Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

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.
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
Instruments
Years active1996–present
Labels
Websitechiefadjuah.com

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (/ˈzaɪ.ən/[5]) (born March 31, 1983,[6] formerly Christian Scott)[5] is an American jazz trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer.

He has been nominated for six Grammy Awards[7] and is a two-time Edison Award[8] winner. He has been named the Jazz FM Innovator of the Year[9] and the Jazz Journalists Association Trumpeter of the Year.[10] He has also received the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts,[11] the Changing Worlds Peace Maker Award, and the Doris Duke Performing Arts Award.[12] Adjuah is the nephew of jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr.[13] Adjuah is the Chieftain of the Xodokan Nation of Maroons and Grand Griot of New Orleans, an honor bestowed by the Ashé Cultural Center as part of annual rites commemorating the Maafa.[14][15]

  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. ^ "Episode 8: The Soul of Music: Exploring Chief Xian's ancestral memory". National Geographic Society. February 21, 2023. Archived from the original on February 23, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Yawn, Andrew J. (February 27, 2022). "Grammy-nominated Chief Adjuah aims to "decolonize music" and has an instrument to do just that". The Tennessean. Archived from the original on April 24, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2024.
  6. ^ J. Moore, Marcus (April 21, 2022). "The Multifaceted Mingus". The New York Times. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah". GRAMMY.com. November 27, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  8. ^ "Christian Scott" (in Dutch). Edison Stichting. Nominaties. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  9. ^ "Jazz FM Awards". Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  10. ^ "Jazz Journalist Associations Trumpeter of the Year". 2020.[dead link‍]
  11. ^ "Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts". herbalpertawards.org. April 16, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  12. ^ "2 Jazz Artists Receive 2023 Doris Duke Artist Awards – And the $550,000 Prize Money That Goes With It". Billboard. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  13. ^ Brown, Emma (June 29, 2017). "Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah". Interview. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  14. ^ Pareles, Jon; Russonello, Giovanni; Zoladz, Lindsay (June 30, 2023). "Olivia Rodrigo's Gutsy Catharsis, and 12 More New Songs". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  15. ^ "Ashe Cultural Arts Center Presents: Chief Adjuah (formerly known as Christian Scott) as Maafa 2023 Grand Griot! – New Orleans Data News Weekly". LA Data News. June 28, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.