Adam O’Farrill Elephant

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Acclaimed trumpeter and composer Adam O’Farrill introduces ELEPHANT, his first quartet as the sole horn voice, with a self-titled debut released this year via Out of Your Head Records.

ELEPHANT unites four rising New York–based musicians: O’Farrill, pianist Yvonne Rogers, bassist Walter Stinson, and drummer Russell Holzman. Rogers combines deep study with fearless spontaneity; Stinson balances consummate fundamentals with elastic, expressive musicianship; and Holzman—an old friend of O’Farrill’s from LaGuardia High School—melds natural swing with high-precision, electronic-rooted rhythms and a finely tuned sense of dynamics.

ELEPHANT draws from a wide constellation of musical influences—post-bop, electronic music, classical minimalism, Radiohead, Jonny Greenwood’s film scores, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and more—absorbed organically rather than as overt crossover gestures. The album’s centerpiece, The Sea Triptych, reflects water’s comfort and mystery across three pieces, from the crashing textures of “Along the Malecon” to the ambient meditation “The Three of Us, Floating” and the percussive, groove-driven “Iris Murdoch.” Elsewhere, the quartet’s striking reinvention of Sakamoto’s “Bibo No Aozora” replaces strings with trumpet, delay, and electronic harmony without sacrificing the instrument’s essential voice.

ELEPHANT captures O’Farrill fully inhabiting his moment—confident, curious, and unafraid to let contemporary influences reshape the language of modern jazz on his own terms.

Adam O’Farrill – Trumpet/EFX
Yvonne Rogers – Piano
Walter Stinson – Bass
Russell Holzman – Drums