Interview with Ambrose Akinmusire at Newport Jazz Festival in 2011
Interview with trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire backstage at the Newport Jazz Festival in 2011. Akinmusire talks about: the legacy of jazz at Newport, making an album in the digital age and his own music education. Interview is part of In Person series by JazzTimes magazine for jazztimes.com. Interview by Lee Mergner. Film production by Melissa Mergner.
About Newport Jazz Festival
The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hired George Wein to organize the first festival and bring jazz to Rhode Island.
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