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The Young Professionals Society for the Arts, is a newly formed non-profit organization dedicated to bringing diverse young professionals together in a relaxed, but sophisticated environment to experience live performances. Nigerian Jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and his quartet will perform Sunday afternoon, January 31th, from 4-8 PM. Wine will be served during the extended set breaks allowing people a chance to socialize and network. Tickets are $39.
The Jazz Gallery is a nonprofit cultural center located in lower Manhattan. The Gallery concentrates primarily on emerging artists and has become known as "The most imaginatively booked jazz club in New York." (NY Times), "New York's #1 Jazz venue" (Daily News), and "The best place to hear live music in New York" (Time Out New York).
Ambrose Akinmusire (ah-KIN-moo-SEE-ray) (born May 1, 1982 in Nigeria, West Africa) is a jazz trumpeter.
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. After graduating from Berkeley High School in 2000, he moved to New York to begin a full scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Vincent Pinzerella from the New York Philharmonic, Dick Oatts, Lew Soloff, and Laurie Frink, and obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in 2005. Ambrose is a 2007 graduate of the Masters program at University of Southern California, and also the Monk Institute of Jazz, Ambrose’s instructors include Terence Blanchard, Billy Childs and Gary Grant. In the past year, he has worked with such artists as saxophonist Jimmy Heath, pianist Jason Moran, trombonist Hal Crook, Bob Hurst, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, double bassist Ron Carter, trumpeter Wallace Roney, pianist Herbie Hancock and saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
In 2007 Akinmusire won two of the most prestigious jazz competitions in the world, the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition (the panel of judges included trumpeters Quincy Jones, Herb Alpert, Terence Blanchard, Hugh Masekela, Clark Terry and Roy Hargrove following the semi-finals of the competition that was held at Schoenberg Hall on the University of California, Los Angeles Campus) and the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition (International Trumpet Guild (ITG) and the Herb Alpert Foundation sponsor this bi-annual event, held at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona).
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