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Trumpet Master Ambrose Akinmusire - Broad Vision

By Russell Perry | Jazz at 100
June 22, 2021
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Known as a constantly searching and forward-looking musician, trumpeter

Ambrose Akinmusire

trumpet
b.1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Ambrose Akinmusire won the Thelonious Monk (now Herbie Hancock) International Jazz Competition in 2007 at 27 years old. His first album, Prelude to Cora, announced a bright new talent willing to honor multiple strains of influences from hip-hop to classical with stops at post-bop, funk, and free jazz. His periodic highly-regarded solo efforts have been complemented by a string of excellent sideman collaborations. Recent work from exciting young trumpeter Ambrose Akimusire as we wrap up our four-part exploration of today's trumpet masters in this hour of Jazz at 100 Today!

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Host Intro 0:00

Chris Dingman

vibraphone

" data-original-title="" title="">Chris Dingman Sextet "Nocturnal" from Waking Dreams (Between Words) 4:13

Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet "Confessions To My Unborn Daughter" from When The Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note) 8:53

Jack DeJohnette

drums
b.1942

" data-original-title="" title="">Jack DeJohnette Quintet "Salsa for Luisito" from Sound Travels (Entertainment One) 17:23

Host speaks 24:13

Ambrose Akinmusire Sextet "Bubbles (John William Sublett)" from The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint (Blue Note) 27:42

Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet "Response" from A Rift in Decorum (Blue Note) 31:30

Wolfgang Muthspiel

guitar
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">Wolfgang Muthspiel Quintet "For Django" from Where The River Goes (ECM) 36:52

Host speaks 44:00

Blue Note All Stars

" data-original-title="" title="">Blue Note All Stars "Henya" from Our Point Of View (Blue Note) 46:42

Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet "Roy" from On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note) 51:02

Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet "Moon (the return amplifies the unity)" from On The Tender Spot Of Every Calloused Moment (Blue Note) 53:37

Host Outro 57:18

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