Adam Moezinia will be leading his Standards Trio, presenting fresh arrangements of classic American Songbook compositions by such composers as George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers.
A native of Los Angeles, guitarist Adam Moezinia moved to New York City in 2010 to study at The Juilliard School where he received his graduate degree in Jazz Studies. He is a straight-ahead jazz guitarist rooted in the traditions of swing, blues and the great American Songbook. He has played with such jazz artists as vocalists Freddie Cole and Cecile McLorin Salvant, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, and multireedists Will and Pete Anderson, and has performed at venues such as the Blue Note, Birdland, and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Moezinia has been influenced on guitar by jazz giants like Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, and Jim Hall. In an interview with Jazz Guitar Today, Moezinia talked about Hall. “Jim to me,” he said, “is the father of modern jazz guitar in that he opened the door musically for people like Pat Metheny and Kurt Rosenwinkel. So, I think this (his 1975 Jim Hall Live! album) is a must for any aspiring jazz guitarists as well as any jazz guitar enthusiasts.”
Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon is made possible through funding from the Wintrode Family Foundation, the Ocean County College Foundation, and support from the New Jersey Jazz Society.
