Nicholas Adams

Nicholas “Nick” Adams is a percussionist and bandleader from Maple Grove, Minnesota. In addition to fronting the jazz-fusion supergroup Liquid Vinyl, he plays with the youth jazz powerhouse Below Zero and the Tamberwood Quartet. Adams was selected for the 2017-2018 Dakota Combo, an elite student ensemble under the supervision of Adam Linz and directly supported by the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education. He currently attends Totino-Grace High School, where he participates fully in a wide variety of musical activities.

Adams got his first drum set at the age of two, and started taking lessons when he was four. He has studied with some of the finest musicians in the midwest, including Robert Adney (South Dakota Symphony), Steve Roehm (The New Standards), and Phil Hey (Phil Hey Quartet).