Chief Adjuah
Blue Note131 West 3rd Street, New York 10012
Chief Adjuah is billed at Blue Note for a performance under his current name, Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah. The bill names no additional performers, so the lineup and format of the set have not been specified. No release celebration, guest appearance, tribute, residency theme, or other special program is announced for the night. Expect the focus to be on Adjuah’s own music and the open-ended musical language associated with his work.
Born in New Orleans, Adjuah is the trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist formerly known as Christian Scott. He is widely recognized as the progenitor of Stretch Music, which his event bio calls a “21st-century approach” rooted in genre blindness and an ethnomusicological approach to “limitless fusion.” His collaborators include Prince, Yasin Bey, Thom Yorke, McCoy Tyner, Marcus Miller, Flea, Eddie Palmieri, Robert Glasper, and poet Saul Williams. The event bio describes him as a “sonic architect” and calls his recordings critically acclaimed, though no individual reviews or critics’ quotations are provided.
Blue Note Jazz Club is a dedicated listening room in the heart of Manhattan's jazz district, where the music is the focus and the space is designed to let the sound fill the room. The club features a stage with a small audience area, and the atmosphere is one of quiet concentration on the music. Shows typically begin at 8:00 PM with a second set at 10:30 PM, and the audience sits on chairs close to the stage. The club has a bar, and drinks are available. The experience is primarily about listening to live jazz, with occasional gospel and soul performances, and the audience often stays to talk and enjoy the music after the sets.