CHAD EDWARDS
Genres: Post Bop, Classic Fusion • United States

Pianist Chad Edwards has been active in the LA area jazz scene for over four decades, performing in a wide range of musical settings. While studying at Princeton University, he played with the jazz-rock band Spiral, as well as with guitarist Stanley Jordan, and then co-founded and toured with the fusion band Slow Burn after moving to LA. You can hear his work with the retro-jazz quintet Zen Dadio in the Academy Award-winning motion picture American Beauty. His first CD "Resolution" received critical acclaim, featuring a mix of original compositions and fresh arrangements of jazz standards. Currently, he is playing with the San Gabriel Seven jazz band in LA, a tight ensemble with rhythm section and horns, with whom he has recorded a series of albums with a number of outstanding jazz vocalists, including Tierney Sutton, Sinne Eeg, Andrea Miller, Katie Campbell, and Femi Knight. His second album as a leader, “Wyoming read more...