Thursday, November 19 at 7:30 p.m., Bowker Auditorium
$25, $15; Five College, GCC and 17 & under $10
Composer and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire (pronounced ah-kin-MOO-sir-ee) cut his jazz teeth playing professionally while still in high school. Inspired by legendary saxophonists Joe Henderson and Steve Coleman, he won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and released his first album in 2007. Called “a thrilling trumpeter and astute bandleader [with a] unique spark in his playing” (The New Yorker), Akinmusire has moved to the front ranks of progressive jazzmen, leading his quartet and contributing his burnished tone to projects with the OSSO String Quartet and vocalists Becca Stevens and Theo Bleckmann.
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I really enjoyed this concert. Ambrose was incredible, and Justin Brown is one of the best drummers I’ve ever heard. The concert hall was really nice and had a nice atmosphere. I would definitely go again!
“Akinmusire and his Quartet did Not Disappoint!” – The UMass Fine Arts Center
What an overstatement.. I was highly disappointed with the performance. I was expecting more from a Jazz quartet, but they failed to reach my expectations. I guess it was not my style of jazz.