In 1954, jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie and Roy Eldridge recorded The Trumpet Kings Battle at Radio Recorders, the legendary recording studio, which is now home to LAXART. With that session as a blueprint, we present Akinmusire and Evans, two of today’s most well regarded trumpet talents. Both have chops to burn and are heavily steeped in a jazz tradition ranging from straight ahead ensemble work to solo improvisation. They will square off as improvisers, each with his own deep bag of tricks.