Adonis Patrick Rose (born January 11, 1975) is an American jazz drummer, composer, producer, bandleader, and educator. He is the Managing and Artistic Director of New Orleans Jazz Orchestra the (NOJO) and a Grammy Award winner for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. He has appeared on more than 50 recordings and is known for his leadership of NOJO and collaborations with leading figures in contemporary jazz.[1]
In 2009, Rose won a Grammy Award as a member of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra for Book One.[4]
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
In January 2017, Rose was appointed Managing and Artistic Director of NOJO.[5] and the New Orleans Jazz Market, . He led the orchestra through its first full concert season post-Hurricane Katrina, collaborating with Sheila E., Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ledisi, Slick Rick, and Eric Benét.[6]
Under his leadership, the orchestra released:
Songs: The Music of Allen Toussaint (2019), praised by JazzTimes.[7]
The orchestra also resumed regular programming at the New Orleans Jazz Market.[9]
Education and Nonprofit Work
Following Hurricane Katrina, Rose relocated to the Dallas–Fort Worth area, serving as Artist in Residence at the University of Texas at Arlington and at the Jazz by the Boulevard Festival.[10] He later founded the Fort Worth Jazz Orchestra, a nonprofit supporting jazz performance and education.[11]
In 2021, Rose was appointed New Orleans Music and Culture Curator for the JazzAscona Festival in Switzerland.[12] He also launched The Lagniappe Sessions, an NPR-distributed radio program featuring New Orleans artists, .[13]
Commissions
In 2022, Rose was commissioned to compose a new work for the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance company, www.cleoparkerdance.org, inspired by the 2019 church burnings in St. Landry Parish. The work premiered at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver.[14]
Board Service
Rose serves on the boards of the Cape May Jazz Festival Foundation. , Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, the Recording Academy Board of Governors, and the Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience.[15]
Early life
Rose began drumming at age four, taught by his father Vernon Severin.[1] He attended P.A. Capdau Junior High School and later earned acceptance into the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), studying under Clyde Kerr Jr.[16] His classmates included Nicholas Payton, Jason Stewart, Dwight Fitch, Mark Braud, and Abram Wilson.
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