Adam has also performed internationally at jazz venues and festivals in Switzerland, South Korea, and Japan. Adam’s career as a bassoonist led him to collaborate with avant-garde jazz legend and Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Threadgill on his multimedia project The Other One—performed and recorded live at Roulette Intermedium and released as an album. Adam has shared the stage with artists such as Morgan Guerin, Alfredo Colon, Ingrid Jensen, Emmanuel Michael, Craig Weinrib, and Tyshawn Sorey. Adam's most recent album recorded with guitarist Odin Scherer, Sonora, "explores musical landscapes, balancing robustness and fragility to evoke significant emotional responses" according to acclaimed reviewer Filipe Freitas at JazzTrail. In addition to saxophone and bassoon, Adam also performs on clarinet, bass clarinet, and flute.

 

While Adam’s music primarily explores a crossing of different genres & modern jazz, he often uses nature as a catalyst for writing his compositions & designing sounds. In recent years, Adam has been utilizing effect pedals to expand the sonic potential of the woodwind family. He hopes his duo project with Odin Scherer and his quintet project, Arcadia, will inspire listeners to consider their relationship with nature.

 

Adam holds a BFA degree with high honors from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Adam currently teaches a large studio of his own students privately and is an adjunct faculty member at The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music. As well as establishing a career as an artist & educator, Adam is invested in bringing the modern jazz community together - he was a leading founder of the underground music venue Julian's NYC (active 2022-2024) and is currently a co-founder of the genre-bending jazz label, Tidebloom Records.

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​Adam Cordero proudly endorses D’Addario Woodwinds and Ishimori Saxophones.