Akinmusire, Ambrose / Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint, The
| Album: | Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Akinmusire, Ambrose | Added: | Mar 2014 | |
| Label: | Blue Note | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2014-03-21 | Pull Date: | 2014-05-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 18 | May 11 | May 4 | Apr 27 | Apr 20 | Apr 13 | Apr 6 | Mar 30 |
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| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 18, 2019: | Traditions
Rollcall For Those Absent |
4. | May 15, 2014: | Rebop
Asiam (Joan), The Beauty Of Dissolving Portraits, Memo (G. Learson) |
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| 2. | Jan 19, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
As We Fight (Willie Penrose) |
5. | May 09, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum
Our Basement (Ed) |
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| 3. | May 16, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum
As We Fight (Willie Penrose) |
6. | May 02, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum
Memo (G. Learson) |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2014-03-20
Reviewed 2014-03-20
AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE: The imagined savior is far easier to paint
Blue Note, 2014
POSTMODERN JAZZ – That Oakland native Ambrose Akinmusire is a fearlessly inventive trumpeter was obvious from his Blue Note debut in 2011. But he’s in his own sonic world now. It’s a land of dark shadows and piercing beams of light, trumpet lines that seem to weave through four dimensions and yet stay grounded and compelling, and a shape-shifting band that stretches out from a straightforward quintet to incorporate strings and three brilliantly oblique vocalists. This is a stunning glimpse at the eclectic, mercurial future of jazz. Bravo.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11
1. 3:17 – impressionistic: unpredictable expressive trumpet over gentle waves
2. 6:25 – marching sextet: a dark vibe with abrupt, slippery tempo shifts
3. 6:29 – heartbeat pulse, mysterious indie-pop vox, strings, knotted tpt solo
4. 7:49 – rolling midtempo ballad, melancholy yet propulsive, excellent middle
5. 5:53 – relaxed postbop sextet over skittery beat; hopscotch solos
6. 4:14 – whoa: trumpet soars over string drone, gentle flute guides it along
7. 6:04 – curving Theo Bleckmann vocal; slides into the drifting aether
8. 3:55 – oblique modern: narrow-band melody, shifting drums, busy bass solo
9. 6:12 – slow, folksy atmosphere; gospel-like vocals by Cold Specks
10. 6:12 – two-keyboard dirge, child reads the names of deceased people
11. 5:14 – small trumpet & piano in silence; blooms into flowing quintet
12. 3:04 – AA not on this track: neoclassical flute & strings chug & spin
13. 16:28 – live: moody jazz moves thru several phases; rising trumpet early on, then cool sax & piano solos, trumpet thrusts skyward
[ Fo ] - 20 March 2014
Blue Note, 2014
POSTMODERN JAZZ – That Oakland native Ambrose Akinmusire is a fearlessly inventive trumpeter was obvious from his Blue Note debut in 2011. But he’s in his own sonic world now. It’s a land of dark shadows and piercing beams of light, trumpet lines that seem to weave through four dimensions and yet stay grounded and compelling, and a shape-shifting band that stretches out from a straightforward quintet to incorporate strings and three brilliantly oblique vocalists. This is a stunning glimpse at the eclectic, mercurial future of jazz. Bravo.
Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11
1. 3:17 – impressionistic: unpredictable expressive trumpet over gentle waves
2. 6:25 – marching sextet: a dark vibe with abrupt, slippery tempo shifts
3. 6:29 – heartbeat pulse, mysterious indie-pop vox, strings, knotted tpt solo
4. 7:49 – rolling midtempo ballad, melancholy yet propulsive, excellent middle
5. 5:53 – relaxed postbop sextet over skittery beat; hopscotch solos
6. 4:14 – whoa: trumpet soars over string drone, gentle flute guides it along
7. 6:04 – curving Theo Bleckmann vocal; slides into the drifting aether
8. 3:55 – oblique modern: narrow-band melody, shifting drums, busy bass solo
9. 6:12 – slow, folksy atmosphere; gospel-like vocals by Cold Specks
10. 6:12 – two-keyboard dirge, child reads the names of deceased people
11. 5:14 – small trumpet & piano in silence; blooms into flowing quintet
12. 3:04 – AA not on this track: neoclassical flute & strings chug & spin
13. 16:28 – live: moody jazz moves thru several phases; rising trumpet early on, then cool sax & piano solos, trumpet thrusts skyward
[ Fo ] - 20 March 2014
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