Adam O'Farrill's Stranger Days

"There’s little disagreement that [Adam O'Farrill] is among the leading trumpeters in jazz — and perhaps the music’s next major improviser." - NY Times

Trumpet player Adam O’Farrill and his quartet Stranger Days will appear in concert at Theodore Parker Church on Saturday evening, October 16th. The"omnipresent, omnivorous young trumpeter” (David A. Graham, The Atlantic) and his brother Zack come from a rich musical background: their grandfather was the Afro-Cuban-Irish composer and arranger Chico O’Farrill; their father is the cultural boundary-pushing composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrill, and their mother Alison Deane is a classical pianist and educator. 

Stranger Days also features Xavier Del Castillo on tenor sax, Walter Stinson on bass and Zack O’Farrill on drums.

O’Farrill’s music is both abstract and personal, his compositions reflecting such diverse subjects as being mixed race, growing up in New York, family history, and spirituality, while drawing inspiration from film, literature, and folk traditions.

In addition to his work as a bandleader, O'Farill is an in-demand sideman, performing regularly with bandleaders Hiromi, Mary Halvorson, Anna Webber and others.

Doors open at 7:30 and music starts at 8. General admission tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Students with ID $15 at the door only. Kids under 18 are free.