Owl Song Ambrose Akinmusire SKU: 0075597905977 Barcode: 0075597905977 28.00 £28.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Nonesuch Released Date: 15th December 2023 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info ‘Akinmusire has been making some of the most intimate, spellbinding music of his career … Even in its simplicity, Akinmusire’s trumpet can feel almost dangerously tender.’ – New York Times ‘Music that seeks peace not just despite a world of unrest, but within it.’ – Pitchfork Composer and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire makes his Nonesuch Records debut with Owl Song on December 15. The album features a trio with two musicians Akinmusire has long admired, guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Herlin Riley. “This is my reaction to being assaulted by information,” Akinmusire says of Owl Song. “This record is me wanting to create a safe space. Part of the challenge was: Can I create something that’s oriented around open space, the way some of the records I love the most do?” He says of his collaborators, “I had a feeling of wanting to record with Bill from the first time we played—it was a duo performance, very little rehearsal. We just played through some of my songs, and it worked. One of Bill’s special gifts is the ability to shape a piece he’s just heard for the first time. He seems to know what the music wants before the first note. “With Herlin, his commitment to beauty you can find in the groove. I never like to tell musicians too much about what I’m going for, because it should be about what these particular people bring … I said, ‘I know you’re the right person for this because of the way you approach the groove.’ And, of course, what he did is just beautiful.” He continues, “Also, I wanted to put people together who didn’t seem like they would go together … and it turns out they haven’t played a lot. So, it was cross generational, cross subgenre, cross whatever.” Akinmusire says of ‘Owl Song 1’, “I have special affinity for the owls. Their personality is so distinctive—always observing. I should add that the titles don’t have huge significance in terms of what they mean—my process is not so literal,” he adds. “I wrote these songs for the people in mind who would play. I was focused on coming up with a set of music … the titles were placeholders that stayed. So, ‘Owl Song 1’ and ‘2.’” Ambrose Akinmusire’s musical gifts developed rapidly. He grew up in Oakland, California, and while in high school he caught the attention of saxophonist Steve Coleman. Akinmusire joined Coleman’s Five Elements at age nineteen, touring while also a student at Manhattan School of Music. He then pursued further study—earning a master’s degree at the University of Southern California, then attending the Thelonius Monk Institute in Los Angeles, where his mentors included Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock. He is currently the Artistic Director of the Hancock Institute. In 2010, he was signed to Blue Note Records; his debut for the label, When the Heart Emerges Glistening, drew worldwide accolades. The Los Angeles Times observed that “Akinmusire sounds less like a rising star than one that was already at great heights and just waiting to be discovered.” In the wake of the acclaim for his debut, Akinmusire composed music for strings and voice (The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint, 2014), appeared on Kendrick Lamar’s landmark To Pimp a Butterfly (2015), and conjured a tapestry called Origami Harvest (2018) that explored the complexities of Black. His next project, On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment, furthered that narrative direction. Released two weeks after the murder of George Floyd, it contained poignant laments about income inequality and the effects of rapid gentrification on communities like those in the Bay Area where he grew up. Owl Song is the first of three records Akinmusire is releasing on Nonesuch over the next year. Each will spotlight a distinct element of his musical world and involve different instrumentation and production approaches. Artist Ambrose Akinmusire Genre Jazz Label Nonesuch Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Owl Song 1 Weighted Corners Flux Fuelings Owl Song 2 Grace Mr. Frisell Mr. Riley Henya Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Jazz View Product Quick View Freddie Hubbard The Body And The Soul Jazz | Analogue Productions | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 2nd September 2010 £50.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Freddie Hubbard The Body And The Soul £50.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions SKU: AIPJ 38 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 2nd September 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Herbie Hancock Sunlight Jazz | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 24th November 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Herbie Hancock Sunlight £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1970 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 24th November 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus Pithecanthropus Erectus (Mono) (Atlantic 75 Series) Jazz | Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 27th September 2024 £75.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Charles Mingus Pithecanthropus Erectus (Mono) (Atlantic 75 Series) £75.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) SKU: AAPA 059-45 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 27th September 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bernie Wallace Moodsville Jazz | Groove Note | 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released 24th April 2024 £73.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bernie Wallace Moodsville £73.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Groove Note SKU: GRV1010-45 Formats: 180g, 2LP, 45rpm Released Date: 24th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Jazz | Impulse | 1LP Released 23rd August 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charles Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus £20.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Impulse SKU: 7757378 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 23rd August 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ralph Towner Solstice Jazz | ECM | 1LP Released 6th April 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ralph Towner Solstice £17.00 Genre: Jazz Label: ECM SKU: ECM1060 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 6th April 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Art Pepper (Milcho Leviev Qt) Complete 1980 Recordings at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz | Pure Pleasure | 7LP, Box Set Released 14th December 2010 £140.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Art Pepper (Milcho Leviev Qt) Complete 1980 Recordings at Ronnie Scott’s £140.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Pure Pleasure SKU: PPAN012 Formats: 7LP, Box Set Released Date: 14th December 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nina Simone The Montreux Years Jazz | BMG | 2LP Released 25th June 2021 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nina Simone The Montreux Years £25.00 Genre: Jazz Label: BMG SKU: 4050538631241 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 25th June 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Duke Ellington Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival 1969-1973 (The Lost Recordings) Jazz | The Lost Recordings | CD Released 11th September 2023 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Duke Ellington Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival 1969-1973 (The Lost Recordings) £19.00 Genre: Jazz Label: The Lost Recordings SKU: TLR 2204041 Formats: CD Released Date: 11th September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Charles Mingus Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings Jazz | Rhino | 8LP, Box Set Released 23rd June 2023 £215.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Charles Mingus Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings £215.00 Genre: Jazz Label: Rhino SKU: 0603497838370 Formats: 8LP, Box Set Released Date: 23rd June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Jazz Start again
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