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Ambrose Akinmusire at PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho
Courtesy of PizzaExpress | Posted on June 18, 2015
Where
PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho
10 Dean Street
London
Map
020 7439 4962
When
Wed, July 15, 2015
19:00
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About
Born and raised in Oakland, California, Ambrose Akinmusire (pronounced ah-kin-MOO-sir-ee) was a member of the Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble when he caught the attention of saxophonist Steve Coleman. Akinmusire was asked to join Coleman’s Five Elements, embarking on a European tour when he was just a 19-year-old student at the Manhattan School of Music. After returning to the West Coast to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Southern California, Akinmusire went on to attend the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in Los Angeles, where he studied with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Terence Blanchard....