Christian Scott

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Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
Adjuah live in 2016 at Leverkusener Jazztage
Adjuah live in 2016 at Leverkusener Jazztage
Background information
Also known asChief Adjuah, aTunde Adjuah, X. Adjuah, Xian Adjuah[1][2]
Born (1983-03-31) March 31, 1983 (age 41)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
GenresJazz, jazz-fusion, hip hop, alternative rock
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Adjuah trumpet, flugelhorn, siren, sirenette,[3] cornet, soprano trombone
Years active1996–present
LabelsUniversal, Concord, Ropeadope, Stretch
Websitechristianscott.tv

Christian Scott (born March 31, 1983), known professionally as Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah[4] (formerly Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah), is an American jazz trumpeter, multi instrumentalist, composer, and producer.

He has been nominated for six Grammy Awards,[5] is a two-time Edison Award[6] winner, the recipient of the JazzFM Innovator/Innovation of the year Award in 2016, Jazz Journalist Trumpeter of the Year, The Herb Alpert Award in the arts, and The Changing Worlds Peace Maker Award. Adjuah is the grandson of Big Chief Donald Harrison Sr. and Grand Griot of New Orleans and Guardians Institute founder Herreast Harrison, the nephew of jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr., and is a chieftain of the Xodokan Nation of the maroon tribes of New Orleans.

Early life

Christian Scott was born on March 31, 1983, in New Orleans, Louisiana,[7] to Cara Harrison and Clinton Scott III. He has a twin brother, writer-director Kiel Adrian Scott. Beginning at the age of 12, he was tutored by his uncle, jazz alto saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr.[8] By 14, he was accepted into the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), where he studied jazz under the guidance of program directors Clyde Kerr, Jr. and Kent Jordan.[8] At 16, Scott was introduced by Harrison Jr. to the recording world via "Paradise Found" and "Kind of New" after joining his uncle's quintet.[9]

Upon graduating from NOCCA, Adjuah received a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 2004 completing his studies in under 30 months. In 2002, while attending Berklee he started Impromp2 records and released his first recording "Christian Scott". Between 2003 and 2004, while attending Berklee,[8][10] he was a member of the Berklee Monterey Quartet, recorded as part of the Pat Metheny and Gary Burton-led Art:21 student cooperative quintet,[11] and studied under the direction of Charlie Lewis, Dave Santoro, and Gary Burton. He majored in professional music with a concentration in film scoring.[11]

Adjuah was signed to Concord Music in 2005.[12]

Career

Scott in 2009

Adjuah's major label debut album Rewind That (2006) was released with Concord Records. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.[13]

Adjuah was placed in Ebony Magazine's 30 Young Leaders Under 30 in 2007.[14]

In 2005 Adjuah was featured on singer Nnenna Freelon's Grammy nominated "Blueprint of a Lady".[15]

In 2012 his first double record was released.[16][17]

Since 2002, Adjuah has released 13 studio albums and three live recordings. In 2016, Scott appeared on the public television series Articulate.[18]

2010 saw the release of Yesterday You Said Tomorrow and the naissance of Adjuah's "Stretch Music" concept. NPR raved "Christian Scott Ushers In New Era Of Jazz".[19] Scott received the first Edison Award in 2010 for Yesterday You Said Tomorrow and his second in 2012.[6]

Adjuah released "Live at Newport Stretch Music" a 50 year later nod to trumpet great Miles Davis. The album was also released as a DVD, his first.[20]

In 2017, Adjuah released three albums, collectively titled The Centennial Trilogy.[21] The albums' launch commemorated the 100th anniversary of the first Jazz recordings of 1917. The series is, at its core, a sobering re-evaluation of the social-political realities of the world through sound. The three releases include Ruler Rebel, Diaspora, and The Emancipation Procrastination. The third installment of The Centennial Trilogy, The Emancipation Procrastination, was nominated for a 2018 Grammy® Award in the Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Donald Harrison

  • Real Life Stories (Nagel Heyer, 2002) – recorded in 2001
  • Kind of New (Candid, 2002)
  • Paradise Found (Fomp, 2003)

With others

References

  1. ^ Russonello, Giovanni (February 15, 2017). "Jazz Trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah Melds Past, Present and Future". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Review: Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah's 'Axiom'". August 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "Christian Scott's Trumpet Gear". March 29, 2016.
  4. ^ J. Moore, Marcus. "The Multifaceted Mingus". The New York Times. A.G. Sulzberger. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  5. ^ "Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah". GRAMMY.com. November 27, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Christian Scott" (in Dutch). Edison Stichting. Nominaties. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  7. ^ Aidan Levy (March 13, 2013). "Christian Scott - - Voice Choices - New York". Village Voice. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  8. ^ a b c Hayes, Rob (October 8, 2004). "Berklee Monterey Quartet to Headline at Blues Alley". News@Berklee. Archived from the original on October 11, 2004. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  9. ^ "Donald Harrison Jr* Introducing Christian Scott (2) - Paradise Found". Discogs. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  10. ^ "The Checkout - Live at Berklee: Christian Scott". Berklee Events. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  11. ^ a b Mahoney, Lesley (September 2, 2008). "Alumni Profile: Christian Scott Breaks Convention". Berklee News. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  12. ^ "Christian Scott". Concord. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  13. ^ "GRAMMYs On the Road With Dave Douglas and Christian Scott". Grammy.com. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  14. ^ "Under 30 Young Leaders". Ebony. Vol. 62, no. 4. February 2007.
  15. ^ "Christian Scott". AllMusic. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  16. ^ "Christian aTunde Adjuah: Freedom of Expansion". The FADER. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  17. ^ Fordham, John (June 28, 2012). "Christian Scott: Christian aTunde Adjuah – review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  18. ^ "Articulate — Season 2 Promotion". Articulateshow.org. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  19. ^ "Christian Scott Ushers In New Era Of Jazz". NPR.org. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  20. ^ Jazz, All About. "Christian Scott: Live at Newport at All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  21. ^ ljazzn (April 2, 2017). "REVIEW: Christian Scott – Rebel Ruler Album Launch at Birthdays in Dalston". News, reviews, features and comment from the London jazz scene and beyond. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  22. ^ a b "Interview with Christian Scott". Burning Ambulance. March 31, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
  23. ^ "Christian Scott Announces "The Reckoning," New Album". Okayplayer.com. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  24. ^ "Chief Christian Scott Atunde Adjuah Releases Live Album Axiom With Septet Recorded in March 2020". glidemagazine.com.

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