On The Tender Spot music-product “Making the album grew out

“Making the album grew out of a desire to put my life on wax

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” “Riff Raff”) and one of McLean’s (“Kahlil the Prophet”)—the quintet goes exploring

a broadness of scope and intent that interests him most as a composer

Inspired by the likes of Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane

On The Tender Spot music-product “Making the album grew outAmbrose Akinmusire follows his acclaimed, genre busting best of 2018 manifesto "Origami Harvest" with another visionary statement on his new album "on the tender spot of every calloused moment," which finds the trumpeter examining blackness on an uncompromising set of modern jazz laced with a heavy feeling of the blues. The album presents 11 new compositions by Akinmusire and features his quartet with pianist Sam Harris, bassist Harish Raghavan, and