Blog: MVRemix Rock

AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE SET TO MAKE BLUE NOTE DEBUT WITH APRIL 5 RELEASE OF WHEN THE HEART EMERGES GLISTENING THE LOS ANGELES TIMES NAMES AKINMUSIRE ONE OF THEIR 2011 “FACES TO WATCH” On April 5, trumpeter-composer Ambrose Akinmusire will release his tour de force Blue Note debut, When The Heart Emerges Glistening. Co-produced by Akinmusire and his label mate and mentor Jason Moran, the 12 song set (10 of which were composed by Akinmusire) features his quintet—tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III, pianist Gerald Clayton, bassist Harish Raghavan, and drummer Justin Brown—a close-knit group of longtime friends and frequent collaborators [...]