Akinmusire, Ambrose / A Rift In Decorum - Live At The Village Vanguard
Album: A Rift In Decorum - Live At The Village Vanguard   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Akinmusire, Ambrose   Added:Jun 2017
Label:Blue Note  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2017-06-28 Pull Date: 2017-08-30 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Aug 27 Aug 20 Aug 13 Jul 30 Jul 23 Jul 16 Jul 2
Airplays: 2 3 1 2 1 3 1

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 25, 2017: Rebop
Withered, Condor
4. Aug 18, 2017: Rebop
Maurice & Michael (Sorry I Didn't Say Hello)
2. Aug 24, 2017: No Cover, No Minimum
Maurice & Michael (Sorry I Didn't Say Hello)
5. Aug 15, 2017: Forest for the Trees
H.A.M.S. (In The Spirit Of Honesty)
3. Aug 19, 2017: Old Fart at Play
Response
6. Aug 11, 2017: Rebop
Maurice & Michael (Sorry I Didn't Say Hello)

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2017-06-22
Reviewed: 2017-06-22
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none

Review: Take a walk on the wild side. Creative trumpeter and his dexterous quartet swing easily from straight bop to free jazz and back. All originals.
If you Like: Thelonious Monk, Don Cherry, Lester Bowie
Favorite Tracks: (Disc 1) (1) Maurice & Michael (Sorry I didn't Say Hello) (2) Response (5) A Song To Exhale To (Diver's Song) (7) Trumpet Sketch (Milky Pete) (Disc 2) (2) First Page (Shabnam's Poem) (3) H.A.M.S. (in the spirit of honesty) (5) Piano Sketch (beyond enclosure) (7) Condor (9) Umeyo
Track Review: (Disc 1) 1/ bass starts> uptempo> quick stop (12:28) 2/ trumpet starts> slow tempo swings uptempo> quick stop (5:35) 3/ piano starts> slow tempo> fade (9:44) 4/ (applause)> piano starts> slow tempo> piano solo swings uptempo & wild> fade (9:42) 5/ trumpet/piano starts> slow tempo> fade (6:39) 6/ trumpet starts> slow tempo> builds in intensity> quick stop (2:00) 7/ trumpet starts> slow tempo swings uptempo & off-kilter> trumpet solo> slow fade> swings back uptempo & stops (14:20)
(disc 2 review inside jacket)
(Disc 2) 1/ piano starts> slow tempo builds uptempo> crescendo end (10:29) 2/ trumpet starts> slow tempo swings to midtempo & slows to stop (7:44) 3/ trumpet starts> midtempo swings to uptempo> quick fade (5:10) 4/ piano starts with slow chords> slow tempo> slow fade (3:32) 5/ trumpet starts> midtempo> slow fade (4:46) 6/ bass solo slow tempo (:17) 7/ bass starts> slow tempo> bass/piano duet> slow fade (4:47 8/ piano starts> slow tempo swings to midtempo> drum solo> jam slows to fade (8:25) 9/ piano starts> uptempo> band intro> slow fade

Track Listing
1. Maurice & Michael (Sorry I Didn't Say Hello)   9. First Page (Shabnam's Poem)
2. Response   10. H.A.M.S. (In The Spirit Of Honesty)
3. Moment In Between The Rest (To Curve An Ache)   11. Piano Sketch (Sam Intro)
4. Brooklyn (Odb)   12. Piano Sketch (Beyond Enclosure)
5. A Song To Exhale To (Diver Song)   13. Condor (Harish Intro)
6. Purple (Intermezzo)   14. Condor
7. Trumpet Sketch (Milky Pete)   15. Withered
8. Taymoor's World   16. Umteyo