Jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire – born on May 1, 1982, in Oakland, California
- shot to fame in 2007 after winning two of the most prestigious jazz
competitions in the business: the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition
and the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition. The
following year he released his debut album, Prelude... to Cora, which featured
eight original tracks penned by Ambrose Akinmusire with one by Walter Smith III
and the standard “Stablemates” by Benny Golson. After a relocation to New York,
he began working with some of the biggest n...