Beauty Is Enough
| Beauty Is Enough | ||||
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| Released | June 23, 2023 | |||
| Studio | Saint-Eustache cathedral, Paris, France[1] | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 47:41 | |||
| Label | Origami Harvest | |||
| Ambrose Akinmusire chronology | ||||
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Beauty Is Enough is a 2023 studio album by American jazz trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. It has received positive reviews from critics.
Reception
[edit]At Jazzwise, Kevin Le Gendre gave this album four out of five stars, stating that the brief songs are "akin to involving short stories or portraits that balance exploratory texture with fraught, concise melody to create a form of blues, which is not reduced to strategies such as the tried and tested 'moan and groan".[2] Phil Freeman of Stereogum asked jazz musicians to list their best jazz albums of the year and Sylvie Courvoisier and Steve Lehman included this album.[3] Giovanni Russonello of The New York Times gave a spotlight to "Cora Campbell", writing that the album is "something of a rite of passage" and on this track, "you'll hear him squeeze his notes tightly, letting them tremor and wriggle a bit" that is "not overloaded, but he's never at rest".[1]
Track listing
[edit]- "To: Taymoor" – 4:54
- "2->1<-" – 2:13
- "Carvin." – 4:34
- "Turns" – 1:48
- "Launchpad" – 2:54
- "Olusiji SR" – 3:12
- "Off the ledge" – 3:44
- "To: Shabnam" – 4:11
- "Achilles" – 2:18
- "Boots and Jewels" – 1:18
- "Wallace" – 2:03
- "-Ann_" – 2:34
- "Rio" – 2:47
- "Self-Portrait" – 3:30
- "Sunknees" – 2:53
- "To: Cora Campbell" – 3:41
Personnel
[edit]- Ambrose Akinmusire – trumpet
- Julien Basseres – recording
- Dave Darlington – mixing, mastering
- Mike Dyer – artwork
- Remake Design – artwork
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Russonello, Giovanni (June 23, 2023). "Beck and Phoenix's Bouncy Synth-Pop Team-up, and 8 More New Songs". The Playlist. The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ Le Gendre, Kevin (September 2023). "Ambrose Akinmusire: Beauty Is Enough". Reviews / Review. Jazzwise. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ Freeman, Phil (December 13, 2023). "The 10 Best Jazz Albums Of 2023". 2023 in Review. Stereogum. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Beauty Is Enough at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
