Chief Adjuah [formerly Christian Scott]

Under his birth name Christian Scott he has reached a wide audience with innovative music. Under his new honorary title Chief Adjuah he connects all kinds of rhythms: West African, First Nation and Caribbean, as well as rock, hip-hop, trap and 808-beats. With beautifully designed instruments such as Adjuah Trumpet, Chief Adjuah’s Bow and sirenette he creates a sound that is embedded in the music, drawing comparisons to legends such as Jon Hassell and Miles Davis.

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah conquered important festivals such as North Sea Jazz and Transition, and reached the top of the Downbeat Critics Polls, as a trumpeter and as a composer. He collaborated with big pop and rock stars such as Prince, Jill Scott and Thom Yorke, and with influential rappers such as Mos Def, Boogie and Vic Mensa. His roots are in the jazz of New Orleans: as a teenager he played in the band of his uncle Donald Harrison Jr., with which he made his Dutch live debut in 2003 at the BIMHUIS.

‘The New Orleans trumpeter and composer continues to stretch the language of jazz, further embracing electronics and an increasingly broad approach to rhythm’ (Pitchfork).

After the concert, DJ Lucas Benjamin (a.o. Wicked Jazz Sounds, Steppin’ Into Tomorrow) is playing at the café.

Chief Adjuah trumpet, Cecil Alexander guitar, Ryoma Takenaga bass, Ele Howell drums, Weedie Braimah percussion