Brian Adler- Drummer, Composer, Teacher

Projects

Adler's most recent endeavor, the Helium Music Project, attempts to transcend the boundaries of stylistic genres and geographic borders to create a rich new music and new format for musical output. It is an ongoing global collaboration with: Marilyn Crispell, Ben Monder, Sunny Kim, Josh Deutsch, Carmen Staaf, Rodrigo Dominguez, Kate McGarry, Dave Eggar, Peter Ehwald, Benedikt Jahnel, Daniel "Pipi" Piazzolla, Mark Lau, Nick Kadajski, Matt Holman, and many others. "A delightfully uplifting representation of [Adler's ] musical philosophy," says Alex Ariff of All About Jazz.

Led by Brian Adler, Prana Trio, has been composing new works to frame the ancient texts of Rumi, Hafiz, Lao Tzu, Shankarcarya, Kabir, Issa and others since 2003. Brad Walseth of Jazz Chicago describes them as "beautiful and haunting... with a finger on the pulse of humanity, Prana Trio speaks of the universality of poetry and music across many cultures." Prana Trio has produced three albums: The Singing Image of Fire (2010), Pranam (2006) and After Dark (2004) and has performed throughout the United States and Germany.