Adam Sorensen Trio

Start Time: 9.30pm

Entrance Fee: FREE

Adam Sorensen: Drums

Vincent (Tsung-Yu) Hsu: Bass

Oren Dashti: Piano

Born in Chicago, Adam James Sorensen left the Midwest at age 19.  Living in Salt Lake City, New York City, Edinburgh and Berlin, he has performed with jazz artists such as Scott Hamilton, Melvin Sparks, Keith Tippett, Barbara Morrison, Nostalgia 77, David Berkman, Herb Geller, Bobby Wellins, YuYing Hsu, Tony Monaco and Peter King.  He has also performed and recorded with rock, Americana and folk artists such as The Blood Oranges, Neil Cleary, Jerry Joseph, John Carlin and Megan Peters.  Adam has toured both nationally and abroad as a drummer, and as a singer songwriter/guitarist.  After recording on numerous albums as a sideman, he released his debut as a singer/songwriter, MIDWEST, in 2012.  While living and performing in New York City from 1999 – 2005, Sorensen earned a BFA in jazz performance from New York’s liberal arts college, The New School.  He currently lives in the Chicago area and continues tour and record both as a bandleader, and as a sideman.  More information, performance dates, and music can be found on his website:  www.adamjamessorensen

Vincent (Tsung-Yu) Hsu was born in Changhua, Taiwan, and grew up in Kaoushiung.  He moved to New York in 2002 to pursue his master’s degree in TESOL at The City College of the City University of New York (CCNY).  Meanwhile, he began studying acoustic bass with legendary musicians, including Cecil McBee, Victor Venegas, Andy González, and John Schaeffer (former Principal Bassist for the New York Philharmonic). After receiving his master’s degree, Vincent was accepted into the undergraduate jazz program at CCNY, where he studied with the world-renowned bassist, John Patitucci. Vincent received his bachelor’s degree in Jazz Performance from CCNY in 2008. In the summer of 2010, he graduated from the master’s program of Jazz Performance at NYU, where he studies with Brian Lynch, Rich Shemaria, Martin Wind, Billy Drummond, Don Frieman and Ralph Alessi.

Vincent has played at various jazz venues in New York, such as Blue Note, Jazz Gallery, St. Nick’s Pub, Jules Bistro, Puppet’s Jazz Bar, Bowery Poetry Club, Shrine, Arturo’s, Garage, Greenwich Village Bistro, Big Apple Jazz/ EZ’s Woodshed, Aaron Davis Hall/ CUNY Jazz Festival, Taipei Economic and Culture Center, and Smalls. Vincent also has strong passion in Latin and Afro-Cuban music. He is one of the founders of the traditional Cuban band—Sarah Y Su Cachito—who regularly performs authentic Cuban and Latin jazz in New York. In addition to live performance, Vincent also devotes himself to jazz talks and lecture demonstrations in hopes of promoting jazz performance, jazz history and its education. In the summer of 2010, Vincent moved back from New York and now resides in Taipei.