New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Blue Note Records) Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire-who was named one of the Los Angeles Times' "Faces to Watch" for 2011-has announced
Spring tour dates with his quintet in the U.S. and
Europe in support of his forthcoming Blue Note Records debut When The
Heart Emerges Glistening which will be released on April 5. Akinmusire was recently named one of the Los Angeles Times' "Faces to Watch" for 2011.
In a rave four-star review of the album, DownBeat exclaimed that "Akinmusire's forceful outing is as noteworthy for the strength of the overall concept as for the individual accomplishments of its leader, head-turning as they are," adding that "the music and the band vibe are wonderfully original and current. Clearly something very special and personal is at work here, a vision of jazz that's bigger than camps, broader and more intellectually restless than blowing sessions."
The tour will kick off April 14 with a four-night engagement at the Jazz Standard in New York City, and includes a 12-date run in Europe, as well as a homecoming performance at SFJAZZ in San Francisco on May 22 and an appearance at the Playboy Jazz Festival in Los Angeles on June 11. Akinmusire's touring quintet will feature tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III, pianist Sam Harris, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer Justin Brown. Additional Summer tour dates in the U.S. and Europe will be announced shortly.
TOUR DATES:
April 14-17 - Jazz Standard - New York, NY
April 26 - Redwood Jazz Alliance - Arcata, CA
April 28 - Outpost Performance Space - Albuquerque, NM
April 29 - Detroit Institute of the Arts - Detroit, MI
May 1 - Tri-C JazzFest - Cleveland, OH
May 6 - Vincenza Jazz - Vincenza, Italy
May 7 - La Spirale - Fribourg, Switzerland
May 8 - Musig im Ochsen - Muri, Switzerland
May 10 - A-Trane - Berlin, Germany
May 11 - Sendesaal Bremen - Bremen, Germany
May 12 - Club Unterfahrt - Munich, Germany
May 13 - Theatre de Cavaillon - Cavaillon, France
May 14 - Bimhuis - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
May 16 - DeWerf - Brugge, Belgium
May 17 - Jazz a Saint-Germain-Des-Pres 2011 - Paris, France
May 18 - Ronnie Scott's - London, United Kingdom
May 19 - Club Fasching - Stockholm, Sweden
May 21 - Athenaeum's San Diego Studio - San Diego, CA
May 22 - SFJAZZ @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - San Francisco, CA
May 23-24 - Daly Jazz - Missoula, MT
June 11 - Playboy Jazz Festival - Los Angeles, CA
