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- Summary: Featuring contributions from Kool A.D., Mivos Quartet, Marcus Gilmore, and Walter Smith III, the sixth full-length release for the trumpeter was a commissioned from Judd Greenstein of Manhattan’s Ecstatic Music Festival and Kate Nordstrum of St. Paul's Liquid Music Series.
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- Record Label: Blue Note
- Genre(s): Jazz, Spoken Word, Avant-Garde, Modern Creative, Modern Composition, Contemporary Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Electric Jazz
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MojoNov 19, 2018He sublimates his playing to the whole throughout, his swerving tones and arching lines ducking and diving through cracks in the strings. [Jan 2019, p.88]
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Oct 15, 2018The result is a voyage through America that is both dreamlike and dystopian, exhausting but oddly compelling.
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Oct 15, 2018The result is a tangled portrait of anxieties, one that adheres to its own standards of beauty, taking no particular tradition for granted.
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Oct 15, 2018It’s difficult to tell if the emcee is mocking a trend in rap—or simply perpetuating it. The air of poetic abstraction on the album doesn’t clear anything up. But elsewhere, the contrast in styles works more successfully.
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Oct 15, 2018Origami Harvest may not work for everybody, but for those who take the time to explore the unexpected bends and folds in Akinmusire's construction, a wealth of discoveries can be found.