Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

{{Infobox musical artist| name= Christian Scott | image= Christian Scott in 2009.jpg | caption= Scott in 2009 | landscape= yes | background= non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name= Christian Andre Scott | alias= Chief Adjauh, X. Adjuah, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah | birth_date= (1983-03-31) March 31, 1983 (age 37) | birth_place= New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | instrument= Trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, soprano trombone

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| occupation= Musician, composer, producer | years_active= 1996–present | label= Universal, Concord, [[Ropeadope Records|Ropeadope], Stretch Music | associated_acts=| website= www.christianscott.tv }}

Christian Scott (born March 31, 1983, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States), also known as Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, is an American jazz trumpeter, composer and producer. Scott is the nephew of jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison. Scott has won the Edison Award twice and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards.

Scott is known for his "whisper technique", noted as emphasizing breath over vibration at the mouth piece creating a unique tone.

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 (NOCCA), 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.

Scott's debut album Rewind That (2006) was released with Concord Records. It received a Grammy nomination.Scott received the Edison Award in 2010 and 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.

Discography as a leader

• 2002 Christian Scott – Impromp2 Records / Omni American Music
• 2004 Two of a Kind – Nagel Heyer Records with Donald Harrison
• 2006 Rewind That – Concord Records
• 2007 Anthem – Concord Records
• 2008 Live at Newport – Concord Records
• 2010 Yesterday You Said Tomorrow – Concord Records / UMG / OmniAmerican Music
• 2011 Ninety Miles – Concord Picante w/ Stefon Harris and David Sanchez
• 2012 Christian aTunde Adjuah – Concord Records / UMG / OmniAmerican Music
• 2012 Ninety Miles Live at Cubadisco – Concord Picante
• 2015 Stretch Music – Ropeadope/Stretch Music
• 2017 Ruler Rebel – Ropeadope/Stretch Music
• 2017 Diaspora – Ropeadope/Stretch Music
• 2017 The Emancipation Procrastination – Ropeadope/Stretch Music
• 2019 Ancestral Recall – Ropeadope/Stretch Music

Additional discography

• 1999 Paradise Found – Donald Harrison (producer/trumpet)
• 2001 Real Life Stories – Donald Harrison
• 2003 Karin Williams – Karin Williams
• 2005 Blueprint of a Lady:Sketches of Billie Holiday – Nnenna Freelon
• 2006 Every Road I Walked – Grace Kelly
• 2006 Survivor – Donald Harrison
• 2006 What is Love – Erin Boheme
• 2007 Return From Mecca – X Clan
• 2007 Planet Earth – Prince
• 2008 Blueprints of Jazz, Vol 1 – Mike Clark
• 2008 Charlie Brown TV Themes – David Benoit
• 2008 Global Noize – Global Noize
• 2008 It's Christmas – Ledisi (producer)
• 2011 Tutu Revisited – Marcus Miller
• 2014 Inner Dialogue – Sarah Elizabeth Charles (producer/trumpet)

Current

• Christian Scott – trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, soprano trombone
• Braxton Cook – alto saxophone, straight alto saxophone
• Logan Richardson – alto saxophone
• Joe Dyson – drums, pan-African drums
• Corey Fonville – drums
• Weedie Braimah – djembe, conga, bata
• Lawrence Fields – piano
• Kristopher Funn – bass
• Max Mucha – bass
• Dominic Minix – guitar
• Elena Pinderhughes – flute & vocals

Previous

• Esperanza Spalding – bass
• Matthew Stevens – guitar
• Thomas Pridgen – drums
• Aaron Parks – piano
• Walter Smith III – sax
• Jamire Williams – drums
• Luques Curtis – bass
• Zaccai Curtis – piano
• Marcus Gilmore – drums
• Milton Fletcher Jnr – piano
• Benjamin Garrison - guitar