Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet at Jimmy’s

We are thrilled to announce 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 & 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐄 and his Quartet will perform at Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club on 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟏 at 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌. 𝐴𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑎 2021 𝐺𝑅𝐴𝑀𝑀𝑌 𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑁𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 “𝐵𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐽𝑎𝑧𝑧 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚” 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝐶𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐’𝑠 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 “#1 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟” 𝑓𝑜𝑟 8 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑤 (2013-2020) & 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 3𝑥-𝐽𝑎𝑧𝑧 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 “𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟” 𝐴𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑-𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟.

“…𝑨𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒌𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒄 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏.”
— 𝑵𝑷𝑹

“𝑪𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒂 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒛 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒔, 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.”
— 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑳𝑶𝑺 𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑬𝑳𝑬𝑺 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺

“𝑨 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈.”
— 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑵𝑬𝑾 𝒀𝑶𝑹𝑲𝑬𝑹

Tᴏ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪsᴛᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ Aᴍʙʀᴏsᴇ Aᴋɪɴᴍᴜsɪʀᴇ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇᴛ ᴀᴛ 𝐉ɪᴍᴍʏ’s 𝐉ᴀᴢᴢ & 𝐁ʟᴜᴇs 𝐂ʟᴜʙ – sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇᴡ sᴛᴀᴛᴇ-ᴏꜰ-ᴛʜᴇ-ᴀʀᴛ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴ, sᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢɪᴇs – ᴡɪʟʟ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀᴀʙʟᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴘʜᴇɴᴏᴍᴇɴᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴsᴘɪʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴊᴀᴢᴢ ᴍᴜsɪᴄ!! Wᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴇxᴄɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʀ sᴏɴɢs ꜰʀᴏᴍ Aᴍʙʀᴏsᴇ’s GRAMMY® Aᴡᴀʀᴅ Nᴏᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇᴅ Aʟʙᴜᴍ “Oɴ Tʜᴇ Tᴇɴᴅᴇʀ Sᴘᴏᴛ Oꜰ Eᴠᴇʀʏ Cᴀʟʟᴏᴜsᴇᴅ Mᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ” ᴀᴛ Jɪᴍᴍʏ’s – ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ-ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ!!

𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝟏𝟓-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳, 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬. He’s on a perpetual quest for new paradigms, masterfully weaving inspiration from other genres, arts, and life in general into compositions that are as poetic and graceful as they are bold and unflinching. His unorthodox approach to sound and composition make him a regular on critics polls and have earned him earned him grants and commissions from the Doris Duke Foundation, the MAP Fund, the Kennedy Center, among others. While Akinmusire continues to garner accolades, his reach is always beyond—himself, his instrument, genre, form, preconceived notions, and anything else imposing limitations. Akinmusire is a rigorous practitioner with an uncompromising dedication to creation.

𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐚𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚, Ambrose Akinmusire 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐱𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧. Akinmusire was asked to join Coleman’s Five Elements, embarking on a European tour when he was just a 19-year-old student at the Manhattan School of Music. After returning to the West Coast to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Southern California, Akinmusire went on to attend the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in Los Angeles, where he studied with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Terence Blanchard.

𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕 𝐀𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐤 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐛 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭, 𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐚, 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 Roy Hargrove.That year Akinmusire also won the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition and released his debut album ‘Prelude…To Cora.’ He moved back to New York and began performing with the likes of Vijay Iyer, Aaron Parks, Esperanza Spalding and Jason Moran. It was also during this time that he first caught the attention of another discerning listener, Bruce Lundvall, President of Blue Note Records.

𝐀𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 ‘𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠’ 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬. THE LOS ANGELES TIMES praised his “chameleonic tone that can sigh, flutter or soar,” adding that “Akinmusire sounds less like a rising star than one that was already at great heights and just waiting to be discovered.” DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE described his playing as “spectacular and not at all shy — muscular, driving, with a forward sound, pliant phrasing and a penchant for intervallic leaps…” THE NEW YORK TIMES rated ‘When The Heart Emerges Glistening’ as one of Best Albums of 2011, #1 in Jazz. In the same year, Akinmusire won 2 Jazz Journalist Association Awards – “Trumpeter of the Year” & “Up and “Coming Artist of the Year.” He also was the Downbeat Critic’s Poll “Jazz Artist of the Year” Award-Winner.

𝐀𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 – 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭’ – 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒. THE LOS ANGELES TIMES named it the “Best Jazz Album of 2014” and THE NEW YORK TIMES declared it was a “Top Album of 2014” ranking it #9. In this same year, Akinmusire won the Jazz Times Critic’s Poll for “Jazz Artist of the Year”, “Trumpeter of the Year” and “Record of the Year” as well as the Downbeat Critic’s Poll for “Trumpeter of the Year”.

𝐀𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 ‘𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭.’ JAZZIZ MAGAZINE included the album in its list of “10 Albums You Need to Know: June 2020”, commenting that the album “asserts Ambrose Akinmusire as one of the top trumpeters in the world and affirms his talents as a composer via eleven originals…” GLIDE MAGAZINE said of the album, “…Miles Davis isn’t mentioned as an inspiration, but a listener can’t help but think of Miles with those extended bluesy notes (the opening to “Round Midnight” for example). Miles once said, “The blues is the mother tongue; everything else is just commentary.” Akinmusire’s got that feeling of the blues. His resonates now as strongly as it ever has from the masters.”

𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 & 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐄 and his Quartet are on sale NOW on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at https://fb.me/e/39PnM7TPP and the Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club website at www.jimmysoncongress.com – 𝑫𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒅 – 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔 – 𝒂𝒕 5:30 𝒑𝒎!!

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