Adam Linson

Adam Linson (born 1975) is an American double bassist, composer, improviser, and jazz musician. He performs regularly on the double bass, acoustically and with live electronics, as a soloist and in a wide variety of ensembles. He also designs, develops, and performs with real-time interactive computer music systems. 

Linson was born in 1975 in Los Angeles, California. He studied music under George Lewis and Bertram Turetzky at the University of California, San Diego, where he performed jazz, improvised, and twentieth-century orchestral music and completed a BA in philosophy. 

From 1999-2009, Linson was based in Berlin, Germany, where he began working in diverse improvising ensembles in Europe and North America, and also began his sustained involvement with interactive computer music. While in Germany, Linson collaborated, among others, with pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach's trio featuring saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens.

In 2005, he performed in Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble, releasing the album The Eleventh Hour on ECM Records with Paul Obermayer (keyboards), Richard Barrett (keyboards), Paul Lytton (percussion), Agustí Fernandez(piano), Steve Lake (producer), Evan Parker (saxophone, voice), and Phil Wachsmann (violin, electronics).

In 2006, Linson released his debut solo album Cut and Continuum with PSI Records. In January 2008, Linson formed Adam Linson Systems Quartet with German trumpeter Axel Dörner, British percussionist/drummer Paul Lytton, and German bass clarinetist Rudi Mahall, and released Figures And Grounds on PSI Records.

In 2009, he recorded the album Integument in a duo with British composer Lawrence Casserley on PSI. The album was produced by British saxophonist Evan Parker and Martin Davidson. Linson and Casserley have also performed together in Germany, Austria, and the United Kingdom.

Also in 2009, Linson performed on John Butcher's album Somethingtobesaid as part of his "John Butcher Group" with John Edwards (double bass), Clare Cooper (harp, guzheng), Gino Robair (percussion), Chris Burn (piano), Robert Abel (producer), Thomas Lehn (synthesizer), and Dieb13 (turntables).

In 2019, Linson performed on saxophonist Evan Parker and Matthew Wright's "Trance Map +" project, releasing Crepuscule In Nickelsdorf (Intakt Records) alongside John Coxon (turntable, electronics) and Ashley Wales (electronics).