FEB 3-5, FEB 9 | SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Ambrose Akinmusire
Feb 03, 2023
Miner Auditorium
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Ambrose Akinmusire possesses one of the most original trumpet voices of recent decades. He has a breathtaking, ruby-red tone and a penchant for coaxing extraordinary — and unexpected — sounds and effects from his horn. If you watch him perform (or listen to his five albums on the Blue Note label) you will hear him swing freely between jazz, R&B, chamber music and sounds you cannot put in a box. It’s a unified creative flow. It comes from inside him. It honors the jazz tradition while pointing toward destinations unknown. An Oakland native with an international career, Akinmusire is a master improviser and bandleader. On stage, he has a way of instantly processing musical information, always nurturing, expanding, and elevating the performance. He begins his 2023 residency with a program of music for quartet featuring special guest saxophonist and fellow Berkeley High School alumni Joshua Redman.
The most distinctive trumpeter of our era, Oakland-reared Akinmusire plays with a dark-hued and gleaming tone. He merges straight ahead jazz with rappers and string quartets, “throwing out all the cliches to arrive at a fresh conception” (San Jose Mercury News). A Blue Note recording artist, Akinmusire pushes fearlessly forward – and is sought out by such legends as Jack DeJohnette and Kendrick Lamar.
Trumpeter, composer and SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Ambrose Akinmusire kicks off his residency with his longstanding quartet featuring special guest saxophonist and fellow Berkeley High School alumni Joshua Redman.
PRESS
› Ambrose Akinmusire Is Skipping the Grammys to Honor His Oakland Music Heroes (KQED)
The most distinctive, elusive and ultimately satisfying trumpeter of his generation
THE NEW YORK TIMES on Ambrose Akinmusire
The most distinctive, elusive and ultimately satisfying trumpeter of his generation
THE NEW YORK TIMES on Ambrose Akinmusire
Personnel
Ambrose Akinmusire trumpet
Joshua Redman tenor saxophone
Sam Harris piano
Harish Raghavan bass
Timothy Angulo drums
Akinmusire is a master improviser whose original compositions blend influences beyond classical jazz, including poetry, blues and hip-hop.
KQED on Ambrose Akinmusire
Personnel
Ambrose Akinmusire trumpet
Joshua Redman tenor saxophone
Sam Harris piano
Harish Raghavan bass
Timothy Angulo drums
Akinmusire is a master improviser whose original compositions blend influences beyond classical jazz, including poetry, blues and hip-hop.
KQED on Ambrose Akinmusire
Watch & Listen
Ambrose Akinmusire
Mr. Roscoe (consider the simultaneity)
Ambrose Akinmusire
Moon (the return amplifies the unity)
Ambrose Akinmusire
Mr. Roscoe (consider the simultaneity)
Ambrose Akinmusire
Moon (the return amplifies the unity)
FEB 3-5, FEB 9 | RESIDENT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE
SAT, FEB 4
SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director
Martin Lawrence Triow/ Ambrose Akinmusire, Mike Aaberg & Thomas Pridgen
SUN, FEB 5
SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director
Ambrose Akinmusire & Ron Carter DuoTHU, FEB 9