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Ambrose Akinmusire: Prelude: to Cora

Read "Prelude: to Cora" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Sarà per la compresenza di pianoforte e vibrafono, che riempiono molto. O forse per un suono troppo precisino, che lascia poco spazio all'immaginazione ed all'emozione. Fatto è che questo album d'esordio del trombettista Ambrose Akinmusire risulta troppo patinato per essere davvero convincente.Le buone idee non mancano. A cominciare dalla solenne “M.I.S.T.A.G.," sorta di colonna sonora immaginaria (ed inappropriata, come suggerisce il titolo stesso) al film “Hotel Rwanda" e per estensione al genocidio in corso in quella terra. Oppure ...

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Album Review

Ambrose Akinmusire: Prelude: to Cora

Read "Prelude: to Cora" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


New visions and colorful dreams emanate from the horn and pen of trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. You would expect the first place winner of the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition to come out with his horn a-blazing, voraciously showing his chops. While he does have the honored award and sharpened abilities, his debut recording, Prelude: to Cora, is one that walks quietly yet carries a huge stick of inspiring, focused and enlightened music that is well beyond his youthful ...


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