Ambrose Akinmusire

Ambrose Akinmusire

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ambrose Akinmusire



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Origin = Oakland ca
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Occupation = Musician
Years_active = 2000s – Present
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Ambrose Akinmusire (ah-KIN-moo-SEE-ray) (born May 1, 1982 in Nigeria, West Africa) is a jazz trumpeter.

In 2007 Akinmusire was the winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, and the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition, two of the most prestigious jazz competitions in the world.

Biography

Akinmusire was born in Oakland CA, raised in Oakland, California. Before he was eighteen, Ambrose had already performed with such famed musicians as saxophonists Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman, Steve Coleman, and drummer Billy Higgins. After graduating from Berkeley High School in 2000, he moved to New York to begin a full scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Vincent Pinzerella from the New York Philharmonic, Dick Oatts, Lew Soloff, and Laurie Frink, [ [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=13773 All About Jazz: Ambrose Akinmusire] ] and obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in 2005. [ [http://www.msmnyc.edu/ouralumni/default.asp Manhattan School of Music Alumni] ] Ambrose is a 2007 graduate of the Masters program at University of Southern California, and also the Monk Institute of Jazz, Ambrose’s instructors include Terence Blanchard, Billy Childs and Gary Grant. In the past year, he has worked with such artists as saxophonist Jimmy Heath, pianist Jason Moran, trombonist Hal Crook, Bob Hurst, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, double bassist Ron Carter, trumpeter Wallace Roney, pianist Herbie Hancock and saxophonist Wayne Shorter.

In 2007 Akinmusire won two of the most prestigious jazz competitions in the world, the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition (the panel of judges included trumpeters Quincy Jones, Herb Alpert, Terence Blanchard, Hugh Masekela, Clark Terry and Roy Hargrove following the semi-finals of the competition that was held at Schoenberg Hall on the University of California, Los Angeles Campus) [ [http://www.monkinstitute.org/ Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz] ] and the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition (International Trumpet Guild (ITG) and the Herb Alpert Foundation sponsor this bi-annual event, held at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona).

elective discography

As Leader

As Sideman

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.ambroseakinmusire.com Ambrose Akinmusire Official Website]
* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/newyork/aaj_ny_200712.pdf All About Jazz: Monthly Guide, December, 2007]
* [http://www.trumpetguild.org/resources/conferencereport2007.html#finalists Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition]


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