Adam Hutcheson

Adam Hutcheson has been privileged to share the bandstand with some of the most in demand musicians on the NYC jazz scene including George Colligan, Victor Lewis, Mike Clark, Duane Eubanks, Ed Howard, and Glenn Zaleski. He has performed in some of the city’s staple venues such as the Apollo Theater, 55 Bar, Fat Cat, and most notably at Jazz at Kitano, where he served as the house saxophonist for the club’s Emerging Artist Series. Internationally, Adam has played in jazz festivals and clubs in Ireland, London, Amsterdam, Japan, and South Korea. He can be heard on numerous recordings as a sideman and has released two albums as a leader. In September 2020, Adam was awarded 1st place in the jazz category of the Unsigned Only International Music Competition for his original composition entitled “Souperbass,” which can be heard on his latest release (Vol. 1 by AH2).Adam earned his B.M. and M.M. in Jazz Saxophone Performance from the University of North Texas where he played lead alto in the Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band, taught jazz saxophone lessons, and was the recipient of multiple Downbeat Magazine student awards. His primary teachers were Brad Leali, Jim Riggs, and Eric Nestler. While living in Texas, he was also named a finalist in the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) 2010 and 2012 jazz saxophone competitions where he also served as a judge in the competition in 2022. He is an active clinician having taught at jazz festivals and camps across the country including being the featured jazz clinician at the 2024 U.S. Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium as well as having taught several online masterclasses. He currently serves on faculty at Skidmore College and Ocean County College where he teaches jazz improvisation-based courses. Adam is an artist for Conn-Selmer and D’Addario Woodwinds and plays exclusively on Yanagisawa saxophones and D’Addario Venn reeds.