Chief Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott)

$35.00 / $40.00 / $50.00 / $55.00 -- Fri & Sun $35.00 / $50.00 / $60.00 / $65.00 -- Sat Trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott) makes his highly anticipated SMOKE debut. A sonic architect, trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, designer of innovative technologies and musical instruments, Adjuah is “jazz’s young style God,” according to JazzTimes, who “ushers in a new era of jazz,” adds NPR. He is also the heir to a rich heritage and a member of an extended family central to New Orleans music and culture. He is the grandson of Louisiana luminary and legend, the late Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr., founder of the Guardians Institute and Grand Griot, Herreast Harrison. And is the nephew of jazz innovator and NEA Jazz Master saxophonist, Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. Adjuah (and his twin brother Kiel) joined his grandfather’s Guardians of the Flame banner in 1989 at the age of 5. Since 2002, Adjuah has released twelve critically acclaimed studio recordings, three live albums, and one greatest hits collection. Around the globe, fans and critics alike herald Adjuah’s live performance prowess. Notable highlights include a sold-out Carnegie Hall concert and NPR’s Jazz Night in America global broadcast. He is the recipient of numerous Grammy nominations and has collaborated with artists such as Prince, Thom Yorke, McCoy Tyner, Marcus Miller, Eddie Palmieri, and Mos Def, among many others. A progenitor of Stretch music, a jazz-rooted, genre blind musical form that attempts to “stretch” jazz’s rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic conventions to encompass multiple musical forms, languages, and cultures, Adjuah is one of the artists leading jazz in the 21st century.