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Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet at Williams Center for the Arts

Name: Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet at Williams Center for the Arts
Start: 2016-09-16
End: 2016-09-16
Location: Williams Center for the Arts

Where

Williams Center for the Arts
317 Hamilton Street
Easton, PA
Map
(610) 330-5009

When

Fri, September 16, 2016
8:00 pm

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About

The New York Times places Ambrose Akinmusire among post-bop’s “preternatural trumpet virtuosos” (think Wynton Marsalis, Lee Morgan), noting, “His sound is exacting, with a cutting attack offset by a smoky tone. As an improviser he strives for the unexpected, hurtling through precarious intervals.” Winner of the 2007 Monk International Jazz Competition, Akinmusire now leads a smoldering quartet with Sam Harris (piano), Harish Raghavan (bass), and Joel M. Ross (vibes), and Tyshawn Sorey (drums). Together, they forge an atmospheric alloy that entrances audiences.