Dave Adewumi

Dave Adewumi is a New York City based jazz trumpeter known for a lyrical, exploratory approach spanning postbop and contemporary improvised music. Born in New Hampshire to Nigerian immigrant parents, he studied at Harvard University and the Juilliard School before establishing himself on the New York scene, and he holds the trumpet chair in guitarist Mary Halvorson's quartet Canis Major, which debuted in 2025. In 2019 he won first prize at the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition, and he was the first jazz musician to receive the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. He has been named a Rising Star in the DownBeat Critics Poll and has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. His debut album as a leader, The Flame Beneath the Silence, was released on Giant Step Arts in 2026.