{"id":23356,"date":"2018-01-23T11:22:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T16:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=23356"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:53:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:53:52","slug":"jazz-festival-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=23356","title":{"rendered":"Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet to headline 41st annual Carolina Jazz Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ambrose Akinmusire (photo by Emra Islek)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet will headline the 41st<\/sup> annual Carolina Jazz Festival <\/a>at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The festival takes place Feb. 15 and Feb. 23-24.<\/p>\n

Artists-in residence include trumpeter Alphonso Horne and saxophonist Patrick Brantley Jr.<\/p>\n

In addition to performances by Ambrose Akinmusire, Alphonso Horne and Patrick Bartley Jr., the festival will feature the UNC Jazz Band and the UNC Jazz Combos.<\/p>\n

The Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet will perform Thursday, Feb. 15<\/strong> at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall on the UNC campus. For ticket information, contact the Memorial Hall box office at (919) 843-3333, or www.carolinaperformingarts.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For 13 years, the jazz festival has also featured the North Carolina Regional Essentially Ellington <\/em>High School Jazz Festival, in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center, which has engaged student participation from North Carolina, Virginia, Washington D.C., and New Jersey.<\/p>\n

Young trumpet innovator and festival headliner Ambrose Akinmusire is a winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition and the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition. He has appeared with jazz greats including Steve Coleman, Vijay Iyer, Aaron Parks, Esperanza Spalding and Jason Moran. His album,\u00a0the imagined savior is far easier to paint,<\/em> received five stars in\u00a0All About Jazz<\/em>, and The New York Times <\/em>named his debut recording\u00a02011\u2019s No. 1 album. <\/em><\/p>\n

The New Yorker<\/em> called him \u201cA thrilling young trumpeter and astute bandleader with a unique spark in his playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Music professor Jim Ketch directs the Carolina Jazz Festival. (photo by Donn Young)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Artist-in-residence and trumpeter Alphonso Horne has performed with many renowned jazz artists, including Wynton Marsalis, Wes Anderson, Marcus Roberts, Delfeayo Marsalis, Diana Reeves, Michael Feinstein and Jane Monheit. Horne has also won many awards, including the National Trumpet Jazz Trumpet Competition. In the August 2011 issue of JET Magazine<\/em>, Marsalis included Horne in a list of 16 young jazz musicians entitled, \u201cWynton\u2019s Picks: Who\u2019s Got Next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Artist-in-residence and saxophonist\/bandleader Patrick Bartley Jr. has appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em> and was featured in the Emmy-nominated HBO special, Wynton Marsalis: A Young Arts Masterclass<\/em>, which premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. He also performed with the Dave Matthews Band live on the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n

Other key festival events:<\/p>\n

Friday, Feb. 23<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n