The Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet
Date and Time
Thursday Nov 19, 2015
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM EST
Location
Bowker Auditorium Stockbridge Hall 80 Campus Center Way UMass Campus Amherst, MA 01003
Fees/Admission
$25, $15; Five College, GCC and 17 & under $10
Website
Contact Information
Tickets by calling 413-545-2511 or 800-999-UMAS, or at fineartscenter.com
Description
Billy Taylor Jazz Residency Artist 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.