A forward-thinking trumpeter and bandleader, Christian Scott (who is also recognized by his adopted West African name of Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah), is a lauded performer known for his genre-bending approach to jazz. Emerging in the mid-2000s, Scott quickly distinguished himself playing a maverick style of post-bop that drew from his New Orleans roots and combined modal jazz, electric fusion, post-rock, and hip-hop influences. It was a sound he championed to acclaim on 2007's Anthem, which he recorded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He has also drawn extensively from Latin and African traditions, as well as electronic dance music idioms, aesthetics he explored on 2012's Christian a Tunde Adjuah, 2017's The Emancipation Procrastination, and 2019's Ancestral Recall. The latter two, along with 2020's live Axiom, have all been nominated for Grammys.