Ambrose Akinmusire live in concert.
ON TOUR

Ambrose Akinmusire

12
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

90
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12
critic concert
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Last 12 Months Rating  
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Ambrose Akinmusire is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 1% of all live performers. Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Ambrose Akinmusire is rated as an amazing live performer, with exceptional shows that are worth watching. Ambrose Akinmusire concert reviews describe live shows and performances as high-energy, lyrical, thrilling, and rhythmic.

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Latest Release

Owl Song (15 December 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
jazz
Origin
Oakland, United States (5/1/1982)
Bio
Akinmusire was born and raised in Oakland, California. Before he was eighteen, Ambrose had already performed with such famed musicians as saxophonists Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman, Steve Coleman, and drummer Billy Higgins.
Has Performed With
Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet

Critic Concert Reviews

Jazzwise (UK)

May 26, 2022
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The lauded bandleader dazzles with his sophisticated high-calibre band

Jazzwise (UK)

November 15, 2019
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Reporting from the annual Finnish summit

Jazzwise (UK)

August 29, 2019
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Peter van Breukelen reports back from the 50th anniversary of Belgium's Jazz Middelheim Festival with a striking photo diary of artist performances

The Guardian (UK)

April 30, 2018
80
%
Akinmusire has lately been composing more and working with string quartets and genre-bending singers such as Theo Bleckmann and Cold Specks.

Chicago Tribune (USA)

February 21, 2016
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Leading a quartet of like-minded musicians who prefer subtlety over noise and delicacy over bombast, Akinmusire presented solos of sustained creativity and invention.

The Guardian (UK)

July 15, 2015
80
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Akinmusire the prizewinning 33-year-old musician from California and one of the most expressive and articulate trumpeters in any kind of contemporary music is on a two-night stopover at the Pizza Express Jazz Club with his long-running quartet.

musicOMH (UK)

November 9, 2012
80
%
Initially a protege of the saxophonist and rhythmic innovator Steve Coleman Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet has enjoyed an extraordinarily rapid ascent to the highest level of international jazz performance.

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