Ambrose Akinmusire in Cologne

Ambrose Akinmusire is an American jazz trumpeter and composer, born in Oakland in 1982. He won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition in 2007 and is known for albums including When the Heart Emerges Glistening, The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint, Origami Harvest and On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment. In 2015, Akinmusire served as artist-in-residence at the Monterey Jazz Festival and presented the commissioned work The Forgotten Places. A 2017 quartet engagement featuring pianist Sam Harris, bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer Justin Brown was documented on A Rift in Decorum: Live at the Village Vanguard, preserving two sets recorded at the Village Vanguard.