Ambrose Akinmusire Announces Spring Tour; Reveals Cover Artwork For His Blue Note Debut
AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE ANNOUNCES SPRING TOUR IN U.S. & EUROPE;
REVEALS COVER ARTWORK FOR HIS BLUE NOTE DEBUT
WHEN THE HEART EMERGES GLISTENING
Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire 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. Akinmusire has also revealed the cover artwork for the album, which will be released on April 5.
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.’ 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 9 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 Théâtre de Cavaillon Cavaillon, France
May 14 Bimhuis Amsterdam, The Netherlands
May 16 DeWerf Brugge, Belgium
May 17 Jazz à Saint-Germain-Des-Pres 2011 Paris, France
May 18 Ronnie Scotts London, United Kingdom
May 19 Club Fasching Stockholm, Sweden
May 21 Athenaeums 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