Trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire is set to release of The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier To Paint on March 11, 2014. It's described as an impressive and expansive new
album that broadens the palette of his quintet with the addition of guitarist
Charles Altura, the OSSO String Quartet, and vocalists Becca Stevens, Theo
Bleckmann, and Cold Specks. Akinmusire’s quintet features saxophonist Walter
Smith III, pianist Sam Harris, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer Justin
Brown—a close-knit group of longtime friends and frequent collaborators that
breathes a remarkable collective identity.
NPR
Music recently featured the imagined savior is far easier to paint in their
“Under-The-Radar Albums Preview For 2014” including a track premiere of “Our
Basement (ed)” featuring Becca Stevens on vocals. Critic Ann Powers wrote that
Ambrose “wowed jazz fans with the focused intelligence of his 2011 Blue Note
Records debut. For this new effort, he goes wide, expanding his ensemble to
include vocalists, a string quartet, and the adventurous guitarist Charles
Altura. This music is not for chickens — it's heady, intense, and demanding.
But it's also accessible in the most important ways, making room the listener
to get lost in its byways.”
Ambrose
has also announced extensive tour dates throughout the U.S. and Europe behind
the album’s release, including a 4-night engagement at The Jazz Standard in New
York City from March 13-16, as well as shows in Chicago (March 7) and Boston
(March 12). Ambrose will return to the U.S. for further touring in June. See
below for a full list of dates.
Upcoming Ambrose Akinmusire tour dates:
March
07: Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL
March
12: Regatta Bar, Cambridge, MA
March
13: The Jazz Standard, New York, NY
March
14: The Jazz Standard, New York, NY
March
15: The Jazz Standard, New York, NY
March
16: The Jazz Standard, New York, NY
March
23: Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
April
10: Jazz Nad Ordra, Wroclaw, POLAND
April
11: Festival Jazz de Mars, Vernouillet, FRANCE
April
12: Blue Note Poznan, Poznan, POLAND
April
13: A-Trane, Berlin, GERMANY
April
14: Duc des Lombards, Paris, FRANCE
April
15: Duc des Lombards, Paris, FRANCE
April
16: Duc des Lombards, Paris, FRANCE
April
17: Le Grand T, Nantes, FRANCE
April
18: Bimhuis, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
April
19: Jazz Club Minden, Minden, GERMANY
April
20: Bird, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
April
21: Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim, GERMANY
April
22: Moods, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
April
24: Singen Jazz Club, Singen, GERMANY
April
25: Nasjonal Jazz Scene Victoria, Oslo, NORWAY
April
26: Espoo Jazz Festival, Espoo, FINLAND
May 04:
Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham, UK
May 08:
LIke a Jazz Machine Festival, Dudelange, LUXEMBOURG
May 10:
Avantgarde Jazz Festival, Rovinj, CROATIA
May 14:
The Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, ITALY
May 15:
VII Ciclo 1906 de Jazz Jimmy Glas,
Valencia, SPAIN
May 16:
VII Ciclo 1906 Club Jamboree,
Barcelona, SPAIN
May 17:
VII Ciclo 1906 Clavicembalo, Lugo, SPAIN
June 21:
Dazzle, Denver, CO
June 22:
Dazzle, Denver, CO
June 23:
Kuumbwa, Santa Cruz, CA
June 24:
Yoshis, Oakland, CA
June 25:
Jimmy Mak's, Portland, OR
June 26:
Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, WA
June 27:
Vancouver Jazz Festival, Vancouver, CANADA
June 30:
Montreal Jazz Festival, Montreal, CANADA
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