorius
Live In New York City vol. 5 - Big World rec. 1985
Jiannis Pavilidis - George Kontrafouris - Adam Nussbaum
Migration - FMR Records rec. 2012
Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen
To A Brother - Pladecompagniet/Sony rec. 1992
Kim Pensyl
At the Moment - Fable/Lightyear rec. 1999
Joey Pero
Charles Pillow
Currents - A Records rec. 1996
Romano Pratesi Rubber Band
Live - Z Productions rec. 2012
Jeanfrançois Prins
All Around Town - TCB rec. 1997
Project TH3M w/ Mark Sherman, Bob Franceschini, Martin Gjakonovski
- Miles High Records rec. 2012
Doug Raney
Blues On A Par - SteepleChase rec. 1993
Mikael Råberg
Big Band - TonArt rec. 1991
Fritz Renold & Bostonian Friends
Starlight - CBS/Sony rec. 1994
Peace For Africa - EPM rec. 1992
Mike Richmond
New Blues - Nuba rec. 1991
On The Edge - SteepleChase rec. 1988
Stephen Riley
Hold ‘Em Joe - Steeplechase (SCCD 31850) rec. 2017
Cinzia Roncelli Sings Swallow
Willow: A Jazz Suite - Musica Jazz rec. 2013
Dino Rubino
Where Is The Happiness? - TUK Music rec. 2017
Kairos - TUK Music rec. 2013
Rue De Paris
Trios - Intuition rec. 2008
New York Slow - Sony BMG rec. 2007
Quiet Motion - Sony BMG rec. 2005
Dave Santoro
Introducing - All Art rec. 1993
Doug Sertl
Joy Spring - Stash rec. 1990
Loren Schoenberg
Sposin - Music Masters rec. 1990
Joachim Schoenecker
In the Moment - Nagel-Heyer rec. 2000
John Scofield
Out Like a Light - Enja rec. 1981
Shinola - Enja rec. 1981
Who's Who - BMG/Novus rec. 1979
Bar Talk - BMG/Novus rec. 1980
Rough House - Enja rec. 1978
Steve Slagle
Plays Monk - SteepleChase rec. 1997
Larry Schneider
It Might As Well be Spring - Steeplechase rec. 2003
Libor Šmoldas NYC Trio w/ Jay Anderson & Adam Nussbaum
On the Move - New Port Line rec. 2015
Dreamtime - New Port Line rec. 2011
Lew Soloff
Hanalei Bay - King/Electric Bird rec. 1985
Mark Soskin
Around the Corner - Paddlewheel rec. 1993
Views From Here - Paddlewheel rec. 1992
Uffe Steen
Dust In My Coffee - Stunt rec. 2003
Play - Stunt rec. 2000
Curtis Stigers
Baby Plays Around - Concord rec. 2000
Dave Stryker
Blue to the Bone 2 - SteepleChase rec. 1998
Stardust - SteepleChase rec. 1994
Passage - SteepleChase rec. 1991
Ed Summerlin
Eye to the Future - Ictus rec. 1998
Steve Swallow
Damaged In Transit - X-tra WATT rec. 2001
Always Pack Your Uniform On Top - X-tra WATT rec. 1999
Deconstructed - X-tra WATT rec. 1996
Swallow/Talmor/Nussbaum
Singular Curves - Auand rec. 2014
Playing In Traffic - Auand rec. 2008
Tessarolo - Fassi - Dalla Porta - Nussbaum
Bemsha - Splasc(h) rec. 2000
'Toots' Thielemans
The Live Takes - Quetzal/Narada Jazz rec. 1995
Frank Tiberi
Tiberian Mode - NY JAM rec. 1999
Elon Turgeman
Climb Up - Turgeman Prods. rec. 2016
Hans Ulrik
Day After Day - Storyville rec. 1991
Sigurd Ulveseth
I Wish I Knew - Taurus rec. 2000
Infant Eyes - Taurus rec. 1996
To Wisdom, The Prize - Taurus rec. 1994
Tom Varner
Motion/Stillness - Soul Note rec. 1982
Gary Versaces
Reminiscence- SteepleChase rec. 2007
Miroslav Vitous - Universal Syncopations 2 - ECM rec. 2005
Dan Wall
Off The Wall - Enja rec. 1996
Bobby Watson
Advance - Enja rec. 1984
WE3 w/ Dave Liebman, Adam Nussbaum & Steve Swallow
Amazing - Kind of Blue rec. 2010
Three For All - Challenge Records rec. 2006
Peter Weniger
Key of the Moment - Mons rec. 1993
Torben Westergaard
What I Miss - Olufsen rec. 1989
Jack Wilkins
Artwork - Koch rec. 1995
Dave Wilson
Spiral - Summit Records rec. 2010
Glenn Wilson
Elusive - Sunnyside rec. 1987
Impasse - Cadence rec. 1984
Jens Winther
The Escape w/ the WDR Big Band - Dacapo rec. 1994
Simone Zanchini & Ratko Zjaca
Beyond The Lines - In + Out Records rec. 2012
Best of Two Worlds - In + Out Records rec. 2010
Simone Zanchini
Don't Try This Anywhere - In + Out Records rec. 2015
w / Various Artists...
A Jazz Christmas w/ Loren Schoenberg - MusicMasters Jazz rec. 1990
As Long As You're Living Yours -
The Music of Keith Jarrett w/Tom Harrell & Joe Lovano - RCA Victor/BMG rec. 1999
Come Together w/ 'Toots' Thielemans - NYC rec. 1992
Helvetic Suite / Jazz Meets Classic
w/ Bostonian Friends: Randy Brecker, Christian Jacob, Fritz Renold, Miroslav Vitous
& Aargauer Symphony Orchestra - SRI Musica Helvetica rec. 1998
Live At Jazzclub Fasching
- Dragon w/ Anders Bergcrantz rec. 1996
Select Live Sax Workshop
w/ Michael Brecker, Bill Evans, Stanley Turrentine & Ernie Watts - Polydor rec. 1989
US4 / My Scandinavian Blues - A Tribute to Horace Parlan
w/ Tomas Franck, Thomas Clausen, Sinne Eeg, Jimmi Roger Pedersen
Stunt Records rec. 2014
We Remember Pastorius w/ Joey Calderazzo & George Mraz - Eau rec. 1990
Yule Struttin' w/ Joey Calderazzo, Eliane Elias & John Scofield - Blue Note rec. 1990
Television & Video...
John Abercrombie, Franco Ambrosetti, BANN, Patricia Barber, Bob Berg,
Jerry Bergonzi, Carla Bley, Michael Brecker, Gary Burton, Ted Curson,
Eliane Elias, Kurt Elling, Gil Evans, Søs Fenger, Mordy Ferber, Stan Getz,
George Gruntz, Niclas Knudsen, David Liebman, James Moody,
David Sanborn, John Scofield, 'Toots' Thielemans & We3