Ambrose Akinmusire

Far from the typical jazz vernacular, no doubt there were many celebrated and telepathic moments to be had over the course of the set. Trefoil: Ambrose Akinmusire, Kris Davis, and Gerald Cleaver. Cleveland, Ohio. March 20, 2022. With a distinguished resume that includes his 2007 wins in both the Thelonious...

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"The most distinctive trumpeter of our era, Oakland-rooted Ambrose Akinmusire plays with a dark-hued and gleaming tone. He merges straight ahead jazz with hip-hop and string quartets, “throwing out all the cliches to arrive at a fresh conception” - San Jose Mercury News. Twenty years into his professional...