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John Adams

Real Name:
John Adams
Profile:
Born February 15th 1947, East Concord, New Hampshire, USA.
Teaches composition and directs the New Music Ensemble at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
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Discography

Releases:
Ensemble Pieces (2 versions)   Obscure (UK) ... 1975
Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates (2 versions)   1750 Arch Records ... 1980
Harmonium (2 versions)   ECM New Series 1984
Variations For Winds, Strings And Keyboards / Shaker Loops (Album) (3 versions)   Philips 1984
Light Over Water (LP)   New Albion Records 1985
Through The Eyes Of Love (2 versions)   Parlophone 1985
The Chairman Dances (3 versions)   Nonesuch 1987
Hoodoo Zephyr (CD, Album)   Nonesuch 1990
Minimalist (Album) (2 versions)   Virgin Classics 1990
American Elegies (CD)   Nonesuch 1991
The Ultimate Minimal (CD, Comp)   WEA Japan 1995
Chamber Symphony / Shaker Loops / Phrygian Gates For Solo Piano (CD, Album)   RCA Victor Red Seal 1997
Piano Music Of John Adams & Terry Riley (CD, Album)   Telarc 1998
Nixon In China (Box + 3xCD)   Nonesuch 1999
Century Rolls / Lollapalooza / Slonimsky's Earbox (CD)   Nonesuch 2000
Harmonium / The Klinghoffer Choruses (CD, Album)   Nonesuch 2000
El Niño (2xCD)   Nonesuch 2001
Naive And Sentimental Music (CD)   Nonesuch 2002
Short Ride In A Fast Machine • The Chairman Dances • Harmonium / De Snelheid (CD, Enh)   BBC Music Magazine 2002
On The Transmigration Of Souls (CD, Album)   Nonesuch 2004
Road Movies (CD)   Nonesuch 2004
Shaker Loops • Short Ride In A Fast Machine • The Wound Dresser • Berceuse Élégiaque (Album) (2 versions)   Naxos 2004
Violin Concerto - Red Violin 'Chaconne' (CD, Album)   Naxos 2006
Complete Piano Music (CD)   Naxos 2007
Production:
Living In A World (Turned Upside Down) (Single) (5 versions)   EMI ... 1984
Appears On:
Light Shine (Album) (2 versions)   Warner Bros. Records 1974
More Sex And More Soul (LP, Album)   Mercury 1977
Series 1 Issue 11 (12", Ltd, Promo) Memory Of Your Name Hot Tracks 1982
Fog Tropes / Gradual Requiem (LP)   New Albion 1984
Living In A World (Turned Upside Down) (Single) (5 versions)   EMI ... 1984
Desert Island Dusk (LP, Album) Ivory Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier, Labyrinthes 1986
Here I Am (LP) Here I Am Wing Records 1989
In Good Company (Album) (2 versions) Pat's Aria Point Music 1992
Change We Must (Box, Promo + CD, Album + VHS, NTSC, Promo, Ele) Shaker Loops EMI Classics 1994
Fog Tropes/Gradual Requiem/Gambuh I (CD, Album)   New Albion 1994
Minimalist (CD, Album) Shaker Loops (Part 1),... Virgin Classics 2000
Who Is Afraid Of 20th Century Music? Vol. 2 (CD) Short Ride In A Fast M... EMI Classics 2002
Frank (Album, Comp) (2 versions) I Heard Love Is Blind Universal Island Records 2003
Stronger Than Me (CD, Single, Promo)   Universal Island Records 2003
Pumps / Help Yourself (CD, Single) Pumps Universal Island Records 2004
Discover Music Of The 20th Century (2xCD, Comp) Short Ride In A Fast M... Naxos 2005
Minimal Piano Collection (9xCD + Box)   Brilliant Classics 2006
What's Going On (CD, Album)   Evangeline Records, Shout! Factory 2006
Back To Black (CD, Album + CD, Comp + , Del) Some Unholy War Universal Island Records 2007
Tracks Appear On:
The Nonesuch Sampler (LP, Comp, Promo) Harmonielehre, Part I ... Nonesuch 1986
High Life - Hits Á La Chart (CD, Comp) Strip This Heart Polystar Records, Polygram 1987
July 87 - Previews (LP) Strip This Heart DMC 1987
Nouvelle Musique (CD, MiniAlbum, Comp) The Chairman Dances Argo Records (2) 1996
Les Musiques Américaines De Nonesuch (CD) The Chairman Dances (F... Nonesuch 1998
Maximum Minimalists (CD, Album) The Chairman Dances (F... Nonesuch 2000
Minimal Piano Collection (9xCD + Box) China Gates Brilliant Classics 2006
80/90 Compilation (CD, Comp) Life Discomagic Records  
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