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Ambrose Akinmusire: Bloomed at Big Ears

Ambrose Akinmusire: Bloomed at Big Ears

'honey from a winter stone' in images and words, live from the Bijou.

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New image/word collaboration with Nate Chinen and The Gig on the wonderful 'honey from a winter stone' performance from Ambrose Akinmurise at Big Ears -
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As part of a suite of coverage from the Big Ears Festival, here’s another special collab between The Gig and

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, focusing on a single concert. Please enjoy!

Ambrose Akinmusire distrusts heroics.

This is an odd and conflicted predilection for a trumpeter-bandleader situated, however loosely, in the volatile tradition of modern jazz. Akinmusire recognizes the…


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