Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents Ambrose Akinmusire for the West Coast premiere of his new work, Honey From A Winter's Stone.
Trumpeter Akinmusire is an East Bay-native and the current Artistic Director of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance. His Honey From A Winter's Stone is a synthesis of hip-hop, chamber jazz, and new music and features a string quartet, DC-based rapper/producer/singer Kokayi, longtime Akinmusire bandmates Sam Harris on piano and keyboards, and fellow Berkeley High School alum Justin Brown on drums.
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presents Ambrose Akinmusire for the West Coast premiere of his new work, Honey From A Winter's Stone.
Trumpeter Akinmusire is an East Bay-native and the current Artistic Director of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance. His Honey From A Winter's Stone is a synthesis of hip-hop, chamber jazz, and new music and features a string quartet, DC-based rapper/producer/singer Kokayi, longtime Akinmusire bandmates Sam Harris on piano and keyboards, and fellow Berkeley High School alum Justin Brown on drums.
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