Christian Scott & Chief Adjuah in Beaverton

Christian Scott, also known as Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, is an American trumpeter, composer and bandleader born in New Orleans in 1983. He calls his approach “stretch music,” and is known for the albums Rewind That, Yesterday You Said Tomorrow and the Centennial Trilogy. Live at Newport documented his band at the JVC Jazz Festival in Newport in 2008. More than a decade later, the live album Axiom captured a 2020 engagement at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York.

Chief Adjuah is an American trumpeter, composer and multi-instrumentalist born in New Orleans in 1983. Formerly billed as Christian Scott and Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, he calls his approach “stretch music,” extending jazz through hip-hop, funk and other contemporary forms. His major recordings include Rewind That, Yesterday You Said Tomorrow, Stretch Music and the live album Axiom. Live at Newport documented his 2006 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival and became an early concert release in his discography. Fourteen years later, he recorded Axiom during an engagement at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York, leading an ensemble through music shaped by trumpet, custom horns and collective improvisation.