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Ambrose Akinmusire: The Imagined Saviour Is Far Easier To Paint

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Simon Sweetman
Jul 21, 2014
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Ambrose Akinmusire

The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint

Blue Note/Universal

On his second album for Blue Note, talented trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire features his killer ensemble and heads skyward with lofty ideas and jazz-rooted ideals. It’s a huge workout, bursting, brimming, bustling with both beauty and ugliness – reflecting the world of today thr…

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