Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah
	Adjuah live in 2016 at Leverkusener Jazztage
Background information
Also known as	Chief Adjuah, aTunde Adjuah, X. Adjuah, Xian Adjuah
Born	March 31, 1983; New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Genres	Jazz; jazz-fusion; hip hop; alternative rock;
Occupations	Musician; composer;
Instruments	Adjuah trumpet (reverse flugelhorn); flugelhorn; siren; sirenette; cornet; soprano trombone;
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Universal; Concord; Ropeadope; Stretch; Impromp2;
Website	chiefadjuah.com

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

He has been nominated for six Grammy Awards and is a two-time Edison Award winner. He has been named the Jazz FM Innovator of the Year and the Jazz Journalists Association Trumpeter of the Year. He has also received the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts, the Changing Worlds Peace Maker Award, and the Doris Duke Performing Arts Award. Adjuah is the nephew of jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr. 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.