Christian Scott


Christian Scott, known professionally as Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, is an American trumpeter, composer, producer, actor, entrepreneur, app and brass instrument designer.
Scott has won the Edison Award twice, JazzFM Innovator of the year Award in 2016 and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. Scott is the grandson of Big Chief Donald Harrison, Sr. and the nephew of jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison, Jr. and is a third generation Chieftain in the Afro New Orleanian Masking Tribes, regionally known as Black Indians.
Adjuah is known for developing the harmonic convention known as the “forecasting cell” and his "whisper technique", emphasizing breath over vibration at the mouthpiece creating a unique tone.

Early life

Scott was born on March 31, 1983, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Cara Harrison and Clinton Scott III. He has a twin brother, Kiel. At the age of 13, he started learning with his uncle, jazz alto saxophonist Donald Harrison. By 14, he was accepted into the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, where he studied jazz under the guidance of program directors Clyde Kerr, Jr. and Kent Jordan.
On graduating from NOCCA, Scott received a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 2004. Between 2003 and 2004, while attending Berklee, he was a member of the Berklee Monterey Quartet, and recorded as part of the Art:21 student cooperative quintet, and studied under the direction of Charlie Lewis, Dave Santoro, and Gary Burton. He majored in professional music with a concentration in film scoring.
Scott was discovered by Kenneth Shurtlift, former distributor at Concord Records, who forwarded Scott's music to Concord Music Group. Scott was then signed to the label in 2005.

Career

Adjuah's major label debut album Rewind That was released with Concord Records. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Scott received the first Edison Award in 2010 for Yesterday You Said Tomorrow and second in 2012.
Since 2002, Scott has released 12 studio albums, and two live recordings.
In 2016, Scott has also appeared on the public television series Articulate.
In 2017, Adjuah released three albums, collectively titled The Centennial Trilogy, that debuted at number one on iTunes.

Discography

Discography as a leader

Current