Ars Nova Workshop presents the esteemed trumpeter Adam O’Farrill with his quartet ELEPHANT at Solar Myth on Thursday, November 19, 2026.

Still in his early 30s, trumpeter Adam O’Farrill has earned the respect of his peers and elders alike, not to mention music-school hopefuls who transcribe him alongside bop-era greats. The New York Times ranks him, “among the leading trumpeters in jazz” and hails him as, “ perhaps the music’s next major improviser.” He’s a musician of staggering technique and even deeper emotional and cultural insight, and the jazz community has noticed.  Last year alone, O’Farrill was integral to acclaimed recordings including guitarist Mary Halvorson’s About Ghosts, keyboard dynamo Hiromi’s Out There, drummer-composer Tarun Balani’s Kadahin Milandaasin and his own octet project, For These Streets.. His C.V. boasts collaborations with some of the most critically lauded musicians of the 21st century: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Vijay Iyer, Tyshawn Sorey, Anna Webber, Mulatu Astatke, Mali Obomsawin, Micah Thomas and more.

With his new quartet, ELEPHANT, O’Farrill surrounds himself with three rising New York-based artists who will undoubtedly shape the state of improvised music in the decades ahead. They include the pianist Yvonne Rogers, the bassist Walter Stinson and the drummer Russell Holzman. In his review for PopMatters, Will Layman says, “This band and their music are beautiful and exciting, an extension of a grand lineage. Adam O’Farrill is dancing the music forward.”