Walter Smith III

When the Heart Emerges Glistening

Ambrose Akinmusire · 2011

When the Heart Emerges GlisteningWhen the Heart Emerges GlisteningAmbrose Akinmusire · 2011 (2011) announced Ambrose AkinmusireAmbrose Akinmusireアンブローズ・アキンムシーレ as a new-generation Blue Note voice. His trumpet — capable of whisper and explosion in the same phrase — carried an aesthetic fundamentally different from the power of Miles DavisMiles Davisマイルス・デイヴィス or Freddie.

Voyager

Eric Harland · 2010

VoyagerVoyagerEric Harland · 2010 was recorded live at the Sunside in Paris in 2008. Smith IIIWalter Smith IIIウォルター・スミスIII's tenor met Harland's percussive energy head-on, anchoring the band's improvisational tension.

In Common

Walter Smith III · 2016

Chamber Music Society

Esperanza Spalding · 2010

Work!

Mulgrew Miller · 1986

Gershwin's World

Herbie Hancock · 1998

In this catalogue Terri Lyne Carrington mostly turns up in the small print — behind a piano trio on Work! (1986), inside someone else's concept on Gershwin's World (1998). Then Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue (2013) is hers, and it made her the first woman to win the Grammy for best jazz instrumental album.

A Rift in Decorum

Ambrose Akinmusire · 2017

The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint

Ambrose Akinmusire · 2014

Across A Rift in DecorumA Rift in DecorumAmbrose Akinmusire · 2017 (2014) and The Imagined Savior (2014), Ambrose AkinmusireAmbrose Akinmusireアンブローズ・アキンムシーレ maintained a consistent band. Justin BrownJustin Brownジャスティン・ブラウン's drums and Sam HarrisSam Harrisサム・ハリス's piano are not accompaniment but co-authorship — inseparable from Akinmusire's sound.