Recorded 2013 Artist Ambrose Akinmusire Producer Ambrose Akinmusire Genre Jazz | Length 78:38 Release date 10 March 2014 Label Blue Note Records | |
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Released March 10, 2014 (2014-03-10) Similar Ambrose Akinmusire albums, Jazz albums | ||
Ambrose akinmusire the imagined savior is far easier to paint epk
The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint is the third studio album by American jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. The album was released on March 10, 2014. The album was well-received by critics, scoring 86/100 on Metacritic.
Contents
Background
This is his second album for Blue Note. Akinmusire wrote 12 of the 13 tracks and produced the album himself. Composition "Rollcall for Those Absent" is similar to "My Name is Oscar" from his 2011 album When the Heart Emerges Glistening as it adds social context to music, this time through reading the names of young people killed from gunfire, including Patrick Dorismond and Trayvon Martin). "Ceaseless Inexhaustible Child (cyntoia brown)," explores a theme of a woman serving a life sentence for a murder that she committed as a teenager. "Our Basement (ed)," suggests the interior monologue of a homeless man.
Personnel
Songs
1Marie Christie3:17
2As We Fight6:25
3Our Basement6:29